{"id":3622,"date":"2020-04-14T17:55:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T21:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/pstv\/?page_id=3622"},"modified":"2021-07-12T12:10:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:10:09","slug":"storytime","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/pstv\/storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Reading and Storytime Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

Free Public Library of Philadelphia<\/a> –\u00a0The\u00a0digital resources\u00a0of the\u00a0Free Library of Philadelphia\u00a0<\/a>are as vast as the archives of the institution\u2019s citywide branches. A few clicks and a library card unleash access to ebooks, audio books, movies, TV shows and electronic editions of publications like\u00a0The New York Times. Plus, more than 100 searchable academic, research, media and visual\u00a0databases<\/a>\u00a0provide access to full-text articles and citations. Not sure where to start? Try TumbleBooks\u2019 animated talking picture books for kids or the Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries, which offers more than 35,000 streaming music tracks by American artists.<\/p>\n

New York Public Library<\/a> –\u00a0\u00a0Welcome to our Remote Learning Resources for Kids & Teens page, a vital digital tool for young learners and their parents and caretakers while\u00a0NYPL is temporarily closed. Check out some of the wide array of online resources NYPL offers: Academic Support, Reading, Activities.<\/p>\n

Scholastic Online learning and reading –<\/a> Resources<\/p>\n

Dav Pilkey at Home<\/a> – WHEN AND WHERE<\/strong>:\u00a0Via\u00a0Scholastic\u00a0<\/a>and the\u00a0Library of Congress<\/a>\u00a0every Friday at 8 am<\/strong> – Dav Pilkey, author of the Captian Underpants and Dog Man series, is posting a free online video series featuring read-a-louds, drawing lessons and\u00a0other kid-friendly fun. Remember, “Never underestimate the power of\u00a0underwear!”<\/p>\n

Story Time!\u00a0from Penguin Kids\u00a0 –\u00a0<\/a>WHEN AND WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0Via\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>every weekday at 11am\u00a0 –\u00a0<\/strong>Authors and illustrators\u00a0published by Penguin Kids\u00a0will read\u00a0their stories every weekday at 11am.<\/p>\n

HarperKids from Home\u00a0 – WHEN AND WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0Via\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0every weekday at\u00a0noon<\/strong>.\u00a0The team at HarperKids will hold a\u00a0storytime with read-alouds and activities pure entertainment\u00a0every day at\u00a0noon.<\/a><\/p>\n

Snack & Read with Simon Kids\u00a0<\/a> – WHEN AND WHERE<\/strong>:\u00a0Via\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 2pm –\u00a0<\/strong>Parents and children are invited to grab a snack and watch live read-alouds and activities from Simon & Schuster. This half-hour video series streams live on\u00a0Facebook\u00a0every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 2pm.<\/p>\n

Mo Willems’s “LUNCH DOODLES”<\/a> – WHEN AND WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0Via the\u00a0Kennedy Center<\/a> – The first-ever Education artist-in-residence at the Kennedy Center, New Yorker Mo Williems held\u00a0LUNCH DOODLES<\/a>\u00a0every day at 1pm for three weeks, letting\u00a0your kiddos peek into the mind of\u00a0the author of\u00a0Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny\u00a0and\u00a0other contemporary classics. Now all 15 episodes of LUNCH DOODLES\u00a0are\u00a0archived on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n

READ TOGETHER, BE TOGETHER\u00a0from Penguin Kids<\/a> – WHEN AND WHERE:\u00a0<\/strong>Via Instagram\u00a0or Facebook every day at 3pm –\u00a0<\/strong>Every day a celeb will read a book\u00a0on his or her Instagram or Facebook at 3pm. The lineup is terrific\u2014Alan Cumming reads on Thursday, April 9!\u2014and you’ll find a complete schedule with links\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oliver Jeffers’s reading<\/a>s – WHEN AND WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0Via\u00a0Instagram\u00a0<\/a>every day at 2pm –<\/strong>The author Oliver Jeffers will read one of his books every day at 2pm, then archive the reading on his\u00a0website.<\/p>\n

Goodnight with Dolly<\/a> – WHEN AND WHERE<\/strong>:\u00a0Via the\u00a0Imagination Library<\/a>\u00a0every Thursday at 7pm –\u00a0<\/strong>Dolly Parton, the Smoky Mountain Songbird, is also known as the Book Lady: The\u00a0Imagination Library, a nonprofit she founded to support children’s literacy, gives away more than 1 million children’s books every month. Now\u00a0the Queen of Country will\u00a0read your little one to sleep every Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Jarret J. Krosoczka’s “Every Day with JJK<\/a>” –WHEN AND WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0Via\u00a0the author’s website\u00a0every day at 2pm\u00a0<\/strong>Join the bestselling author of\u00a0Peanut Butter and Jellyfish, National Book Award finalist\u00a0Hey Kiddo\u00a0and the\u00a0Lunch Lady\u00a0series for an all-ages drawing masterclass on his\u00a0homepage\u00a0and his\u00a0YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read & Learn with Simon Kids<\/a> – WHEN AND WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0Via the\u00a0YouTube\u00a0channel for Simon Kids<\/a> – Parents and educators\u00a0will find videos by Simon & Schuster authors and illustrators hosted on the Simon Kids\u00a0YouTube\u00a0channel.<\/a> On Read & Learn with Simon Kids you’ll see\u00a0read-alouds, drawing tutorials, and more from authors such as Tony DiTerlizzi, Hena Khan, Lita Judge and Aaron Reynolds.<\/p>\n

Storytime Saturdays\u00a0from the Children’s Museum of Manhattan<\/a> – WHEN AND WHERE:<\/strong> On the Children’s Museum of Manhattan\u00a0website\u00a0<\/a>every Saturday –\u00a0<\/strong>Storytime Saturdays is a part of the weekly lineup of\u00a0CMOM at Home<\/a>, the online programming from the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. There’s a new video,\u00a0game, sing-a-long or online activity every day!<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Public Library<\/a> – WHEN AND WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0The library’s\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a> – The Brooklyn Public Library is taking its\u00a0storytimes online, and live-streaming via its website and Facebook.<\/p>\n

Storyline Online<\/a> – WHEN AND WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0Any time via\u00a0the\u00a0Storyline Online website<\/a><\/strong> – This incredible resource from the SAG-AFTRA Foundation is an archive of hundreds of children’s books read by some of the greatest actors of our time, including\u00a0Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Rami Malek, Annette Bening and James Earl Jones. Yes,\u00a0Storyline Online\u00a0is where\u00a0you can watch Betty White read\u00a0Harry the Dirty Dog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

#OperationStorytime<\/a> – WHEN AND WHERE:\u00a0Any time via Youtube<\/a> –\u00a0<\/strong>The #OperationStoryime tag on\u00a0Facebook\u00a0will bring you to a growing collection of children’s book authors and illustrators reading their own works.\u00a0Check back regularly:\u00a0#OperationStorytime\u00a0is adding new titles every few hours.<\/p>\n

Disney Storytime with John Stamos<\/a> – WHEN AND WHERE:\u00a0Any tim<\/strong>e via Disney’s\u00a0YouTube\u00a0channel – The Full House star reads\u00a0A Kiss Goodnight, by longtime Disney collaborators Floyd Norman and Richard Sherman.<\/p>\n

Time for Kids<\/a> – A Closer Look- Media literacy for photojournalist.<\/p>\n

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Many of the resources sourced from:<\/strong>\u00a0Strand, O. (2020, March 16). Virtual storytimes for kids: Authors and venues go online amid coronavirus. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/new-york-kids\/news\/virtual-storytimes-for-kids-authors-and-venues-go-online-amid-coronavirus-031620<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Free Public Library of Philadelphia –\u00a0The\u00a0digital resources\u00a0of the\u00a0Free Library of Philadelphia\u00a0are as vast as the archives of the institution\u2019s citywide branches. A few clicks and a library card unleash access to ebooks, audio books, movies, TV shows and electronic editions of publications like\u00a0The New York Times. Plus, more than 100 searchable academic, research, media and… <\/p>\n

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