Pope Leo XIV previews his encyclical by attacking Silicon Valley’s “unbridled promotion and implementation of technology at the expense of human dignity.”

Damn, our mayor is good 🔥

POV: A KLTV kid just discovered #InternationalDotDay. 🟠 🎨 YOUR TURN -- Create along with @peterhreynolds.bsky.social on Ready Set Draw and drop your 🟣 in the comments! 💛 Join Peter & explore our #DotDay videos, crafts & activities 👉 www.kidlit.tv/internationa...

🐛📖 We went BEHIND THE PAGES w/ educator David Feinstein to find out how THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR became the most famous bug in #kidlit. Here's a #BTS look at the filming of this KLTV & @carlemuseum.bsky.social collab! Full episode 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/BehindThePagesTheVeryHungryCaterpillar

🏛️ Have you been to the Carle Museum? Go see their new exhibition, Under the Cork Tree: The Story of Ferdinand (on until Nov 8, 2026) — and visit Wazi's Art Workshop (as seen in this special episode), today! 👉 carlemuseum.org

Happy World Bee Day! 🐝

Lights, camera… caterpillar! 🎬🐛 The new KLTV & @carlemuseum.bsky.social collab goes behind the pages of The Very Hungry Caterpillar —and now you can go #BTS of this special episode! Join educator David Feinstein as he reveals how this iconic picture book was created: www.kidlit.tv/BehindThePag...

Kenan Thompson reading a picture book called UNFUNNY BUNNY out loud on a Monday morning is exactly the energy Children's Book Week deserves. That title is doing a lot of work for a comedy read-aloud.

How did Eric Carle actually MAKE The Very Hungry Caterpillar?  🐛🎨 We went to @carlemuseum.bsky.social to find out. 👀 In this SPECIAL, kids will: 🍓 See Eric Carle's ORIGINAL artwork 🖌️ Discover his techniques ✂️ Make a collage   ▶️ https://www.kidlit.tv/BehindThePagesTheVeryHungryCaterpillar

Pope:”Reading nourishes the mind, helps cultivate a conscious and well-formed critical sense, guards against fundamentalisms and ideological shortcuts.” Reading is “an antidote to closed-mindedness which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦💀 Happy #InternationalDayofFamilies! 💀👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Some families meet up weekly. STOMPIE THE ZOMBIE's family waited 500 YEARS...😱 In our #bookchat, kids meet STOMPIE & his family in a #storytime w/author Margery Cuyler, & they'll learn to draw him w/ @binnytalib.bsky.social! 🧟‍♂️ 👉 www.kidlit.tv/HalloweenSpe...

What’s the funniest “unfunny” joke you know? We’ll go first! 😄 👩🏽‍🚀 Q: What kind of books do astronauts like best? ☄️ A: COMET BOOKS

How do you celebrate #InternationalDotDay in your school or classroom? We’re rounding up ideas for this September 15-ish — we’d love to hear your project ideas — or see photos! 🟠 ✨👇

💰📚 Do you have books we should add to this list? Let us know below!👇

Kids 🤝 smart with money 👏🎉 Before the lemonade stands hit the streets for summer, remember literacy is not just phonics! This list of Diverse Books About Financial Literacy teaches children how to earn, save, and budget in everyday life.💸 www.kidlit.tv/2026/05/dive... #kidlit #financialliteracy

This is why they really hate him — because he’s showing government can actually do good stuff for regular people

RICK RUBIN on why Hollywood keeps making soulless movies: "So many big movies are just not good because they're being made by people trying to make something they think someone else is going to like. That's not how art works. That's commerce."

This #ChildrensBookWeek, join Erica Silverman & @ginniehsu.bsky.social , creators of @scbwi.bsky.social#ChildrensBookWeek,Charlotte & Wilbur Award-winner, THE CITY SINGS GREEN! 🌍🌱Learn about global efforts to rewild urban spaces, draw a 🦇 habitat, & ✍️ a poem: https://www.kidlit.tv/SCBWICharlotteAndWilburAward2025

🎬  Guess who we've been filming with? 👀 Here's a hint…he wrote a little book about a little dot that made a HUGE difference world-wide. 🟠 You got it — @peterhreynolds.bsky.social is joining KLTV for a brand-new lineup of #DotDay Specials! 🎉 ✨ New videos ✨ New inspiration ✨ New ways to make YOUR mark

🎧 New #storytime podcasts for kids: 🌕 A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR w/ @authorgracelin.bsky.social  🎻 ZIN! ZIN! ZIN! A VIOLIN w/ @nwestmoss.bsky.social  🐩 OODLES OF POODLES & DOODLES w/ @stephaniecalmenson.bsky.social  🦊 BOOPABLE! w/ @maryannredmond.bsky.social  ▶️ https://www.kidlit.tv/KidLitRADIO

Somehow, the Confederacy returned

Mayor Karen Bass

This is 100% true.

Join Kenan Thompson for a special Storytime on KidLit TV and share your funniest jokes with us! 🍿 Check out Kenan’s laugh-out-loud Read Out Loud https://www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudUNFUNNYBUNNY 🤣 We want to hear your family’s funniest jokes! 😆 Share them below.  @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Sad thing is, I expect most Americans to not know about this.

📚 What are you reading and how are you celebrating #CincoDeMayo? Share your suggestions in the comments below!

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo! 🇲🇽 Looking for free reading resources to share? Check out our collection of #CincoDeMayo videos & book lists: https://www.kidlit.tv/CincodeMayo   #CincoDeMayo2026 #5deMayo @angeladominguez.bsky.social @latinxkidlitbf.bsky.social

🍎🍯 What kind of foods do families eat during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah? Let four-time Sydney Taylor Book Award-winning author/illustrator Jane Breskin Zalben show your young readers as she reads a story from her picture book, BENI’S TINY TALES: AROUND THE YEAR IN JEWISH HOLIDAYS. 🧵

Today is  #NationalTeacherAppreciationDay! 🌟 Celebrate with Free Reading Resources from KidLit TV! Find all of our Teacher's Guides here: Pretty Link: https://www.kidlit.tv/KidLitTVTeachersGuides #ThankATeacher   @aft.org @sharemylesson.bsky.social @neatoday.bsky.social @wearecta.bsky.social

Happy National Teacher Appreciation Day!! ❤️

How does Kenan Thompson manage to make even UNFUNNY BUNNY's jokes hilarious? Practice -- as we find out in this laugh-out-loud episode of Read Out Loud. Celebrate #ChildrensBookWeek with Kenan as he reads his debut picture book: https://www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudUNFUNNYBUNNY @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

This story is giving me the giggles I needed today! UNFUNNY BUNNY by the brilliant Kenan Thompson premieres on @kidlittv.bsky.social 🐰❤️🐱

It’s almost May! Here’s a great #booklist to help get the celebrations underway! #kidlit

Guess who might be reading their debut picture book on KidLit TV tomorrow... Celebrate #ChildrensBookWeek with a special laugh-out-loud Read Out Loud featuring comedy legend, Kenan Thompson and UNFUNNY BUNNY from 7AM ET on Monday, May 4th! @mackidsbooks @macmillanusa

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In a city of over 8 million, just 400 people showed up to speak at the last Rent Guidelines Board hearing — where decisions about rents are made. We can do better. The next hearings are this June — show up and make your voice heard. Visit ORGANIZE.NYC.GOV to get involved.

#ChildrensBookWeek begins May 4! We're celebrating by sharing our series created w/ @cbcbooks.bsky.social, Creator Corner: a playlist of conversations with kidlit ⭐️s making magic for young readers. 🎥 Watch & share: kidlit.tv/ChildrensBookWeek 📚Which author is your family loving right now? Tell us 👇

Pre-order this limited edition autographed DOT-SHAPED COPY my book THE DOT! www.peterhreynolds.com/shop/p/thedo... #book #creativity @candlewickpress.bsky.social

It’s almost May! Here’s a great #booklist to help get the celebrations underway! #kidlit

FABULOUS PANEL...and it's FREE: worldvoices.pen.org/event/the-tr...

🥰 Keep the comments coming, KLTV Kids! We ❤️ hearing from you! 🦙 Watch as @angeladominguez.bsky.social reads her Pura Belpré Honor-winning book, MARIA HAD A LITTLE LLAMA/MARIA TENIA UNA LLAMITA. See if you can say some of the words in Spanish along w/Angela: www.kidlit.tv/read-out-lou... 🧵1/2

🌍🌱 Happy #EarthDay! We’ve rounded up some of our amazing KLTV Earth Day resources to help you celebrate Earth Day every day — at home or in the classroom! 📚 Check out these on-topic videos, book lists, and KidLit activities here: www.kidlit.tv/EarthDay

📚✨ Celebrate El Día de los Niños / El Día de los Libros, or Día, on April 30! It’s a day to focus on the importance of literacy for children of ✨ALL✨ linguistic & cultural backgrounds. ⭐️ Click for FREE resources from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & @aaslala.bsky.social: www.ala.org/aasl/advocac...

☺️ We are so excited to welcome KidLit TV’s ✨NEW SPONSOR✨ Highlights for Children! 📚❤️ Check out these Highlights Early Learning books, HOW TO DRAW HIDDEN PICTURES and CAN YOU FIND STEVE? Both are designed to encourage preschoolers to be curious & creative 👉 www.kidlit.tv/FeaturedKidL...

Truth. #Caturday

🥹 So sweet🐱❤️