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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.

Person holds up a book called "There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight," by Penny Parker Klostermann. Cover illustration depicts a tall, red dragon wearing a bandana around his neck and grinning with contentment while his hands rest on his full belly. Creeping up behind him, a knight wielding a sword and a horse.
Read Out Loud
Episode 52
5 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
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
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