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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.

Book cover shows an illustration of a girl riding a bicycle through a tree-lined neighborhood over large green hill. Text reads, "Born to Ride, a Story About Bicycle Face."
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 35
6 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist uses pen to draw the outline of stout shark. The book titled "Hide," can be seen on the table along with a pencil and ink.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 22
6 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist uses a black marker to add outline details to a scribbly colored-pencil drawing of a turtle.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 26
6 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist uses a green colored pencil for the stem of a yellow-petaled flower on a piece of paper.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 7
7 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Book cover shows an illustration of a young girl happily hugging her grandmother who kneels to hold her in a retro-decorated living room. Text reads, "One, Two, Grandma Loves You. Words by Shelly Becker, art by Dan Yaccarino."
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 3
8 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist draws the outline of a girl with high curly pigtails, who wears a shocked facial expression. His book titled "The Longest Storm" and colorful markers are also on the table.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 4
9 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Book cover shows a long, wavy, enormous cascade of blonde beard hair trailing into the frame of this cover illustration for "The King's Golden Beard." Thin, angularly shaped soldiers engage in various tasks such as reading and peering through a telescope, around the beard.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 9
14 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist paints a blocky capital-letter I on top of a yellow, blue, and green landscape painting of Ellis Island. Inside of the letter I is the Statue of Liberty, and the artist has surrounded her workspace with reference imagery and sketches.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 5
12 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Book cover shows an illustration depicting a blonde-haired girl and brown-haired boy in an abstracted autumnal cityscape. Out of wisps of blue behind them emerges a smiling teddy bear. Text reads, "A Bear for Bimi."
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 6
10 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Artist draws red circles with wings on a pad of paper, next to which are other markers, pencils, and a palette of watercolor paints.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 21
6 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Hand picks up a pair of scissors from a tabletop covered with construction paper, a paper plate, a glue stick, crayon, pencil, and several small triangles, circles, squares, and rectangles cut out of orange, red, green, and yellow paper.
Ready Set Draw!
Season 0 / Ep 20
5 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Science Rocks With Jennifer Swanson: Learn How to Throw Like a Pro!
Science Rocks With Jennifer Swanson
Episode 1
7 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Science Rocks With Jennifer Swanson: Save the Crash Test Dummies
Science Rocks With Jennifer Swanson
Episode 2
9 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Author Shelley Johannes wears a beanie and clear glasses as she smiles and holds up her picture book titled, "More Than Sunny."
3 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Ali Bahrampour ("Monsters in the Fog" and "A Pig in the Palace")
StoryMakers
Episode 9
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Amanda Davis ("30,000 Stitches: The Inspiring Story of the 911 Flag")
StoryMakers
Episode 10
8 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Anna Svetchnikov ("Wish Away" & "The Legend of Astrid")
StoryMakers
Episode 40
7 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With April Lavalle and ALex Boniello ("A Case of the Zaps")
StoryMakers
Episode 11
6 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Awilda Prignano ("Loving Lulu")
StoryMakers
Episode 12
9 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Brenna Thummler ("Delicates")
StoryMakers
Episode 13
8 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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