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StoryMakers with Vita Murrow | ONYX
Can a wolf be a hero? What about a koala?! Find out as Rocco chats with Vita Murrow, the author... Read more »KidLit Kibbles
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StoryMaker in the Kitchen with Rajani LaRocca MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM
Rajani LaRocco and Rocco bake a recipe inspired by MIDSUMMER'S MAYHEM, a contemporary-fantasy retelling of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Read more »KLTV Exclusive
StoryMakers with Yehudi Mercado FUN FUN FUN WORLD
On StoryMakers, Rocco chats with illustrator Yehudi Mercado, creator of the middle-grade graphic novel, FUN FUN FUN WORLD, a story about... Read more »KLTV Exclusive
StoryMakers with Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
Award-winning author, Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrator, James Ransome, offer us a window into a child’s experience of the Great Migration in OVERGROUND RAILROAD and LEAVING LYMON, two books which have a more than just a few things in common — just like Lesa and James! Read more »KLTV Exclusive
StoryMakers with Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen CHICKS RULE 🐥
We're sitting down with author Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen on the Book Birthday of CHICKS RULE! for a special episode of StoryMakers touching on the Girl... Read more »
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Soman Chainani Comes to Thalia Book Club Summer Camp
KidLit TV interviewed best-selling author Soman Chainani (The School for Good and Evil) at Symphony Space's Thalia Book Club Camp. Read more »
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🌟 KLTV KID QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "It was soooooooooo good!!!!!!!" 🟠
This super-star reviewer watched Ready Set Draw! featuring Peter H. Reynolds -- and when the artist teaching you to create your own dot galaxy is the author/illustrator of THE DOT, "soooooooooo good" feels about right!
🚨 Here's why we're resharing it today -- we've got a ✨BRAND NEW✨ Ready Set Draw! premiering 1 PM ET on Monday, September 15 -- INTERNATIONAL DOT DAY -- featuring...you guessed it, Peter H. Reynolds, himself 🤩 AND his special guest: Vashti! 🎨
🏷️ Bookmark this post and watch it with the kiddos in your classroom, library, or family on or around September 15-ish 👉 www.kidlit.tv/InternationalDotDayREADYSETDRAW
🔴 For a full list of exciting events happening for #DotDay this year, head here 👉https://www.internationaldotday.org/2026-signature-events
International Dot Day The Reynolds Center for Teaching, Learning and Creativity Candlewick Press Candlewick Press School & Library FableVision #internationaldotday #kidlit #teacherresources
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🦀 BACK TO SCHOOL BOOK BUNDLE GIVEAWAY! 🦀
We've teamed up with our friends at Schiffer Kids to send one classroom, library, or family a Back-to-School bundle featuring the classic kidlit character, CHADWICK THE CRAB!
🌊 The CHADWICK THE CRAB series, by Priscilla Cummings and illustrated by A.R. Cohen, has been a staple on shelves since 1986. The series introduces young readers to this friendly, eco-conscious crustacean and his Chesapeake Bay wildlife friends as they learn how to fight pollution, pursue their dreams, and become better friends. 🪸
🐚 For your chance to win a Chadwick plushie and a collection of CHADWICK THE CRAB books:
1️⃣ Follow KidLit TV & Schiffer Kids
2️⃣ Comment "GIVEAWAY" 👇
🏷️ That's it -- but if you want to tag a teacher, librarian, or fellow book person, we're sure they'll thank you! 🥰
Good luck! 💛
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🎉 KidLit RADIO has been named one of the Best Podcasts for Kids in the US by Million Podcasts!
🥰 To every teacher, librarian, & parent who's ever hit play on our pods -- thank you. 🧡
🎧 KidLit RADIO is KidLit TV's award-winning children's literature podcast for kids, featuring storytime read-alouds, as well as interviews with their favorite authors & illustrators. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 👉 www.kidlit.tv/KidLitRADIO
🌟 Check out Million Podcasts' full list of the 'Best 99 Podcasts for Kids in the US' 👉 www.millionpodcasts.com/kids-podcasts/
🗣️ Which podcasts do your kids ❤️ and why? Let us know 👇
#kidlit #kidslisten #storytimepodcast #kidlitpodcast #podcastsforkids
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✨NEW PAST PRESENT EPISODE -- Perfect for English & History lessons!✨
📚 Reading and writing are our favorite things to do -- same for Newbery Honor author Lesa Cline-Ransome. So, imagine if it were against the law to read a book and you could go to jail for writing a story. You might think that's impossible, but it's a part of America's history that Lesa explores in this episode of Past Present through her non-fiction picture book, FREEDOM TO READ: The Story of Teacher Mary Peake and One Mighty Oak Tree, illustrated by ALA Children’s Literature Legacy Award-winner James Ransome. 🌳
🎬 Watch here to learn how one brave woman risked it all to give Black children in Virginia the gift of education 👉 www.kidlit.tv/PastPresentFREEDOMTOREAD
#kidlit #weneeddiversebooks #bhm Lesa Cline-Ransome Author Page James Ransome Illustration SimonKIDS American Library Association American Association of School Librarians
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