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This page has links to things that I have gathered for your reading enjoyment. Check back often as it will updated.
This page has links to things that I have gathered for your reading enjoyment. Check back often as it will updated.
LIGHTBOX - K-5 interactive ebooks with great extra resources like videos, maps, worksheets, vocabulary!
DK FIND OUT! - fun encyclopedia for home and school with great pictures
UNITE FOR LITERACY - actors reading books online
DC CAMP KIDS - Families can sign up to get content delivered right to their inboxes by signing up for the DC Family Newsletter. Kids can learn how to draw along with the graphic illustrators plus origami tutorials and more activities. Here's the press release with a list of the authors/illustrators being featured plus how you can catch live on social media. Many of them are favorites in our library!
AUDIBLE STORIES - books read aloud online
STORY TIME WITH RYAN AND CRAIG - 2 funny guys who read stories. You will love the way they present some of your favorites and might even find a few new ones
VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS
VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS
NASA-
San Diego Zoo-
https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/videos
Virtual Tours
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm
Georgia Aquarium-
https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/beluga-whale-webcam/
The White House-
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-white-house
The Alamo-
https://www.thealamo.org/visit/tours-and-experiences/3d-panoramic-tour
The Galapagos Islands-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8hwt3Tg-mA
The Great Wall of China-
https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china
The Egyptian Pyramids-
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR READ ALOUDS AND DRAWINGS
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR READ ALOUDS AND DRAWINGS
Author/Illustrator Bob Shea
Bob's "Let's Draw Ballet Cat" webpage
Author/Illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka
Draw every day with JJK; author works from home studio
Author/Illustrator Mo Willems
Draw every day with Mo Willems - Lunch Doodles with Mo!
Author/Illustrator Dan Santat
Teaching students about quarantine and isolation
Author/Illustrator Dav Pilkey
Pilkey is launching an online series where he will be sharing read-alouds and drawing lessons. Each show will be accompanied by content drawn from the library’s collections (LOC & Scholastic), as well as tips from Pilkey for children to act out scenes from his Dog Man books and for creating new characters of their own. Viewers will be able to access the videos any time after they are first streamed, as well.
Author Lauren Tarshis
Video of Tarshis reading I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic
Author/Illustrator Grace Lin -
Reads from a couple of her books and teaches how to draw
LEVAR BURTON READS!
LEVAR BURTON READS!
Remember Reading Rainbow? LeVar Burton has been reading to children on his live Twitter feed. Enjoy the stories he's read:
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
How to be a Pirate by Isaac Fitzgerald
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete
GOODNIGHT WITH DOLLY
GOODNIGHT WITH DOLLY
Enjoy these amazing stories read by Dolly Parton!
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