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🌟 KLTV KID QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "It was soooooooooo good!!!!!!!" 🟠
This super-star reviewer watched Ready Set Draw! featuring Peter H. Reynolds -- and when the artist teaching you to create your own dot galaxy is the author/illustrator of THE DOT, "soooooooooo good" feels about right!
🚨 Here's why we're resharing it today -- we've got a ✨BRAND NEW✨ Ready Set Draw! premiering 1 PM ET on Monday, September 15 -- INTERNATIONAL DOT DAY -- featuring...you guessed it, Peter H. Reynolds, himself 🤩 AND his special guest: Vashti! 🎨
🏷️ Bookmark this post and watch it with the kiddos in your classroom, library, or family on or around September 15-ish 👉 www.kidlit.tv/InternationalDotDayREADYSETDRAW
🔴 For a full list of exciting events happening for #DotDay this year, head here 👉https://www.internationaldotday.org/2026-signature-events
International Dot Day The Reynolds Center for Teaching, Learning and Creativity Candlewick Press Candlewick Press School & Library FableVision #internationaldotday #kidlit #teacherresources
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🦀 BACK TO SCHOOL BOOK BUNDLE GIVEAWAY! 🦀
We've teamed up with our friends at Schiffer Kids to send one classroom, library, or family a Back-to-School bundle featuring the classic kidlit character, CHADWICK THE CRAB!
🌊 The CHADWICK THE CRAB series, by Priscilla Cummings and illustrated by A.R. Cohen, has been a staple on shelves since 1986. The series introduces young readers to this friendly, eco-conscious crustacean and his Chesapeake Bay wildlife friends as they learn how to fight pollution, pursue their dreams, and become better friends. 🪸
🐚 For your chance to win a Chadwick plushie and a collection of CHADWICK THE CRAB books:
1️⃣ Follow KidLit TV & Schiffer Kids
2️⃣ Comment "GIVEAWAY" 👇
🏷️ That's it -- but if you want to tag a teacher, librarian, or fellow book person, we're sure they'll thank you! 🥰
Good luck! 💛
#kidlitgiveaway #kidlit #backtoschool #chesapeakebay #chadwickthecrab
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🎉 KidLit RADIO has been named one of the Best Podcasts for Kids in the US by Million Podcasts!
🥰 To every teacher, librarian, & parent who's ever hit play on our pods -- thank you. 🧡
🎧 KidLit RADIO is KidLit TV's award-winning children's literature podcast for kids, featuring storytime read-alouds, as well as interviews with their favorite authors & illustrators. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 👉 www.kidlit.tv/KidLitRADIO
🌟 Check out Million Podcasts' full list of the 'Best 99 Podcasts for Kids in the US' 👉 www.millionpodcasts.com/kids-podcasts/
🗣️ Which podcasts do your kids ❤️ and why? Let us know 👇
#kidlit #kidslisten #storytimepodcast #kidlitpodcast #podcastsforkids
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✨NEW PAST PRESENT EPISODE -- Perfect for English & History lessons!✨
📚 Reading and writing are our favorite things to do -- same for Newbery Honor author Lesa Cline-Ransome. So, imagine if it were against the law to read a book and you could go to jail for writing a story. You might think that's impossible, but it's a part of America's history that Lesa explores in this episode of Past Present through her non-fiction picture book, FREEDOM TO READ: The Story of Teacher Mary Peake and One Mighty Oak Tree, illustrated by ALA Children’s Literature Legacy Award-winner James Ransome. 🌳
🎬 Watch here to learn how one brave woman risked it all to give Black children in Virginia the gift of education 👉 www.kidlit.tv/PastPresentFREEDOMTOREAD
#kidlit #weneeddiversebooks #bhm Lesa Cline-Ransome Author Page James Ransome Illustration SimonKIDS American Library Association American Association of School Librarians
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🍎📚 Teachers & librarians, here are TWO Back-to-School book ideas from our friends Highlights for Children!
💡 Here's one to bookmark for when YOU need twenty minutes of CALM, and YOUR CLASS wants twenty minutes of FUN:
✏️ HOW TO DRAW HIDDEN PICTURES by Jannie Ho -- Kids don't just solve puzzles; they learn to CREATE their own just like the classic Hidden Picture puzzles in Highlights! Kids get easy step-by-step instructions for how to draw adorable characters and hide objects inside them. Educators get first- and second-graders thinking about composition & negative space!
💡 And here's one for a rainy day break-time:
🕵️ CAN YOU FIND STEVE? A search-&-find...that's also a story...AND scavenger hunt? This laugh-out-loud interactive story about unexpected friendships is packed with puzzles AND comes with five mini Steves to hide around the room. 🦆
Find out more here 👉 www.kidlit.tv/FeaturedKidLitHIGHLIGHTS
#kidlit #backtoschool #steam #classroomideas #schoollibrarians Chickengirl Design Highlights Books
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