Sunny’s summer in Florida isn’t necessarily a trip to the amusement park. She’ll need to make her own fun, and see life sunny side up, in this graphic novel from...
| August 31, 2015, 9:21 am
From Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast: I’ve got the artwork today of art director, illustrator, and graphic designer Andrea D’Aquino. In this, her debut, she provides illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s...
| January 21, 2016, 9:29 am
From Studio “B”: Are you ready for a princess that can take care of herself? This is a graphic novel I know you will love! The pictures are so good...
| February 13, 2015, 7:37 am
In which I discuss menstruation, especially in YA books and how YA books would be so much better if Bella and Katniss had periods throughout the novels....
| September 2, 2015, 10:10 am
Author and Illustrator, James Burks, shares how to draw his Squirrel character from the graphic novel series Bird and Squirrel!
| November 29, 2014, 5:00 pm
Marcie Colleen is KidLit TV's featured team member! Learn about her kid lit teacher's guides and her journey as an author. Read more »
| April 11, 2016, 5:15 pm
...was a total bookworm. I naturally assumed I would grow up and write novels like Judy Blume. But by the time I got to college I had sort of forgotten...
| December 15, 2014, 5:37 pm
...is the author of the middle-grade verse novels, The Moon Within (International Latino Book Award Winner), Land Of The Cranes, and the bio picture book Jovita Wore Pants: The Story...
| September 4, 2020, 7:00 am
The ZORA Canon, our list of the 100 greatest books ever written by African American women, is one of a kind, yet it exists within a rich cultural tradition. Read more »
| January 8, 2020, 7:00 am
Follow along with KidLit TV as we explore this years Princeton Book Festival! We'll give you the inside scoop on authors and illustrators! Read more »
| September 27, 2015, 3:21 pm
Most novels feature the viewpoint character telling the story using the past tense. Yet more and more, readers are embracing present tense fiction. Novel writers need to understand tenses and...
| January 11, 2015, 11:40 am
Last week’s iMovie tutorial covered the basics of the program. This week we’re going to be discussing voice-overs, animation techniques. Read more »
| April 23, 2015, 6:00 am
Get ready for a grand adventure of family, friendship, and loyalty from bestselling graphic novelist Craig Thompson! “Craig Thompson has created a new genre: The Adorable Epic.”...
| August 30, 2015, 2:12 pm
...including the New York Times bestseller Kapow!, Kersplash, and Sally and the Some-thing. His debut graphic novel, Journey into Mohawk Country, was published by First Second, as was Adam Rapp’s...
| January 28, 2015, 1:00 am
From masterful storyteller Sean Taylor and exciting, celebrated graphic artist Jean Jullien, comes the laugh-out-loud tale of Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise!...
| February 10, 2015, 5:14 am
...week with a blog tour that features a star-studded line-up of graphic novelists, talking about the creative process, their inspiration, and the books they love. Follow along throughout the week...
| May 4, 2016, 8:43 am
...of Ukraine. I often use contour shapes (black &white) to show “past” heroes, and the graphics connects them all. I use a lot of contour-simple graphics because, for me, it...
| June 29, 2022, 7:00 am
Author and Illustrator, James Burks, in his second episode, demonstrates how he draws Bird from the graphic novel series Bird and Squirrel. This one is a bit more difficult than...
| November 30, 2014, 3:00 pm
Introducing HILO—a funny, action-packed, full-color new middle-grade graphic novel series that Bone creator Jeff Smith calls “delightful.” The first book in the series is Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to...
| September 5, 2015, 4:50 pm
Mike Curato's Little Elliot books are fast becoming a favorite of children and parents alike. Little Elliot is a tiny elephant with a big heart. Read more »
| February 3, 2016, 10:00 am