LIVE EVENTS
Author’s Name | Social Media Handle | Title of Book/Song/ Activity Being Shared | Date, Time and Time Zone | Platform Where Read Aloud Will Happen |
Jarrett J. Krosoczka | Free webcasts! Draw with Jarrett! | LIVE Every week day at 2pm ET (for the next two weeks) | ||
Emily Arrow | Sing Along with Emily! | LIVE Monday-Friday 1:00pm ET | ||
Jack Gantos, Jerry Pallotta, and Roland Smith | | Learning with Authors | LIVE March 23 3:00pm ET | |
Ben Clanton | FB Live Author Visit! | LIVE Every Monday at 12:30 ET | IG Live https://www.instagram.com/benclantoon/ | |
Cynthia Levinson | LIVE March TBA TIME TBA | TBA | ||
Todd Nesloney | LIVE March 16 6:30pm CST | |||
Jeff Kubiak | LIVE 3/18/20 5:00 pm pst | |||
Peter H. Reynolds | The Dot, Ish, Be You & More | LIVE Noon-ish each day and TBA | ||
Susan Verde | Story Books from the I Am series | LIVE Every Monday, Thursday 1:00pm ET LIVE Every Saturday and Sunday 1:00pm ET | IG https://www.instagram.com/susanverde/ FB Saturday and Sunday | |
Georgie Badiel | The Water Princess | LIVE March 23 1:00 ET | IG LIVE | |
Dan Gutman | Miss Blake is a Flake | LIVE 2:00pm ET | FB https://www.facebook.com/Dan-Gutman-60020139122/ | |
Rachael Mann | The Spaces You’ll Go | LIVE March 20th 1pm PT | Google Meet (stay tuned for link info) | |
Alice Aspinall | Twitter: @everyonecanmath Facebook: @everyonecanlearnmath | LIVE March 19 at 2pm ET | FB | |
Catherine Barrett | TBA | LIVE March 21st at 11:00 MT | TBA | |
Oliver Jeffers | A book a day! | LIVE everyday at 2:00 ET | ||
Mac Barnett | A book a day until the world gets better | LIVE everyday at 3:00 ET | ||
Kate Schatz | Reading from the RAD series | LIVE everyday at 11:00am PT | ||
Wendy MacNaughton | Drawing lessons with Wendy | LIVE everyday at noon 10:00am PT | ||
Tara Lazar | A book a day! Also writing tips and other fun stuff. | LIVE everyday at noon ET | Instagram LIVE | |
Lynda Mullaly Hunt | LIVE TBA | https://www.lyndamullalyhunt.com/for-readers/spring-into-extra-time-at-home-page-2020/ | ||
Karen Cotton | Carol and Santa | LIVE Everyday 1:00pm MT | ||
Sarah Aronson | Read aloud Just Like Rube Goldberg: True Story of the Man Behind the Machines | LIVE March 23 Noon ET | FB Live https://www.facebook.com/sarah.aronson | |
Atlantic White Shark Conservatory | Shark Story Time | LIVE Everyday at 10:00 am ET | FB Live https://www.facebook.com/atlanticwhiteshark/ | |
Kristy Hamby | Story time with author Q&A | LIVE March 19 1:30pm ET | FB Live https://www.facebook.com/authorkristyhamby/ | |
James Dean | Story time | LIVE March 17 Noon ET | Instagram Live | |
Josh Gad | Story time with Josh! | LIVE Every night on Twitter! (I hope he shares a set time soon!) | ||
Heather Lang | TBA | TBA | ||
Belinda George | Story time with Dr. George | LIVE Everyday Tuesday 7:30pm CT | Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/HomerScholars/ | |
Aaron Reynolds | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
Jan Milusich | Story time with Jan! | LIVE Weekdays 4:00pm ET | IG Live https://www.instagram.com/janmilusich/ | |
Josh Funk | Saturday Storytime with Josh! | LIVE Every Saturday 11:00am ET | https://www.instagram.com/joshfunkbooks/ | |
Deborah Freedman | Draw with Deborah! | TBA | https://www.instagram.com/freedmanillustrates/ | |
Marcy Pusey | Stories with Marcy! | LIVE Every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 2:00pm ET | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXtzgEcFzfE&feature=youtu.be | |
Pippa Chorley | Launch of her new book: STUFFED! | LIVE Friday April 3rd 7pm EST | IG Live https://www.instagram.com/pippachorley/ |
Other KidLit Resources!
Booki Vivat (stay tuned b/c I am trying to persuade Booki to do a LIVE draw with me video time 😉) | Abby Wu activity pages | Ongoing | ||
Space Station Explorers | Astronauts reading from space! | Ongoing | https://www.spacestationexplorers.org/educational-programs/storytimefromspace/ | |
Lots of authors | Lots of authors reading and talking about their books | Ongoing web-based resources | ||
Lauren Tarshis | I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic | Ongoing | You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACj8FOQy5t0&feature=youtu.be | |
Mo Willems | Hang out and doodle with Mo! | Everyday 1:00pm ET | ||
Matt de la Pena | Email him! | Ongoing | hello@mattdelapena@gmail.com | |
Todd Parr | Lots of his books! Already posted on his YouTube channel! | Ongoing! | ||
Grace Lin | Listen to Grace read and draw with her too! | Ongoing! She already posted some videos | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q29QV_T4de4&feature=youtu.be | |
Jerry Pallotta | Daily read alouds being uploaded to his YouTube Channel | Ongoing! | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbodYtWCcd8&feature=youtu.be | |
Dev Petty | Awesome Claymates activities sheets | Ongoing! | ||
Jarrett Lerner | Activity sheets | Ongoing! | ||
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater | Notebook videos | A new video everyday | http://ww.sharingournotebooks.amylv.com/ | |
Chris Grabenstein | Write to an author! | Ongoing! | Chris Grabenstein Planetarium Station, PO Box 1050 NY, NY 10024 | |
Laura Shovan | Draw a robot for Laura’s Daily Robot! (follow the hashtag #writeanauthor on Twitter for more authors participating) | Ongoing! | Laura Shovan P.O. Box 203 Highland, MD 20777 | |
Sara Aronson | Create a Rube Goldberg Machine #JustLikeRube | Ongoing! Contest w/ Booked Evanston! | https://www.bookedevanston.com/ | |
Kate Messner | Kate’s site has loads of author and illustrator activities | Ongoing! | ||
Debbie Ridpath Ohi | Ongoing Flipgrid and so many incredible activities on her site! | https://www.youtube.com/debbieohi | ||
Jess Keating | Explore the activities on Jess’s website and create a doodle for her! | Ongoing! | https://jesskeating.com/write-with-jess/ | |
Emmy Kastner | Activity sheets and coloring pages | Ongoing! | https://www.nerdybabiesbooks.com/resources-1 | |
Remy Lai | Daily sketch from the author! Be inspired and join along! | Ongoing! |