Reading and drawing Activities

Dan Gutman (Baseball Card Adventures series, My Weird School series, Genius Files series) reads Miss. Blake is a Flake!, book 4 of his My Weirder-est School series! Join him on his Facebook fan page as he hosts Facebook Live readings at 2 pm. You can view earlier chapters by clicking on the "videos" section of his fan page.

Join Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems (author of the Elephant and Piggie series) every weekday at 1 pm (previous episodes can be viewed anytime). Downloadable activity included.

Oliver Jeffers, author of The Incredible Book Eating Boy and illustrator of The Day the Crayons Quit, reads one of his books live on Instagram (@oliverjeffers) at 2 pm each day. Readings can be viewed after on his website or through Instagram by clicking on Oliver's picture in his profile (clicking on his picture within a post will bring you to his story, not his live video) and choose "watch live video." It can be viewed until 2 pm the next day. Instagram live videos cannot be viewed on desktop computers.

Storyline Online is a collection of read-alouds by actors and actresses through the Screen Actors Guild including Harry the Dirty Dog read by Betty White and How I Learned Geography read by Ed O'Neil.

Live virtual storytime with Pete the Cat and author James Dean everyday at 12 pm on Instagram Live (@petethecatofficial). To view the story after 12 pm, click on Pete's picture in his profile (clicking on his picture within a post will bring you to his story, not his live video) and choose "watch live video." It can be viewed until 12 pm the next day. Instagram live videos cannot be viewed on desktop computers.