Julie Gribble

📚 BUNDLE OF BOOKS GIVEAWAY — AS SEEN ON KIDLIT TV! 📺 We’re giving away a stack of the books you’ve watched us read, draw, & discuss. 🎉 🟠 TO ENTER: Sign up for our newsletter -- That’s it! 💫 👉 https://kidlit.tv/newsletter ⏰ Enter by Friday, November 13, 12 PM ET. 🇺🇸 One US-based winner.

🎨 FAN ART FRIDAYS! This week, BAD KITTY creator Nick Bruel showed kids how to draw a chimera on RSD!  We'd ❤️ to see your kiddos' creations! 👀 🍎 10-min Friday activity: - Watch 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/ReadySetDrawWithNickBruel - Draw   - Post a 📸 👇 - Get featured!  @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

NEW READY SET DRAW! 🦒🦈🪶 What do you get when you add a giraffe’s head to a shark’s body & give it an ostrich’s legs? A GIRSHARKSTRITCH! Draw a CHIMERA w/ Nick Bruel, creator of BAD KITTY, in under 10 mins!  👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/ReadySetDrawWithNickBruel @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Thanks to @kidlittv.bsky.social for including FRANKENSLIME on their list of diverse books for Halloween!

Celebrate the spooky season with these new Diverse Books for Halloween. 👻🎃📚 From the trick or treating in the city, to spooky Frankenslime, this list of Halloween children’s books will be a fright and delight for young readers this Halloween. www.kidlit.tv/2023/10/dive... #halloween #kidlit

So funny! Nick Bruel the creator of BAD KITTY is hilarious in his latest drawing tutorial for kids from @kidlittv.bsky.social !! 🤩🐱

Yay Selina!! 🥰🎨📘

🎨 FAN ART FRIDAYS ARE BACK! 🎉 🍎 Teachers, librarians & parents: here's a 5-minute Friday activity your kids will ❤️: 1️⃣ Watch ANY episode of READY SET DRAW! 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/ReadySetDraw 2️⃣ Draw along 3️⃣ Post your kiddos' art in the comments 👇 4️⃣ Get featured! 🌟

🎉Join us for a bilingual storytime on KidLit TV. Happy #hispanichheritagemonth!

Yay Selina!! 🥰🎨📘

🎁🟠 Our DOT DAY GIVEAWAY is STILL OPEN! To celebrate @intldotday.bsky.social & our new videos starring @peterhreynolds.bsky.social, 2 winners will receive: ✨ The CREATRILOGY box set ✨ THE DOT plushie ✨ THE DOT: DELUXE GIFT EDITION  📌 Enter on our pinned IG post 👉 https://www.instagram.com/kidlittv/

Miami, we’re bringing the PEOPLE POWER to Little Haiti! 🇭🇹🩷 Come hang with us for our Haitian Coalition Community Rally with special guest DJ Kochymix. We’re gonna talk, organize, dance, and have a good time together. 📅 Friday, Oct. 2 @ 6 PM 📍 Little Haiti Cultural Complex

🎥 NEW ROL!🗽🐻 BABY BROWN BEAR is in KLTV's hometown! 🍿 Watch Cari Hitchcock read THE ADVENTURES OF BABY BROWN BEAR IN NEW YORK👉https://www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudBABYBROWNBEARinNEWYORK  📖 A curious little 🐻 gets separated from his adults & discovers kindness can find you even in the biggest city🧡

🎁🟠 DOT DAY GIVEAWAY! To celebrate # InternationalDotDay & the 🌎 premiere of READY SET DRAW! w/ @peterhreynolds.bsky.social at 1 PM ET TODAY, 2 lucky winners will get: ✨ The CREATRILOGY box set ✨ THE DOT plush pillow ✨ THE DOT DELUXE ED ENTER ON IG! 🍀 @intldotday.bsky.social @reynoldstlc.bsky.social

✨NEW READ OUT LOUD!✨  🦓 📖: In THE GREAT ZEBRA DEBATE by Tony Bethel & illus. Peter Kavanagh, two clever zebras are being bullied at school. When it all becomes too much, their teacher decides to settle it with a DEBATE. 🗯️ Watch Tony read it 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudTHEGREATZEBRADEBATE

🟠✏️ #DotDay was Tuesday, but MAKING YOUR MARK is an everyday thing! 🎨 🍎 The @intldotday.bsky.social resource library is full of lesson plans, printables, activity guides, & the Educator Handbook. Perfect all year! 👉 https://www.internationaldotday.org/resources @peterhreynolds.bsky.social

🎨 FAN ART FRIDAY: @intldotday.bsky.social EDITION!🟠 🍎 Teachers & librarians: Here's a Friday activity your kids will ❤️! 1️⃣ Watch READY SET DRAW! w/ @peterhreynolds.bsky.social 👉https://www.kidlit.tv/InternationalDotDayREADYSETDRAW 2️⃣ Draw along ✍️ 3️⃣ Post your kids' art👇 4️⃣ Get featured! 🌟

🟠🎉 #InternationalDotDay IS TOMORROW! Are you ready?  📝 Grab paper & something to make a mark with.  🎬 Then join us at 1 PM ET for a Dot-Tastic Watch Party & the premiere of READY SET DRAW! w/ @peterhreynolds.bsky.social! 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/InternationalDotDayREADYSETDRAW @intldotday.bsky.social

October 16th: Hear Leonard Marcus discuss 10 years of research for his award-winning bio, Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon! 🌙 In-person or Zoom: bankstreet.edu/library/cent... 📸 Marcus: Sonya Sones | Brown: Consuelo Kanaga @bankstreet.edu @carlemuseum.bsky.social @kidlittv.bsky.social

🟠 KLTV Kids' reviews are in for our @intldotday.bsky.social Ready Set Draw-ish w/ @peterhreynolds.bsky.social! 🧡 🗣️ "I love the video!!!" "I love this. It shows me how to draw and be creative." 🥰 What will your kids say? 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/InternationalDotDayREADYSETDRAW

🌟 Celebrate Dot Day! Use your imagination, be creative, and have the courage to try—even if you make mistakes! 🟠 Keep creating bravely all year long - MAKE YOUR MARK! Sign Up Here 👉 https://www.internationaldotday.org/register

🎉 Congratulations @katieateapples! 🎉 A KLTV Back-to-School Book Bundle is heading your way, including a plushie & a stack of CHADWICK THE CRAB books from our friends at Schiffer Kids.  Our #kidlit giveaways run all year. Hear about it in the KLTV newsletter. Sign up 👉 https://kidlit.tv/newsletter

🟠 STAY TUNED! @peterhreynolds.bsky.social is coming to RSD! Know a kid who'd 🧡 to learn to draw by the creator of THE DOT? Join our #DotDay Watch Party. WORLD PREMIERE: Tues, Sept 15, 1 PM ET - #Internationaldotday! 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/InternationalDotDayREADYSETDRAW @intldotday.bsky.social

🎁🟠 DOT DAY GIVEAWAY! To celebrate our NEW 🎬 SPECIALS w/ @peterhreynolds.bsky.social, two lucky winners will get:: ✨ The CREATRILOGY box set ✨ THE DOT plush pillow ✨ THE DOT DELUXE ED ENTER: 1️⃣ Follow @kidlittv, @peterhreynolds, @reynoldstlc, @internationaldotday & @candlewickpress 2️⃣ Comment GIVEAWAY👇

🚨 DOT DAY RESOURCE ALERT! KidLit TV is your go-to spot (😉) for @intldotday.bsky.social!  We've gathered all our resources in ONE place — UPDATED for 2026 & all FREE. 🟠 ✏️ Read-alouds, draw-alongs, crafts & activities 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/InternationalDotDay @peterhreynolds.bsky.social

Our International Dot Day special Ready Set Draw episode with @peterhreynolds.bsky.social and Vashti is coming up soon! 🧡🟠

Sept 7th - tune in for a surprise giveaway! @intldotday.bsky.social #dotday

🌸 #NationalGrandparentsDay is Sun, Sept 13! 🧡 👵 #readaloud: Rashin Kheiriyeh & WELCOME, UNCLE NOWRUZ! Nane Sarma is winter herself. Each year she falls asleep before Uncle Nowruz (spring) arrives. Her grandkids have a plan! 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudUNCLENOWRUZ @northsouthbooks.bsky.social

Our International Dot Day special Ready Set Draw episode with @peterhreynolds.bsky.social and Vashti is coming up soon! 🧡🟠

🎁🟠 DOT DAY GIVEAWAY! Celebrate our NEW STORYMAKERS w/ @peterhreynolds.bsky.social! 2 lucky winners will get: ✨ The CREATRILOGY set ✨ THE DOT plush pillow ✨ THE DOT: DELUXE ED ENTER: 1️⃣ Follow @kidlittv, @peterhreynolds, @reynoldstlc, @internationaldotday & @candlewickpress 2️⃣ Comment GIVEAWAY👇

🟠NEW: #internationaldotday STORYMAKERS SPECIAL w/ @peterhreynolds.bsky.social! 🌟 Imagination, creativity, & bravery: That's what @intldotday.bsky.social& THE DOT are all about. Join Peter & Rocco as they chat, draw together + KLTV Kids' Q&A! 🎬 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/InternationalDotDaySTORYMAKERS

Stay Tuned for a NEW StoryMakers with Peter H. Reynolds & Rocco ⧓ 🌎 📺 World Premiere on Monday, Sept 7 at 7AM ET   Watch: https://www.kidlit.tv/InternationalDotDaySTORYMAKERS 🎉 We have a *SURPRISE* Giveaway announcement, too!

🟠🌟 KLTV Kids told us what they thought of THE DOT 🧡:  "Good author" & "Wow, I love this book." If the kids you know ❤️ THE DOT, too, there's a ✨NEW STORYMAKERS✨ w/ @peterhreynolds.bsky.social premiering SEPT 7 at 7AM ET! 🍿 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/InternationalDotDaySTORYMAKERS @intldotday.bsky.social

Thanks for the shout out! 🌟 For a sneak peek, watch THE GLASS PYRAMID book trailer 🎥 featured on @kidlittv.bsky.social here: www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/the-glass-py... @ssedlib.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @blueslipmedia.bsky.social

Thanks @kidlittv.bsky.social ! 🦖🐲📚💚

Thanks so much for sharing ! And all you do for the kidlit world ❤️📚🎥 @eastwestlit.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

🎨 @peterhreynolds.bsky.social is bringing Vashti to READY SET DRAW! — Yes, THAT Vashti, the girl from THE DOT who discovers just how far one little mark can take you. 🟠 🗓️ WORLD PREMIERE: Sept 15 at 1PM ET —  @intldotday.bsky.social!  👉 https://www.internationaldotday.org @candlewickpress.bsky.social

🟠 #InternationalDotDay is just TWO weeks away!  🎉 🎬 We're partnering with the @intldotday.bsky.social team to bring you ✨2 BRAND NEW✨ videos featuring THE DOT creator, @peterhreynolds.bsky.social!   🍎 FREE #DotDay Educator Handbook 👉 https://www.internationaldotday.org @candlewickpress.bsky.social

🐉🦕 Know a kid who's into dinos? How about a kid who digs dragons?  DINOSAURS TO DRAGONS: The Lore & Science of Mythical Creatures is a nonfiction 📖 that both will ❤️, by KLTV Author Sponsor @shreevebooks.bsky.social 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/BookTrailerPremiereDINOSAURSTODRAGONS @simonkids.bsky.social

🍎 Looking for a 📖 to pair w/ a discussion about respecting differences? Try DANNY DUTTERHUFF PLAYS WITH DOLLS, by KLTV Author Sponsor, Tanisha J. Ray, about a brave little boy who brings his favorite toy -- a doll -- to school. 👉https://www.kidlit.tv/welcome-kidlit-tv-super-fans-sponsors-2026/

🧟🎃 Do you know a kid who 🧡s Halloween but doesn't love things that go bump in the night? We've got just the book for a silly-not-scary storytime -- by KLTV Author Sponsor @cuyler.margery! 👻 📖 Try STOMPIE THE ZOMBIE & 🍿 our Halloween special 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/HalloweenSpecialSTOMPIETHEZOMBIE

💚💡 Here's a storytime idea for the start of school while classmates get acquainted -- a reminder that we're all unique & that true beauty isn’t just what's on the surface.  📖 Try ALOE VERA'S SPECIAL GIFT by KLTV Author Sponsor Jeanette Gil 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/FeaturedKidLitALOEVERASSPECIALGIFT

🥮🧮 We've got 2 book suggestions from 1 author that bring together storytelling & math in the most delicious ways!  📖 Don't miss LUNA AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING MOONCAKES & LUNA PICKS A LUCKY DUMPLING by KLTV Author Sponsor @natashayim.bsky.social & illus Violet Kim.  More👉 http://www.natashayim.com

⚖️ Understanding civic justice & the way laws work are important parts of being a good citizen. Here's a graphic chapter book that teaches legal concepts & makes kids laugh! TRIAL AND ERROR by KLTV Author Sponsor @robinnewmanbooks.bsky.social  👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/BookTrailerPremiereTRIALANDERROR

🔺🏛️ History, architecture, math: here's a STEAM-based picture book biography by KLTV Author Sponsor @jeannewharvey.bsky.social  that's the start of endless lesson plans.  📖 THE GLASS PYRAMID: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I. M. Pei   👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/FeaturedBookTHEGLASSPYRAMID

🦀 BACK-TO-SCHOOL BOOK BUNDLE GIVEAWAY! 🦀 We've teamed up with Schiffer Kids to send one classroom, library, or family a CHADWICK THE CRAB plushie & book bundle, introducing a new generation to the classic series & Chesapeake Bay wildlife.🪸 TO ENTER: Follow @kidlittv.bsky.social & comment GIVEAWAY 👇

🍎📚 Back-to-School book 💡s from @highlightsmagazine.bsky.social! 💡 You need CALM & kids want FUN: Try HOW TO DRAW HIDDEN PICTURES by @jannieho.bsky.social  💡 🌧️ Break-time: Try CAN YOU FIND STEVE? A seek-&-find story AND scavenger hunt w/ 5 🦆s to hide. 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/FeaturedKidLitHIGHLIGHTS

🎉 KidLit RADIO has been named one of the Best 99 Podcasts for Kids in the US by Million Podcasts!   🎧 Listen to our award-winning children's literature podcast for kids 👉 https://www.kidlit.tv/KidLitRADIO 🌟 Full list 👉 https://www.millionpodcasts.com/kids-podcasts/

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