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KidLit RADIO StoryMakers with N. West Moss BIRDY 🐤🐭🦝🐐

Join middle-grade author N. West Moss for deep dive into BIRDY, learn all about nick names, and share yours with us!. Viewers: Share your nickname with West & Rocco in the comment section below! 🐤🐭   Read more »

Comment | April 5, 2026, 7:00 am

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StoryMakers with N. West Moss BIRDY 🐤🐭🦝🐐

Join middle-grade author N. West Moss for deep dive into BIRDY, learn all about nick names, and share yours with us!. Viewers: Share your nickname with West & Rocco in the comment section below! 🐤🐭   Read more »

Comment | January 20, 2026, 7:00 am

The BIG Picture LIVE! with Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrator Vashti Harrison

Join us for a NEW episode of The BIG Picture LIVE! with Caldecott Medal winning illustrator Vashti Harrison!   Andrea... Read more »

Comment | October 21, 2025, 7:00 am

PAST PRESENT with Lesa Cline-Ransome – What is the true meaning of FREEDOM?

In this special episode of Past Present – Giving Past Stories New Life, host Lesa Cline-Ransome explores the theme of... Read more »

Comment | October 28, 2024, 7:00 am

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StoryMakers with Polly Horvath LIBRARY GIRL

If you are a fan of books or libraries, boy do we have a StoryMakers episode for you! Join Rocco... Read more »

Comment | September 12, 2024, 6:30 am

Kidlit RADIO: StoryMakers with Sheela Chari KARTHIK DELIVER and FINDING MIGHTY

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSOn StoryMakers, join author Sheela Chari for a chat about her middle-grade novels... Read more »

Comment | July 1, 2024, 3:25 pm

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StoryMakers with Lisa Katzenberger CROC & GATOR 1: SWAMP RANGER SCHOOL

Do you know how to tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator? Find out with Rocco and Lisa... Read more »

Comment | June 26, 2024, 6:30 am

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Ready Set Draw! Learn How to Draw a HORSE in a TUTU with Sophie Blackall

• Filmed at the Brooklyn Public Library! • Join two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall at the Brooklyn Public Library for... Read more »

6 comments | June 5, 2024, 7:00 am

Featured KidLit JUST LIKE MILLIE by Lauren Castillo

KidLit TV is honored to share this exclusive “Book Tour”! • Creating JUST LIKE MILLIE • On Location with Lauren Castillo... Read more »

Comment | April 24, 2024, 7:00 am

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StoryMakers with Kate DiCamillo FERRIS

Join two-time Newberry Medalist, former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and super-star author Kate DiCamillo for an inside look at her newest middle-grade novel, FERRIS. It's a zany story full of wild and wacky characters, a ghost, and even an invasion of raccoons -- but at the heart of this book are important messages about family and love.Find out more on this episode of StoryMakers as Rocco and Kate delve into wordplay, have fun with nicknames, and reveal the inspiration behind this playful and profound novel.Bonus! Rocco and Kate pick pen names! (Also known as a "nom de plume"!) Viewers: Share your pen name with Rocco and Kate in the COMMENTS SECTION below!   Read more »

Comment | April 16, 2024, 1:00 am

The BIG Picture LIVE! with Andrea Davis Pinkney & Illustrator Keith Henry Brown – Live Stream

Join us for a NEW episode of The BIG Picture LIVE! Andrea Davis Pinkney chats and paints LIVE with Keith... Read more »

Comment | February 14, 2024, 7:00 am

Cover Reveal! OF WALDEN POND

KidLit TV is honored to reveal the book cover for OF WALDEN POND: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the... Read more »

Comment | November 14, 2022, 7:01 am

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StoryMakers with Sheela Chari KARTHIK DELIVER and FINDING MIGHTY

On StoryMakers, join author Sheela Chari for a chat about her middle-grade novels KARTHIK DELIVERS and FINDING MIGHTY, a lesson... Read more »

Comment | August 16, 2022, 7:05 am