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Field Trip | Steve Light’s Swap! A Books of Wonder Window

KidLit TV tagged along as Steve Light installed the Swap! window at Books of Wonder in New York City. Read more »

1 comment | February 18, 2016, 1:25 pm

The Power of Picture Books with Emma Yarlett

Join us and Two in a Tepee on The Power of Picture Books with Emma Yarlett! Read more »

Comment | January 31, 2017, 6:00 am

Best Podcasts for Kids

For the classroom or bedtime, a podcast is a great alternative to music This is a list of the best podcasts for kids because we love tech-savvy bookworms. Read more »

2 comments | October 2, 2019, 8:00 am

Cixi “The Dragon Empress” | Book Review & Activity

KidLit TV shares a book review of Cixi "The Dragon Empress" with hands-on activity and free printable PDF, perfect for parents and teachers. Read more »

1 comment | January 26, 2016, 2:14 pm

#KidLitOnEllenShow Campaign Video!

...Roxie is the author/illustrator of more than 40 nonfiction and concept books for children, many using “gamification” to encourage reading, learning, and engagement (including Mazescapes; Amazement Park; the Inside-Outside Books:...

2 comments | January 25, 2016, 10:37 pm

PAST PRESENT with Lesa Cline-Ransome OF WALDEN POND

...State of Massachusetts. Then, she takes a closer look at historical figures from her hometown of Malden, Massachusetts, who served as inspiration for her non-fiction picture book, OF WALDEN POND:...

Comment | November 15, 2022, 7:00 am

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Survey Says: Teachers’ Experience with Close Reading

...lessons weekly or daily. Teachers are using a mix of literature and nonfiction. The majority of texts that students use are literature or poetry (55%), but 43% of texts chosen...

Comment | September 8, 2015, 5:07 pm

Featured KidLit: ONCE UPON A BOOK by Grace Lin and Kate Messner

...Ramona series to novels with knights and castles to nonfiction about tornadoes and sharks. When things felt dull, there was always excitement to be found in a book! A few...

Comment | February 7, 2023, 7:00 am

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Premiere: Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

KidLit TV is happy to announce the premiere of Laurie Wallmark's book trailer for her book Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine (Creston Books). Read more »

1 comment | March 7, 2016, 3:23 pm

KidLit TV Team Member Profiles

...Annual Conference, NYC School Library System Spring Institute, Connecticut Library Association, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, 21st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference, and the NY State Reading Association....

Comment | November 5, 2014, 3:51 pm

We Need Diverse Books

Creators Empowering STEM Diversity in Multicultural Books

Multicultural Children's Book Day features how Creators are Empowering STEM Diversity in Multicultural Books with specific trends like #WomeninSTEM. Read more »

Comment | November 6, 2019, 6:00 am

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Early Chapter Books About Soccer GIVEAWAY

From Pragmatic Mom: Soccer: How It Works (Sports Illustrated Kids) by Suzanne Bazemore I really love how this nonfiction early chapter book combines physics with soccer. Potential energy, friction, acceleratin,...

1 comment | August 20, 2015, 12:20 pm

KLTV Exclusive

Field Trip! 2016 New Jersey SCBWI Conference

Anything can happen at SCBWI! Join KidLit TV's Katya Szewczuk on this Field Trip! to NJSCBWI 2016 and learn about your favorite kid lit creators! Read more »

2 comments | July 1, 2016, 8:02 pm

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Children’s Books for Fall 2015

...we have an interview with M.T. Anderson, in which the National Book Award winner tells the story behind his first work of nonfiction, Symphony for the City of the Dead:...

Comment | August 26, 2015, 5:24 am

KLTV Exclusive

StoryMakers with Roxie Munro DIVE IN

Goggles? Check. Flippers? Check. Snorkle? Check. You are all ready to dive in with Rocco and nonfiction author and illustrator Roxie Munro for a chat about her new book, DIVE IN: SWIM WITH SEA CREATURES AT THEIR ACTUAL SIZE. OK, you might not really need diving equipment to watch StoryMakers, but you will learn lots of real facts about tropical sea creatures, life in a coral reef, AND how to draw a Rainbow Parrotfish! Read more »

1 comment | September 14, 2020, 7:00 am