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Field Trip! | American Education Week with Darlene Beck Jacobson

KidLit TV celebrates American Education Week by discussing why historical fiction like Wheels of Change is important for a student's curriculum.   Read more »

Comment | November 20, 2015, 4:21 pm

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Inside Scoop – Valerie Tejeda’s Hollywood Witch Hunter

KidLit TV gets the Inside Scoop about Valerie Tejeda's debut novel "Hollywood Witch Hunter". Be sure to check out Hollywood Witch Hunter's cover reveal!   Read more »

Comment | September 29, 2015, 6:45 pm

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Talking and Tap Dancing with Tim Federle!

...novels “Better Nate Than Ever “and its sequel “Five, Six, Seven, Nate!”, which were named best books of the year by the “New York Times” and the American Booksellers Association,...

17 comments | June 10, 2015, 1:06 pm

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Five Questions for Lizzie Skurnick

...to the social novels of the 1970s and 1980s.’ The list gained a passel of built-in followers with the release of Sydney Taylor’s All-of-a-Kind-Family series, beloved by little Jewish girls...

Comment | December 20, 2014, 1:22 pm

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Exploring Conflict Through Teen and YA Books

...to teach young people about conflict, no matter what our political leanings. We are awash with teen novels set in the world wars, they seem as popular as ever and...

Comment | December 9, 2014, 6:30 am

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StoryMakers On Location: Joan Bauer at TLA

A NY Times Best-selling author, speaker, and songwriter, Joan Bauer is now on StoryMakers on Location!   Read more »

Comment | June 28, 2017, 8:06 am

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Amazon’s Best Children’s Books of 2014

The Amazon editorial team released their list of the Best Books of 2014. Several children's books made the top 100 list.   Read more »

Comment | November 18, 2014, 8:39 pm

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16 YA Authors Who Built Their Careers in Libraries

...York City, where she bought books and coordinated programming like school visits with Rebecca Stead and Gene Luen Yang. That’s all while publishing her first middle grade and YA novels,...

Comment | May 9, 2019, 7:00 am

• Read Your World

Best Books for Latino Kids

Let's kick off a book-filled October with even more great reading recommendations including More Hispanic American-themed Books for Kids.   Read more »

Comment | October 6, 2020, 5:35 am

What’s Up? with Andrea Pinkney PICTURE THE DREAM

...for children and young adults, including picture books, novels, works of historical fiction and nonfiction and Coretta Scott King Award winner who writes about African-American culture. In addition to her...

Comment | April 25, 2022, 7:00 am

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StoryMakers On Location: Kathryn Otoshi at TLA

Young readers will learn so much in Kathryn Otoshi's ONE — from colors, to counting and let's not forget how to stand up and stand together!   Read more »

Comment | May 15, 2017, 11:15 am

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StoryMakers On Location: Jody Lynn Nye at TLA

Like us, author Jody Lynn Nye loves cats! Since 1987 Jody has published over 40 books and more than 120 short stories.   Read more »

Comment | May 27, 2017, 10:48 am

• We Need Diverse Books

Periods in YA

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....

Comment | September 2, 2015, 10:10 am

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Books on Dance Fueled My Passion for Reading and Writing (Book Giveaway)

...recall the excitement I felt back in elementary school when I first discovered Noel Streatfeild’s novelsBallet Shoes and Dancing Shoes. I tore through them and went on to read more...

Comment | March 19, 2015, 8:48 am

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Featured Team Member | Marcie Colleen

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 »

Comment | April 11, 2016, 5:15 pm

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Author Spotlight: Corey Rosen Schwartz

...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...

Comment | December 15, 2014, 5:37 pm

• Book Trailers

Book Trailer PREMIERE! LAND OF THE CRANES

...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...

Comment | September 4, 2020, 7:00 am

• We Need Diverse Books

The ZORA Canon: The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written by African American Women

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 »

1 comment | January 8, 2020, 7:00 am

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Field Trip! | Princeton Book Festival 10th Anniversary

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 »

Comment | September 27, 2015, 3:21 pm

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Past Tense v. Present Tense

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...

Comment | January 11, 2015, 11:40 am