Books & virtual story time
Story time and book access are important parts of the school library.
This page is meant to help elementary students and their families access books and read alouds remotely.
story time with authors & illustrators:
Author Kate Messner has put together amazing resources, including authors and illustrators doing read alouds. Here are a few.
Check out her website to find LOTS more.
story time with celebrities and astronauts:
"KidLit TV is a winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, the Norton Juster Award for Devotion to Literacy, and one of the American Library Association’s Great Websites For Kids. KLTV is available in over 600,000 schools worldwide via our website and video distribution partners. We’re a diverse group of parents, educators, librarians, kid lit creators, and award-winning filmmakers working together to create fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives."
~From the KidLitTV Website
"The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, 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."
-From the Storyline Online Website
astronauts on the ISS read picture books
even more story time options:
Our school is celebrating the Year of the Book with the Children's Literacy Foundation (CLiF). We'll have lots of book giveaways, presenters, and special events centered on literacy. CLiF has a virtual storytelling series that you can check out here.
Audible is offering free audiobook access to students at home. This is normally a paid streaming service through Amazon.