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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 Thyra Heder ("Sal Boat: A Boat by Sal")
StoryMakers
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")
StoryMakers
Episode 35
7 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: StoryMakers With Valerie Bolling ("Ride, Roll, Run: Time for Fun")
StoryMakers
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")
StoryMakers
Episode 37
10 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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
Still image from: What's Up? Books for a Better Earth With Holiday House, Dana Alison Levy & Roxie Munro
What's Up?
Episode 4
10 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: What's Up? With Caron Levis ("Feather Together")
What's Up?
Episode 5
16 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: What's Up? With Jan Carr ("Buddy and Bea" Series)
What's Up?
Episode 1
12 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: What's Up? With Kate Albus ("Nothing Else but Miracles")
What's Up?
Episode 2
10 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: What's Up? With Sean Ferrell ("The Sinister Secrets of Singe")
What's Up?
Episode 3
11 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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