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KidLit TV

Kidlit TV is a diverse group of parents, educators, librarians, kid lit creators, and award-winning filmmakers working together to create fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives.

Author Robin Newman wears a black sweatshirt with a white spider web illustration on it, with orange text that says "Hildie." She holds up a book called "Hildie Bitterpickles Needs Her Sleep." The cover illustration features a small orange-haired witch reading a book by candlelight.
Read Out Loud
Episode 5
5 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Book cover shows an illustration of Stephen Savage's "Supertruck," a blue gray snow plow smiling as it pushes a huge pile of white snow.
Read Out Loud
Episode 33
2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Stephen Savage stands next to a woman holding a poster that features the cover illustration for his book "Where's Walrus? And Penguin?" as another man takes a look at the poster.
Read Out Loud
Episode 59
8 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Author Steve Light holds up his book titled "Have You Seen My Dragon?" The cover illustration is mostly black-and-white line drawing whose top half depicts a city street crowded with buildings, pedestrians, cyclists, and vendors. A cloud of smoke emerges from the open utility access hole in the middle of the street, and a boy peers down to look. The drawing's bottom half shows the network of pipes and tubes and the source of the smoke: a big green dragon.
Read Out Loud
Episode 39
10 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Author Tad Hills looks at us and holds up his book titled "R is for "Rocket," as he sits next to a man with a fluffy dog hanging out between the two men.
Read Out Loud
Episode 58
4 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Artist demonstrates how to draw out the face of a cartoon cat using thick black marker on a sheet of paper.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 10
5 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Book cover shows an illustration of a round yellow bird wearing a checkered scarf spreading wide its black-tipped wings as it stretches, standing in a tree-lined park. Text reads, "Let's Go, Hugo!"
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 43
3 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist holds a Sharpie marker, about to draw on a pad of paper. The book he illustrated is next to him.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 19
2 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Book cover shows an illustration of a white and orange cat holding a teacup near a table with another teacup on it. A paper airplane swirls through the air. Text reads, "Tea with Oliver. By Mika Song."
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 28
2 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Book cover shows an illustration of a mouse holding a sword made of wood, standing on top of a book with a house cat on the cover, between two piles of books. Text reads, "Library Mouse. Daniel Kirk."
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 27
12 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist sits at a table with markers and her book while drawing on a pad of paper.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 12
3 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist holds up a pad of paper to show us his simple purple line drawing of a flying bird.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 38
5 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Illustration depicts a boy wearing a baseball cap and binoculars walking through a forest at night, with pine trees around him, a crescent moon above, and an owl flying overhead.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 1
11 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Watercolor painting of rectangular shapes in primary colors. On the top left, a red-painted square overlaps with a yellow-painted rectangle below, creating a thin rectangle of orange where they meet. Next to the red square is a blue one, which creates a small green square where it overlaps with the yellow rectangle. A pencil-drawn rectangle overlaps all three shapes, where all the colors start to blur together.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 16
8 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist points to a drawing of a turtle on a pad of paper while also holding a book with a similar-looking turtle illustration in it.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 31
4 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Tabletop with a pad of paper in the middle, surrounded by scissors, a glue stick, different shades of gray and black paper, and three of the illustrator's published books, featuring bold, colorful covers.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 45
5 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist sits at a wooden table, drawing a cartoon dog on a white pad of paper using a black marker.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 25
2 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Dan Yaccarino's book titled "Unlovable" stands propped up on a table. The cover features a round pug with big dark eyes looking up, surrounded by a colorful border of flowers, butterflies, and bees.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 32
4 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Book cover of Dan Yaccarino's "Doug Unplugged" appears on top of a purple background with a circuit board pattern on it. The book cover depicts a yellow boy-like figure with an antenna on his head, smiling as he looks down at the cord he is holding.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 34
5 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
White pad of paper with two rows of four comic panels drawn out. In the first panel, a single dot says, "I'm lonely." In the second panel, another dot says to the first dot, "Do you want to play?"
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 11
5 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8