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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.

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
Artist Isabella Kung smiles out at us from her studio, where an easel displays drawings of a fluffy cat wearing a crown and a heart necklace, looking annoyed. Her book "No Fuzzball!" also sits on the easel.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 8
16 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist drawing the outline of a rope, on which a colorful toucan is perched in front of big tropical leaves.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 2
10 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
On top of a pad of paper on a tabletop, the artist positions her book "I Am a Cat," whose cover illustration features a gray house cat who appears extra small compared to the tiger, panther, and leopard sitting behind it.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 30
7 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist sits at a wooden table drawing a smirking Viking character from his book, using marker on a pad of paper.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 17
2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist draws simple shapes, including a square, oval, circle, and triangle on one half of a piece of paper.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 39
8 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist sits with a white pad of paper in her lap as she speaks with the host, who also holds a pad of paper. Between them, a table displays Kelly Light's book "Louise Loves Art" and a plush doll of the main character.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 14
4 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist draws the clawed feet of a perched owl that has a serious expression on its face.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 40
7 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Book cover shows an illustration of two young children looking surprised when a T-rex, triceratops, and other dinosaurs burst into a party that is packed with balloons, confetti, gifts, and cake.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 23
6 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Illustrator Zachariah OHora shows the video host how to draw a character from a book by Ame Dyckman, who sits between the two men as they draw.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 18
3 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist draws the outline of her characters Peep, a baby chick, and Egg, a round egg, on a pad of white paper. Her book is also on the table.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 13
2 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist draws the outline of the head of a cartoonish dog from the book Bubblegum Princess.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 36
2 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist's table is set up with a drawing pad, markers, and her book, "A Normal Pig." One of the characters, a black-spotted pink pig, has been digitally added to the scene look like it is standing up on the piece of paper.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 29
12 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist draws a complex maze, with multiple winding and crisscrossing roads that pass through forest areas and over a river.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 15
7 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist shows the cover of the book "Dancing Through Fields of Color," a watercolor painting that depicts a young girl who seems to be blooming just like the bright colorful flowers that spring up and float around her. Paint and paintbrushes are visible near the edges of the frame.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 24
7 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist uses markers to draw the red stripes of the barrel of a cement-mixing truck, whose body is boxy and blue.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 41
3 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist holds up "The Bunny Burrow Buyer's Book," whose cover illustration features a thick swooping black brush stroke resembling a hill, where two bunnies meet in the middle to shake hands among some trees.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 42
3 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist holds a small cup of ink while drawing a light brown bear, whose arms are raised as it appears to be taking a big step forward.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 33
15 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist holds up the book "Swap," whose cover depicts a pirate on a small boat trading folded cloth for steering wheels with a man on a dock.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 44
3 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist's table is set up with colored pencils, markers, and other drawing tools as they show us the cover of the book "The ABCs of What I Can Be," which depicts people wearing the clothing of an astronaut, a beekeeper, and a scientist.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 37
4 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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