Please check out all our virtual programming at Delco Libraries
Virtual Story-times & Read Alouds
- Ben Clanton: Mondays at 12:30 pm
- Brian Briggs
- Buzz Feed: Celebs reading books
- Children’s Book World (Havertown’s Local Children’s Bookstore) link to virtual author events
- Children’s Books in ASL
- Dan Gutman: 2 pm
- Delco Digital Storytime: Local librarians read some of your favorites
- Elementaray and Middle School Read Alouds
- French Experiment: storytimes in French
- Grace Lin
- Greg Pizzoli
- Jarrett Krosoczka
- Joe Hayes Storyteller in Spanish
- Laurie Halsie Anderson reading Fever 1793
- Librarian Bookends: a padlet of resources
- Kate Messner
- Kate Messner on her blog reading Ranger in Time
- Ken Nesbitt’s website with poems and videos
- Laurie Berkner live on FB at 10
- Mac Barnett
- Montgomery County Digital Storytime
- Oliver Jeffers: Reading at 2 pm
- Parent’s Choice Award: winners sharing music and fun
- Penguin Kids
- Peter Reynolds: Reading at 12:00 pm daily
- Poetry Outloud : Read and watch these talented 9th-12th graders read for the competition
- Read, Wonder and Learn
- Romper
- Stimola Live: website of live stream events by professional authors and illustrators
- Storyline Online: hear some of your favorite stars read great children’s books aloud
- Storytime from Space
- Vashti Harrison
- We are Teachers: massive list of virtual authors
- World Book Day
Ebook & Audiobooks
- Ebsco Ebook High School Edition
- Ebsco Ebook K-8 Edition
- Epic: Free Ebooks through teacher invitation. Ask your teacher to sign-up.
- Knowbuddy Resources: Free ebooks from Creative Company
- Libby: Delaware County’s Ebook App
- Ranger Rick
- Scholastic Learn at Home
- TrueFlix
- Tumblebooks
- Vooks.com free 1 yr. subscription – animated picturebooks
Sites with Book/Literacy Related Activities
- ABC pages from Melissa & Doug
- All The Wonder
- Board Game Arena: for those of you missing board game club
- The Book Pantry: Simon & Schuster book related activities and author studies
- Booklist
- Boyds Mill Press: activity sheets
- Candlewick Press: pages of activityids sheets for their books
- Common Sense Media Book Lists
- DC Kids Camp
- Escape from Wonderland Digital Escape Room
- Every Child a Reader & Children’s Book Week activity pages
- Gene Barretta
- Hogwarts Digital Escape Room
- Harper Collins’s huge list of online activities
- Jack Prelutsky
- Jen Calonita: writing prompts
- Josh Funk: Book themed activity & coloring pages
- Junior Library Guild digital reading
- Kane Miller Publishing: book activities
- Kelly Yang: Writing Class for Teens – Instagram live
- KidLit TV
- Matt Phelan Draws
- Mo Willems Lunch Doodles
- No Water River: Everything Children’s Poetry
- Paw Patrol Escape Room
- Penworthy Books: printable Word Games, Mazes
- Poetry Foundation
- Poetry Minute
- Ridley High School Library – Amy Pickett
- Rockdale Art Center
- Scaredy Squirrel: activity guides
- School Library Journal
- Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
- Time For Kids Free
- WHYY I Like This Book
Websites for Reading and Storytime Information
- Bookshop: if you’re looking for book recommendations
- Early Literacy : Saroj Ghoting’s site
- JBrary
- Reading Rockets
- Storytime Katie
Online Story-time Articles/webinars for Librarians
- AL Live—Libraries and COVID-19: Considering Copyright during a Crisis – awaiting link
- School Library Journal: Authors step up
- School Library Journal: Publisher policy
- Know & Go: Spotlight on Virtual Storytimes
- Author permission spreadsheet
- Penn State Copyright
- Permission from Sandra Boyton
- Reading Aloud: Fair Use
- https://boydsmillsandkane.com/permissions2020/
- Fixing Picture Reversal
- YouTube Tutorial for beginning librarians
- Storytimes Go Virtual
