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StoryMakers with Thyra Heder HOW DO YOU DANCE?
There are so many ways to dance! You can wiggle out your worries, show happiness through jazz hands, or sway... Read more »KLTV Exclusive
Ready Set Draw! YOU ARE MY CUPCAKE
Author and illustrator Joyce Wan teaches you how to draw a delicious treat from her board book, You Are My Cupcake, on Ready Set Draw! Read more »KidLit Kibbles
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Ready Set Draw! A Balloon & Bird from the ‘JOURNEY’ Trilogy
Aaron Becker returns to Ready Set Draw! to teach KidLit TV viewers how to create a red balloon and purple bird from the Journey trilogy. Read more »KLTV Exclusive
Ready Set Draw! Aaron Becker’s Watercolor JOURNEY
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Ready Set Draw! BAD KITTY Makes Comics & You Can, Too
Bad Kitty creator Nick Bruel is back and he has another fun activity for you! Bad Kitty Makes Comics … and You Can... Read more »KLTV Exclusive
Ready Set Draw! Peg + Cat STEM Activity
Peg + Cat co-creator Jennifer Oxley created a STEM activity to accompany her episodes of StoryMakers and Read Out Loud. Make a 'pizza' and learn fractions. Read more »KLTV Exclusive
Ready Set Draw! | Roxie Munro Draws an Amazing Maze
Kid lit iillustrator Roxie Munro teaches you how to draw your very own random Roxie reversing maze on KidLit TV's Ready Set Draw! Read more »KLTV Exclusive
Read Out Loud | BEAR SNORES ON
Children's book author Karma Wilson reads her book, Bear Snores On, on KidLit TV's Read Out Loud. Young readers learn about seasons while rhyming along! Read more »KLTV Exclusive
StoryMakers in the Kitchen Joyce Wan & Kathleen DeCosmo | A Whale of a Cupcake Tale
There's nothing half baked about Joyce Wan's scrumptious bestselling board and picture books including The Whale in My Swimming Pool. Read more »KLTV Exclusive
StoryMakers in the Kitchen Kat Yeh and THE TRUTH ABOUT TWINKIE PIE!
The Truth About Twinkie Pie author Kat Yeh talks about the bond between sisters, her love of retro recipes, and the story that brings both together. Read more »Follow us on Facebook!
StoryMakers with Thyra Heder SAL BOAT: A BOAT BY SAL
The other Gloucester, Rhonda Taylor
✨NEW EPISODE!✨Join author/illustrator Thyra Heder for #StoryMakers as she shares her new #picturebook SAL BOAT: A Boat By Sal. It’s a book about a boy who is determined to build a boat of his own on his own — but Sal soon learns that any act of creation requires community & collaboration.
⛵️Thyra created this book for her independent-minded nephew who loves to build things, so the illustrations are full of people & places dear to Thyra. Look at the book through her eyes and discover the stories and memories hidden in her beautiful paintings!
📣Kids! How many times can you find Thyra’s niece and nephew’s dog Louie on the pages of SAL BOAT? Tell us your answer in the comments section below the video: www.kidlit.tv/storymakers-with-thyra-heder-sal-boat-a-boat-by-sal/
Celebrate #nativeamericanheritagemonth! These 10 children’s books by Native American and First Nations authors and illustrators selected by @biracialbookworms will spark conversations about justice and what it means to honor Native land. Needless to say, these topics should be discussed and these books are wonderful to read year-round — not just during #NAHM! Click the link and check them out today! 📚✨ www.kidlit.tv/10-childrens-books-by-indigenous-authors-and-illustrators/
📺✨STAY TUNED! ✨From TOMORROW, MON 11/28 7AM ET, join author/illustrator Thyra Heder for KidLit TV’s #StoryMakers as she shares her new #picturebook, SAL BOAT: A Boat By Sal, inspired by her independent-minded nephew!
⛵️Watch & learn about all the places, people (& animals!) from Thyra’s life that ended up in the book’s illustrations — like the shop shown above. Swipe to see what it looks like in real life!
📷: Thyra’s own!
Abrams Kids ABRAMS Books
As an author, reader, grandmother and enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation I love this list of excellent books by and about native authors and illustrators.