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StoryMakers

StoryMakers

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This series is hosted by Rocco Staino, Contributing Editor at "School Library Journal." Filmed in a talk show format, each episode hosts and interviews some of the best authors and illustrators in children's literature.

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
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.
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Episode 2
5 minutes 19 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.
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Episode 3
7 minutes 32 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.
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Episode 4
8 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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.
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Episode 5
13 minutes 31 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."
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Episode 6
15 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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."
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Episode 7
19 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Rocco Staino holds up Susan Verde's book "I Am Peace" and listens as the author speaks.
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Episode 8
9 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Ali Bahrampour ("Monsters in the Fog" and "A Pig in the Palace")
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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")
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Episode 10
8 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With April Lavalle and ALex Boniello ("A Case of the Zaps")
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Episode 11
6 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Awilda Prignano ("Loving Lulu")
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Episode 12
9 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Brenna Thummler ("Delicates")
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Episode 13
8 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Carmen Agra Deedy ("Wombat Said Come In")
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Episode 14
7 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Dan Gutman ("Houdini and Me")
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Episode 15
8 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Daniel Bernstrom ("A Bear, A Bee, and a Honey Tree")
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Episode 16
5 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Jeffrey Ebbeler ("I'm Ogre It")
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Episode 17
4 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Jennifer Ziegler ("Worser")
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Episode 18
6 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Kimber Fox Morgan ("Chipper Makes Merry")
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Episode 19
8 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Laura Vaccaro Seeger ("Red")
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Episode 20
5 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Lesa Cline Ransome ("Being Clem")
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Episode 21
9 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Lori Butierries ("Gift From God")
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Episode 22
6 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Marla Huehmer ("The Big Move")
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Episode 23
8 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Martha Hamilton & Mitch Weiss ("Noodleheads Do the Impossible")
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Episode 24
9 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Mary Amato ("Star Striker Game On!")
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Episode 25
8 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Portia Y. Clare ("Best Friends Forever: A Puppy's Tale")
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Episode 26
7 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With S.A. Patrick ("A Darkening of Dragons")
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Episode 27
7 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Scoot McMahon ("Agents of S.L.A.M.")
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Episode 28
5 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Seth Eliot Santoro ("Finn and the Ferocious Flu")
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Episode 29
11 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Sheela Chari ("Karthik Delivers")
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Episode 30
8 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Steven Banks ("Middle School Bites: Out for Blood")
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Episode 31
7 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Susan Verde ("I Am Me" & "Sally Be Writes a Thank You Note)
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Episode 32
7 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Terry Catasús Jennings ("The Little House of Hope")
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Episode 33
9 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Thyra Heder ("Sal Boat: A Boat by Sal")
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Episode 34
6 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Tom Phillips ("The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves: Egypt's Fire")
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Episode 35
7 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Valerie Bolling ("Ride, Roll, Run: Time for Fun")
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Episode 36
9 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Vanessa Messenger ("Teddy Talks: A Paws-itive Story About Type 1 Diabetes")
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Episode 37
10 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Will Hillenbrand ("Mighty Reader" and "The Reading Riddle")
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Episode 38
5 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Will Jess Brallier ("Booker the Library Bat")
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Episode 39
6 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Anna Svetchnikov ("Wish Away" & "The Legend of Astrid")
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Episode 40
7 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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