KidLit TV
banner
kidlittv.bsky.social
KidLit TV
@kidlittv.bsky.social
📚We're an Award-Winning website celebrating children's books & reading with Videos 🎥 Podcasts 🎧 KidLit Crafts & Activities 🎨 🏅An ALSC BEST DIGITAL TOOL 🐛CARLE HONOREE
Founder: Julie Gribble @juliegribble.bsky.social #kidlit
📚✨ Looking for kid-safe content that inspires young readers?
KidLit TV’s YouTube Channel is packed with read-alouds, author interviews, drawing lessons with beloved #kidlit illustrators, writing tips & so much more — all ✨MADE FOR KIDS!✨

Join us & subscribe 👉 kidlit.tv/YouTubeSubsc...
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📚💫 Looking for kid-safe videos that spark a life-long ❤️ of books & reading for home or the classroom?
KidLit TV’s YouTube channel is filled with read-alouds, author interviews, how-to-draws, writing tips, & more — all ✨MADE FOR KIDS!✨
Subscribe today 👉 kidlit.tv/YouTubeSubsc...
#kidlit
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
📣✨HEADS UP! “Master of Children’s Wordplay” Marvin Terban has a new, laugh-out-loud book that introduces young readers to the world of homophones. 📚 Learn, play, & joke with this great read whether you are at home or in the classroom! Pictures by @andreaswittmann.bsky.social, from Reycraft Books.
December 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
📣✨ HEADS UP! Today’s book introduces children to the Jewish memorial tradition of a yahrzeit candle. 🕯️THE REMEMBERING CANDLE shows how sharing memories of loved ones can help us with grief. ❤️ Written by @alisongoldberg.bsky.social and illustrated by Selina Alko. From @barefootbooks.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
✨NEW!✨ 🐰 Would you find it funny to boop a bunny? 🐻 Would you be scared to boop a bear?
We’re off on an animal adventure as @maryannredmond.bsky.social shares BOOPABLE! her picture book introducing creatures great & small to young readers on Read Out Loud.
🦊🍿: www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudB... #kidlit
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We’ve got the perfect 📖 for #NationalMuttDay! Join Angel & Tracey Jimenez for Read Out Loud as they share SAFETY DOG DIEGO GETS ADOPTED. Meet this curious rescue pup as he explores a busy construction site, learns about safety, & what it’s like to be a part of a family: www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudS...
December 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🐩📚 Happy #NationalMuttDay! Join @stephaniecalmenson.bsky.social, author of OODLES OF POODLES AND DOODLES to learn facts about poodles, identify colors, & enjoy this story about acceptance — all on Read Out Loud: www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudO... @animalleague.bsky.social @bloomsburyed.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Today is #NationalMuttDay! Celebrate by sharing @stephaniecalmenson.bsky.social’s DOZENS OF DACHSHUNDS with a young reader in your life ❤️📚🐾: www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudD... #kidlit
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s #NationalMuttDay! Do you know the best way for kids to approach someone else’s dog when out & about? Join @stephaniecalmenson.bsky.social for Read Out Loud as she shares her picture book, MAY I PET YOUR DOG?, a how-to guide for kids meeting dogs: www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudM... #kidlit
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Happy #NationalMuttDay! Woof! 🐶 Join National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Mac Barnett on KidLit TV’s Read Out Loud as he shares his doggone good, picture book adventure, PAOLO EMPEROR OF ROME: www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudP...
#kidlit
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Celebrate #NationalMuttDay with Kidlit TV and author/illustrator Dan Yaccarino! Hang out with Dan and learn to draw Alfred, the pug from his picture book UNLOVABLE: www.kidlit.tv/ready-set-dr... #kidlit
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This #NationalMuttDay join illustrator Fred Koehler on @kidlittv.bsky.social & learn to draw the puppy from his picture book with Julie Sternberg, PUPPY, PUPPY, PUPPY! Make sure to share your artwork with us using #ReadySetDraw: www.kidlit.tv/FredKoehlerR...
#kidlit
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This #NationalMuttDay join Lisa Wentzell for Read Out Loud as she shares A DOG & HIS BOY, a special story about the friendship & love between a boy who has a chromosomal disorder that causes developmental delays & his adventure loving dog, Spillway: www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudA... #kidlit
December 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🌈📚 Have you ever wondered who came up with the idea for Reading Rainbow? On KLTV, join program creator Tony Buttino & Pam Johnson, co-authors of CREATING READING RAINBOW: The Untold Story of a Beloved Children’s Series for a BTS look at the making of this landmark show: www.kidlit.tv/StoryMakersC...
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The season of gift giving is here! 🎁
KidLitTV is here with a Diverse Books Holiday Gift Guide that lists the perfect gifts for children to celebrate the holidays.
This list includes new releases that highlight history, art, and science to inspire the kids in your life.📕
#diversebooks #kidlit
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
📣✨ HEADS UP! Celebrate the beauty of the cosmos with LITTLE SKY BEAR AND THE DRAGON, by Amy Jackson & illus by Donna Paredes. The story brings to life four constellations in the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere, telling a tale of wonder & an unlikely friendship. From Stoney Creek Publishing. 🔭📚
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
📣✨HEADS UP! Looking for an out of this world story? 💫 MAX GOES TO MARS: A Science Adventure with Max the Dog was the 1st kids book launched into space & read aloud by astronauts on the International Space Station! By @jeffreybennett.bsky.social, illus by Alan Okamoto. @bigkidscience.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
📣✨HEADS UP! Don’t miss this stunning picture book biography! BRAVE VOLODYMYR: THE STORY OF VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY AND THE FIGHT FOR UKRAINE highlights the importance of standing up for beliefs & defending freedom at all costs. By Linda Elovitz Marshall, illus by Grasya Oliyko, from Quill Tree Books.
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🦃✨ Join our #ThanksgivingDay Watch Party on @kidlittv.bsky.social! 📚❤️
Our Thanksgiving-themed showcase includes specially selected StoryMakers, Read Out Loud, & Ready Set Draw videos! We’ve got fun #kidlit crafts to spark creativity and keep little hands busy too! 🥰 www.kidlit.tv/Thanksgiving...
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
(🧵 2/2) 📚❤️ The episode includes a chat with Mac Barnett about his role as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature & a fun activity creating a main character — perfect for budding writers & helpful to educators + librarians!
🍿 Watch here: www.kidlit.tv/StoryMakersM...
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
WOW! ✨We're so excited to share that the @librarycongress.bsky.social published an article featuring Mac Barnett's StoryMakers episode today! Read it here: blogs.loc.gov/bookmarked/2...
(🧵1/2)
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
✨NEW MIDDLE GRADE STORYMAKERS SPECIAL!✨
Join @jencalonita.bsky.social , (FEAST AND FAMINE: THE LAST GREAT HEIR) Carina Finn (ISLE OF EVER) & @victorpineiro.bsky.social, (ISLAND OF FORGOTTEN GODS) for their new books, writing process insights, & Rocco’s Rapid-Fire Q&A: www.kidlit.tv/StoryMakersM...
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📚✨We are delighted to 🤗 WELCOME our newest AUTHOR SPONSOR, @jenswanbooks.bsky.social!

🔭🔬🥼Jennifer is the award-winning author of over 50 STEM books for kids, including her latest — the ATLAS OBSCURA EXPLORER’S GUIDE to INVENTING THE WORLD!

Here’s the book trailer 👉 www.kidlit.tv/featured-boo...
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
✨🎬 Watch our featured book trailer for the @atlasobscura.com EXPLORER’S GUIDE to INVENTING THE WORLD by Dylan Thuras & @jenswanbooks.bsky.social, illus by Ruby Fresson, to find out more about this exploration of the world’s most interesting inventions & discoveries! 📚❤️ www.kidlit.tv/featured-boo...
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🚗 Long car ride on #ThanksgivingDay? 🦃Let 🎧 KIDLIT RADIO keep the kids busy! We've got a #Thanksgiving podcast episode of Read Out Loud all about patience and thankfulness. Join Vanessa Brantley-Newton for her book DON'T LET ANTIE MABEL BLESS THE TABLE:
www.kidlit.tv/KidLitRADIOD... #kidlit
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM