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How Childhood Books Influenced New Stories and Illustrations
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Interview with Caroline Starr Rose, Author of Blue Birds
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Betsy Bird Talks to Judy and Lawrence Blume
Fuse #8 TV: Victoria Jamieson & International Youth Library
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KidLit TV | StoryMakers with Betsy Bird PART 2
The conversation continues… Watch Part 2 of Rocco's interview with über-librarian Betsy Bird! – Betsy announces her predictions for the Newbery... Read more »KidLit Kibbles
Shalini Boland: How to Write the Perfect Dystopian Novel
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My Inspiration: Vivian French on her Own Father – and Rudyard Kipling
Gail Karwoski Interview
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KidLit TV: Not Bird, Nor Plane, Nor Even Frog Just L’il Ole Me
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Seven Questions Over Shots with Nick Bruel
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KidLit TV | StoryMakers with Betsy Bird
This interview is Part I of StoryMakers with Betsy Bird, NY Public Library's Youth Materials Collections Specialist, and Rocco Staino, host at KidLit TV. Read more »
Seven Questions Over Shots with Nick Bruel
Jack Canfield Interviews Lou Silluzio, Children’s Book Author
Kirkus TV Interview with Bestselling Children’s Author Mary Pope Osoborne
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Agent Spotlight: Lori Kilkelly of Rodeen Literary (Plus Giveaway)
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National Book Awards | Teen Press Conference
Journalists in the making! At the annual National Book Awards Teen Press Conference, middle and high school students in New... Read more »KLTV Exclusive
Children’s Books On Tour!
This week we're featuring The Grolier Club's “One Hundred Books Famous in Children’s Literature.” Get a peek at historic children's... Read more »
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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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