Malavika Kannan is working to change the way readers think about teens both in fiction and in real life! She's an award-winning author of Own Voices YA Fantasy, a political activist, a student -- and she's on StoryMakers! Join Malavika and Rocco for a chat about Indian mythology, inspiring women of color authors, and get Malavika's advice to aspiring young writers. Read more »
| August 5, 2020, 7:59 am
An INGRAM Kid Lit Preview! Watch the archived live stream here! Join hosts Rocco Staino and Elenita Chmilowski as they highlight books... Read more »
| December 18, 2018, 3:43 pm
We here at KidLit TV are excited about Kwame Alexander’s latest book SOLO (Blink, 2017). As with other of Alexander’s award... Read more »
| August 1, 2017, 6:30 am
S.E. Hinton became a household name in the 1960s when she wrote The Outsiders (Viking, 1967) as a sophomore at... Read more »
| April 27, 2017, 10:19 pm
Watch Angie Thomas as she discusses how Tupac, artistic activism, and Black Lives Matter inspired her riveting new YA novel... Read more »
| April 18, 2017, 3:49 pm
Phil Bildner is on KidLit TV with Phil’s Fast Five ! On this episode discover more about author Laurie Halse Anderson! Read more »
| March 13, 2017, 6:00 am
The Survival Guide to Bullying is author and activist Aija Mayrock’s gift to young people who’ve endured bullying. At sixteen Aija began... Read more »
| December 30, 2015, 11:45 am
by Kassia Graham, Social Media Director, KidLit TV Faith Ringgold, Jerry Pinkney, Bryan Collier, Kadir Nelson, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Jacqueline... Read more »
| February 5, 2015, 8:00 pm
Epic Reads created a beautifully detailed timeline of historical YA fiction. 140 books are represented; however, that is a small sample of historical YA. Read more »
| November 22, 2014, 11:24 pm
The Amazon editorial team released their list of the Best Books of 2014. Several children's books made the top 100 list. Read more »
| November 18, 2014, 8:39 pm
The nomination period for 2014 *Book Shimmy* Awards is open. Epic Reads' *Book Shimmy* Awards is dedicated to honoring young adult books. Read more »
| November 15, 2014, 5:51 pm
Apparently there is a battle raging as to whether or not YA novels, sci-fi and fantasy should be considered works of literature. Read more »
| November 13, 2014, 6:00 pm
Are you excited, because we’re totally excited about Publishers Weekly’s preview of picture, middle grade, and YA books for spring... Read more »
| September 5, 2014, 9:00 am