Author Mo Willems https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/ Mo Willems invites YOU into his studio every day for his LUNCH DOODLE. Learners worldwide can draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo’s studio virtually once a day for the next few weeks. Grab some paper and pencils, pens, or crayons and join Mo to explore ways of writing and making together.

• Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages.
• International Children's Digital Library a collection of digital books that represent outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Over 4000 digital books are included in 59 languages.
• Storyline Online streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more.
• Read Alouds with Ryan and Craig is a free, short-form reading show for children, parents & educators. Every week, Ryan and Craig read aloud a new children’s book. Past episodes, including hundreds of books are linked.
• TumbleBook Library can be accessed online using your Worcester Public Library card. Read along with highlighted text as you listen to digital picture books read to you. Includes books in 90 languages.
• Rivet offers over 3,500 leveled books for kids - all free to read online.

• Play a word game! Scrabble, Boggle, and Hangman are all great games for building vocabulary and spelling skills.
• Visit Starfall for fun online reading, phonics, and word work activities.
• Check out word games organized by grade level at ABCYA.

Reading Picture Books WITH (not to) Children

Megan Dowd Lambert is the author of Reading Picture Books with Children: How to Shake Up Storytime and Get Kids Talking About What They See. If you are reading with your children at home, here are some ideas to make your storytime more interactive for children: https://www.embracerace.org/resources/10-tips-for-reading-picture-books-with-children-through-a-race-conscious-lens