Storytimes and Author Connections!

Downloadable FREE picture book about Coronavirus for Children (website also has picture book version you can scroll through without downloading!) from Nosy Crow Publishers

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/

Do you love Dav Pilkey?  Author of Dog Man, Captain Underpants, Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot series and many others?  Great news!  Starting Wednesday, April 1 the Library of Congress will be releasing videos and other downloadable activities on its website and social media feeds. Each Friday, in partnership with Scholastic, new videos will be posted with drawing demonstrations, read-alouds and more!

Dolly Parton reads you a bedtime story in her Imagination Library

Kate DiCamillo’s Writing Workshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA1CTuZ27Bs&feature=youtu.be

Mac Barnett will be reading a book aloud each day at  PM ET in his Instagram stories (it will disappear after 24 hours)
(@macbarnett)

Oliver Jeffers will be reading one of his books on Instagram every weekday @ 2 PM ET (@oliverjeffers)
and will post them on his website after: https://www.oliverjeffers.com/books#/abookaday/

J.K. Rowling has The Wizarding World of Harry Potter available with games and more!

Jarrett J. Krosoczka Drawing Studio – 2 PM Weekdays
https://www.youtube.com/user/studiojjk

Kelly Yang (author of Front Desk) has a creative writing workshop Monday, Wednesday and Friday on Instagram Live at 3PM (@kellyyanghk)

R.J. Palacio will be reading Wonder everyday from 12PM-12:45PM on Twitter (@rjpalacio). If you don’t have twitter, you can still view it at www.twitter.com/rjpalacio (it’s the top video)

Search #OperationStoryTime on Facebook, Instagram and You Tube for a roundup of authors who are reading their works online.