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LIVE! Publisher Spotlight Spring 2023 KidLit Showcase! Feb 7 @3PM ET

LIVE! Publisher Spotlight Spring 2023 KidLit Showcase!  Feb 7 @3PM ET
• A KidLit Spring 2023 Preview • Picture Books, Middle Grade, Graphic Novels and More! Watch LIVE: The Publisher Spotlight shines on... Read more »
43 comments | February 6, 2023, 7:02 am

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    StoryMakers with Jeffrey Ebbeler I’M OGRE IT

    StoryMakers with Jeffrey Ebbeler I’M OGRE IT

    On StoryMakers, meet Jeffrey Ebbeler, author and illustrator of I’M OGRE IT, an easy reader comic about a friendly ogre... Read more »
    Comment | September 27, 2022, 7:00 am

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    Banned Books Everyone Should Read

    Banned Books Everyone Should Read
    KidLit TV is joining with the ALA to encourage you to celebrate Banned Book Week: Banned Books Everyone Should Read   Read more »
    1 comment | September 21, 2022, 7:00 am
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    Graphic Novels Your Tween Can’t Resist

    Graphic Novels Your Tween Can’t Resist

    Children tell you they are too old for books with pictures, but these 5 Graphic Novels Your Tween Can't Resist are flying off the shelves.   Read more »
    Comment | May 17, 2022, 7:00 am

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      StoryMakers with Dan Gutman HOUDINI AND ME

      StoryMakers with Dan Gutman HOUDINI AND ME

      TADA! Presenting a brand new StoryMakers! Text messages from beyond the grave, death-defying escape tricks, time travel, and some old,... Read more »
      Comment | July 19, 2021, 7:00 am

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        StoryMakers with Leila Sales  THE CAMPAIGN

        StoryMakers with Leila Sales THE CAMPAIGN

        Politics is personal -- even for kids. It affects our homes, our health, and the people we love most. On StoryMakers, Join middle-grade author, Leila Sales as she talks about her timely book, The Campaign, activism and what it takes to become an engaged citizen.   Read more »
        8 comments | November 1, 2020, 7:30 am

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          StoryMakers with Tamsin Wood TALES ON CANGLFORD NOCK

          StoryMakers with Tamsin Wood TALES ON CANGLFORD NOCK

          About the Books Fairies, Witches, Dragons, and Toadstools and other loveable creatures are all waiting to take you on wonderful... Read more »
          Comment | October 8, 2020, 1:16 pm

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            StoryMakers in the Kitchen with Tom Angleberger DIDI DODO FUTURE SPY

            StoryMakers in the Kitchen with Tom Angleberger DIDI DODO FUTURE SPY

            Find out what Tom Angleberger is cooking up in the StoryMakers Kitchen while celebrating the launch of DIDI DODO FUTURE SPY!   Read more »
            1 comment | September 10, 2019, 8:00 am

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              StoryMakers in the Kitchen with Jessie Janowitz THE DOUGHNUT KING

              StoryMakers in the Kitchen with Jessie Janowitz THE DOUGHNUT KING

              Peekaboo Mocha Cream Cupcakes? Oh my! Rocco and Jessie Janowitz are baking up a batch of fun on StoryMakers using a recipe from the second book in Jessie’s Doughnut Fix Series, THE DOUGHNUT KING!   Read more »
              Comment | August 14, 2019, 8:00 am
                Phil’s Fast Five with Meg Medina

                Phil’s Fast Five with Meg Medina

                On this episode of Phil’s Fast Five discover more about Meg Medina and her new middle grade novel!   Read more »
                3 comments | January 28, 2019, 6:34 am
                  ONE CRAZY SUMMER Book Trailer

                  ONE CRAZY SUMMER Book Trailer

                  Awards for ONE CRAZY SUMMER: Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction Newbery Honor Book National Book Award Finalist Coretta Scott... Read more »
                  1 comment | February 18, 2018, 2:28 pm

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                    StoryMakers On Location: Joan Bauer at TLA

                    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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                      StoryMakers On Location: Marissa Moss at TLA

                      StoryMakers On Location: Marissa Moss at TLA

                      Author and illustrator Marissa Moss, creator of AMELIA'S NOTEBOOK, has been making children's books for a long, long time. We chat with her at TXLA!   Read more »
                      Comment | June 5, 2017, 4:10 am

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                        StoryMakers On Location: Jeff Anderson at TLA

                        StoryMakers On Location: Jeff Anderson at TLA

                        Your middle grade students will LOVE the adventures of Zack Delacruz by author Jeff Anderson.   Read more »
                        Comment | May 19, 2017, 12:38 pm

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                        🐶📕✨Happy #DogManDay!! We are celebrating today’s release of Dav Pilkey’s #11th #DogMan book, DOG MAN: TWENTY THOUSAND FLEAS UNDER THE SEA with a GIVEAWAY!

                        KidLit TV & Merry Makers Inc. are GIVING AWAY: DOG MAN Book #11, Dog Man plushies, a Dog Man lunch bag & a Dog Man book bag pull!

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                        The giveaway starts 3/29/23 and ends 4/3/23 at 11:59 pm PST.

                        Giveaway Rules: merrymakersinc.com/pages/dog-man-day-2023-instagram-facebook-giveaway

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                        Yay! We are so happy that the @pubspotlight Spring Showcase Giveaway Book Bundle found its way to its new home @pflugervillelibrary! ✨📚 Here are a few, fun photos from the unboxing! Congratulations, again, to Dianne Sikkenga & the young readers of Pflugerville!

                        ICYMI watch the Spring Showcase here: www.kidlit.tv/live-publisher-spotlight-spring-2023-kidlit-showcase/

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                        Yay! We are so happy that the @pubspotlight Spring Showcase Giveaway Book Bundle found its way to its new home @pflugervillelibrary! ✨📚 Here are a few, fun photos from the unboxing! Congratulations, again, to Dianne Sikkenga & the young readers of Pflugerville! 

ICYMI watch the Spring Showcase here: https://www.kidlit.tv/live-publisher-spotlight-spring-2023-kidlit-showcase/

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                        Yay! We are so happy that the Publisher Spotlight Spring Showcase Giveaway Book Bundle found its way to its new home Pflugerville Library! ✨📚 Here are a few, fun photos from the unboxing! Congratulations, again, to Dianne Sikkenga & the young readers of Pflugerville!

                        ICYMI watch the Spring Showcase here: www.kidlit.tv/live-publisher-spotlight-spring-2023-kidlit-showcase/

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                        Yay! We are so happy that the Publisher Spotlight Spring Showcase Giveaway Book Bundle found its way to its new home Pflugerville Library! ✨📚 Here are a few, fun photos from the unboxing! Congratulations, again, to Dianne Sikkenga & the young readers of Pflugerville! 

ICYMI watch the Spring Showcase here: https://www.kidlit.tv/live-publisher-spotlight-spring-2023-kidlit-showcase/

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                        🗳️Kids! Have your say! Bank Street Library’s Irma Black Award VOTING IS OPEN! Children are the final judges of this award for outstanding children’s book. Register & vote here: www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/irma-black-award/

                        The Nominees:
                        The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson; illus by Leo Espinosa (Penguin Random House)
                        John’s Turn by Mac Barnett; illustrated by Kate Berube (Candlewick Press)
                        Bathe the Cat by Alice B McGinty; illustrated by David Roberts (Chronicle Books)
                        The Best Kind of Mooncake by Pearl AuYeung (Page Street Kids)

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                        From picture books celebrating feminism, to females in #STEM, and books in Spanish about women in history, head to the @kidlittv website (link in bio) for our round up of #kidlit shining a spotlight on strong, diverse women for #WomensHistoryMonth!

                        #kidsbookswelove #womenshistorymonthbooks #kidsbookstagram #weneedmoredogs
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