An AWESOME review of TRIAL AND ERROR by the AWESOME @ronnawriter.bsky.social! Thank you! ❤️⚖️🐜 @crestonbooks.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social @kidlittv.bsky.social Trial and Error by Robin Newman and Deborah Zemke www.goodreadswithronna.com/2026/07/07/t...

☀️📚 Win our Summer Book Bundle GIVEAWAY!  Make your kids' summer reading dreams come true! Enter to WIN a bundle of award-winning books from our friends at Bank Street’s Center for Children’s Literature! ✅ Sign up for the KidLit TV newsletter for your chance to win! 👉 https://kidlit.tv/newsletter

🥰 Welcome to our newest Author Sponsor @shreevebooks.bsky.social ! 📚 Her new #middlegrade nonfiction book DINOSAURS TO DRAGONS hits shelves 07.21 from @simonkids.bsky.social . 🐉💛 Find out more about Elizabeth & her books 👉 www.kidlit.tv/KLTVSuperFans&Sponsors2026 @ssedlib.bsky.social

ICE did that thing where it murders someone then tries to coerce witnesses into silence again. Horrific stuff via @gregsargent.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2129...

New Podcasts are out today! 🎙️

🌀✏️  A-MAZE-ING Fan Art! Check out the incredible mazes KLTV Kids drew along with author/illus @roxiesstudio.bsky.social while watching Ready Set Draw! 🤩  🖍️ It's Fan Art Friday! Watch Roxie's Busy Maze episode, follow along, & UPLOAD your kiddo's maze 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/roxie-munro-maze/ #STEAM

Great fun signing "Treasure Thieves on the High Seas: Pirates, Privateers & Plunder" in the Holiday House Booth at ALA. Got to play like a pirate! (photo: Kate Kubert Puls) @kidlittv.bsky.social @holidayhouse.bsky.social

🐱 #NationalKittenDay is July 10th!  If you haven't noticed, we're cat lovers around here. 😻 We've gathered our most purr-fect kitty-themed #kidlit content all in one place.  🐾 Whether you're a parent or educator, these tails are the cat's meow!  👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/NationalKittenDay

✈️ KLTV's heading to Chicago for the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Annual Conference! 🎉  Author/illus  @roxiesstudio.bsky.social & KLTV founder @juliegribble.bsky.social will bring the best of #ALAAC26 to you with a special on-location 📢 Heads Up! Watch June 26-28 on IG and TikTok @kidlittv. 📚📺

📚🌴☀️ Get your summer reading stack sorted AND support indie bookstores! Did you know KidLit TV is on Bookshop.org? Find stories little ones ❤️ from Read Out Loud, StoryMakers, & Ready Set Draw all in one place. 😎 Support local booksellers and stop the summer slide 👉 https://bookshop.org/shop/kidlittv

🌈 Why is representation important for middle-grade readers? ⬆️ reading comprehension ⬆️ critical thinking ⬆️ self-esteem ⬆️ empathy If you're building a book stack for 8-12 year-olds, save this post for your next trip to the library & tag someone who could use it! @penguinkids.bsky.social

☀️ Here's a summer reading stack that will get #middlegrade readers to put down their screens & pick up a book! Bethany Edwards has a fresh list of diverse stories that will keep even the trickiest readers turning pages while school's out: https://www.kidlit.tv/Top5DiversePictureBooksforSummerReading

Happy Pride and Happy Father’s Day to all the beautiful families that have read @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social’s “Papa’s Coming Home”

Thrilled beyond words TRIAL AND ERROR was named a 2026 Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social SUPER HUGE THANKS to the Children's Book Committee. WOOHOO!!!!! @crestonbooks.bsky.social @kidlittv.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social

Who’s going to ALA in Chicago? ❤️📚 #kidlit

😂🐰 KLTV asked for your best Dad Jokes and you totally wowed us! Here👇 are a few of our favorites in time for Father's Day.  Join the fun inspired by Kenan Thompson's picture book UNFUNNY BUNNY -- tell us YOUR best joke below!  👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudUNFUNNYBUNNY @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Hey #kidlit friends! Are you going to #ALAA26 ?

Here are two of our must-reads -- what are yours? Help us build our list!👇 ✨ JUNETEENTH FOR MAZIE by the legendary Floyd Cooper (with read-aloud video) 🪡 A FLAG FOR JUNETEENTH written & featuring hand-sewn, quilted illustrations by Kim Taylor 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/BooksToCelebrateJuneteenth

📚✊🏾 June 19th, #Juneteenth, is a day to celebrate freedom, Black joy, & history! @bethanyedwards.bsky.social has curated a list of own-voices stories to mark the occasion, perfect for home, classroom, & library bookshelves all year long.  Full list 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/BooksToCelebrateJuneteenth

Happy Pride and Happy Father’s Day to all the beautiful families that have read @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social’s “Papa’s Coming Home”

🥹 Nothing makes the KLTV team smile like hearing from our youngest viewers and this week's is the Cutest. Comment. Ever! 🧙‍♀️🌙 Watch @robinnewmanbooks.bsky.social read HILDIE BITTERPICKLES NEEDS HER SLEEP 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/RobinNewmanReadOutLoud 💛 What does your kiddo think?👇

🥰 Award-winning novelist Torrey Maldonado joins us on StoryMakers to share the story behind his debut picture book that celebrates the uncles and loving caregivers who step up and stand in. https://www.kidlit.tv/StoryMakersTorreyMaldonado

🥰 Happy #FathersDay! Celebrate with #readalouds from Kenan Thompson, @craigmelvin.bsky.social, & Hal Price -- PLUS #bookchats with @poetnikki.bsky.social, @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social , & @seamuskirst.bsky.social#FathersDay!#readalouds#bookchatsomething special for every kind of dad & family 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/FathersDay

🌿 Featured #KidLit: We sat down with debut author Jeanette Gil to talk about ALOE VERA'S SPECIAL GIFT — a tender picture book about self-acceptance, kindness & the gift you carry inside. 💚 Read the full conversation 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/FeaturedKidLitALOEVERASSPECIALGIFT

🌊 Happy #WorldOceanDay! @sethasfishman.bsky.social#WorldOceanDay! author of THE OCEAN IN YOUR BATHTUB, shared tips on StoryMakers for what WE can do to help our oceans thrive.  🤿 Dive into our book chats, read-alouds, draw-alongs, & book trailers for more ways to engage kiddos: https://www.kidlit.tv/WorldOceanDay

🎉🏅 Congratulations to the 2026 Irma Black Award winner, DON'T TRUST FISH, by @unshavedmouse.bsky.social  & illus by @dansantat.bsky.social !  Find the list of Gold & Silver Medalists 👉 https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/irma-black-award/

🌈 June = #RainbowBookMonth KLTV #storytime & #bookchat picks to inspire your library haul 📖 'Twas the Night Before Pride  📖 Papa's Coming Home  📖 Papa, Daddy, & Riley 📚 #booklists Award-Winning KidLit for Pride Month Diverse KidLit that Celebrates Pride Month 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/RainbowBookMonth

🎉 🏅 Congratulations to 2026 Bank Street Awards Cook Prize-winner, HURRICANE, written & illustrated by Jason Chin! It's the annual award honoring the best #STEM picture book for kids aged 8-10.  Full list of nominees 👉 https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/the-cook-prize/

Did you have a loving uncle? One who made you feel JUST RIGHT? 🥰 Well, award-winning novelist Torrey Maldonado is one of those uncles -- He's on a NEW StoryMakers to share his debut picture book celebrating uncles & caregivers who step up & stand in: https://www.kidlit.tv/StoryMakersTorreyMaldonado

Thank you for screening tonight @bafta.org #TheMandalorian in NYC.

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OMG! We ❤️ BAD KITTY books too! We also love KLTV Kids & the super-funny comments they leave on our website!  😺 Join BAD KITTY's creator, Nick Bruel, for StoryMakers to hear the story behind everyone's favorite mischief-making feline: https://www.kidlit.tv/storymakers-nick-bruel/ & leaveus a comment!

So happy to share our latest episode of Read Out Loud ❤️ with you. Here’s a peek at this beautiful story.

🎥📚 2 storytellers + 1 StoryMakers set = endless fun! Here's a look #BTS @ KLTV HQ w/ @torreymaldonado.bsky.social  & @peterhreynolds.bsky.social !  STAY TUNED! ✨ Torrey's StoryMakers premieres 06/01 featuring his debut picture book, JUST RIGHT ✨ Peter's got new ways to make YOUR mark this #DotDay!

Where do loved ones go when they pass away? It's a question many children wonder & one that award-winning author of FRY BREAD, Kevin Maillard, explores in his new book, AND THEY WALK ON, illus by Rafael López. Join Kevin for this special storytime here: https://www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudANDTHEYWALKON

So happy to share our latest episode of Read Out Loud ❤️ with you. Here’s a peek at this beautiful story.

#BTS 🚨! Stay tuned for a ✨NEW✨ PAST PRESENT hosted by Newbery Honoree Lesa Cline-Ransome. She'll share the story of her not-yet-released picture book, FREEDOM TO READ: The Story of Teacher Mary Peake and One Mighty Oak Tree -- illus by ALA Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner, James Ransome.

🎥 Awesome news to share! In August we premiere a New episode of Lesa Cline-Ransome’s PAST PRESENT celebrating the release of her picture book FREEDOM TO READ. Illustrations by James Ransome. #kidlit @simonkids.bsky.social

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