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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.

Still image from: StoryMakers With Will Hillenbrand ("Mighty Reader" and "The Reading Riddle")
StoryMakers
Episode 38
5 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Will Jess Brallier ("Booker the Library Bat")
StoryMakers
Episode 39
6 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Book cover shows an illustration of a woman wearing a pink dress and an apron who smiles contentedly as she whisks a bowl of cream. She stands on a lawn, next to delicate blackberry vines that twist around the edges of the book cover and in front of a modest house in the background. Text reads, "A Fine Dessert. Four centuries, four families, one delicious treat. Emily Jenkins and Sophie Blackall."
StoryMakers
Episode 6
15 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Billy Aronson and Jennifer Oxley sit on stools as they look over at Rocco Staino while he speaks. Between the creators and the host, a small table holds two editions of the "Peg + Cat" books.
StoryMakers
Episode 2
5 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Plush version of Nick Bruel's "Bad Kitty" character, a fuzzy black cat with yellow eyes and a red nose, sitting on a chair on the show set.
StoryMakers
Episode 1
8 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Author Peter H Reynolds appears engaged, looking to the side as he speaks with the host who is off-screen.
StoryMakers
Episode 3
7 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Person holds up the book "Gone Crazy in Alabama," with a cover illustration that depicts three young girls standing in front of a yellow house, with a dog and chickens around their feet.
StoryMakers
Episode 5
13 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Rocco Staino holds up Susan Verde's book "I Am Peace" and listens as the author speaks.
StoryMakers
Episode 8
9 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Book cover shows illustrations of men wearing pants and hats and women wearing long skirts who all appear to be walking around a small fire on the ground. In the background, an orange sky and blue hills bursting with fall-colored trees. Book title appears in English as "We Are Grateful"; then it appears in phonetic Cherokee, "Otsaliheliga," and again in the Cherokee syllabary.
StoryMakers
Episode 4
8 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Book cover shows an illustration of a little girl holding a pink parasol, dressed in a pink cloak and a fluffy skirt, with a little lamb accessory at her waist, looking excited toward us as she stands outside of a shop. Text reads, "Mary Had a Little Glam. By Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton."
StoryMakers
Episode 7
19 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Woman holds up a spiral notebook as she draws cartoon characters on it with a sharpie.
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Man sitting at a desk speaks to us. Next to him is the word, “collage.”
Young at Art With James Ransome
Episode 1
13 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Person draws shapes with a marker on a big white piece of paper, including a circle, triangle, cylinder, rectangle, and square.
Young at Art With James Ransome
Episode 2
6 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
From above, we see a person's hands open over a sketchbook that displays a line drawing of two women.
Young at Art With James Ransome
Episode 4
7 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Man standing at a desk in an art studio speaks to us next to text that reads, “Watercolors.”
Young at Art With James Ransome
Episode 3
8 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8