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If your store doesn't have the bandwidth or ability to host your own virtual events and/or to fill out your schedule of virtual events, you can share online events many authors are already hosting, and include links to buy the featured books from your store online. Below, find links to ongoing daily or weekly events and where to find downloadable digital event kits.
Oliver Jeffers - Stay at Home Story Time | Storytimes from SPACE | Vikki VanSickle - story time |
Mac Barnett - Mac's Book Club Show | #WriteWithKate Kate Dicamillo | David Robertson - chapter a day reading |
George O'Connor - GreekSpeak Livecast | Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems | Susin Nielsen - chapter a day reading |
Sophie Blackall - crafting | Carson Ellis - Quarantine Art Club | Kallie George - story time |
Dan Santat - Santant Online Survival School for the Pandemic |
Chris Van Dusen - story time | Ben Clanton - Miximal Mondays |
Jarrett Krosoczka - Draw Every Day | #DrawTogether Wendy MacNaughton | Emily Arrow - story time and sing-a-longs |
Harper Kids From Home - daily story times and read-alouds on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube |
Elly MacKay - story time and craft demonstration | The Aaron Reynolds Stay-At-Home Show |
Bloomsbury Children's Books - Twitter thread |
Heather Montgomery - daily reading from Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill |
Kamilla Benko |
Elizabeth Eulberg - reading and |
Isaac Fitzgerald - How to Be a Pirate Story Time and Coloring Pages |
Kate Messner |
Sarah Crossan - daily poetry prompts | Martha Freeman - daily reading, Goldilocks, Go Home! | CeCe Bell |
Thyra Heder | Brian Biggs | Susan Verde |
Shannon Doleski | Thomas Lennon | Gergely Dudás - daily drawing prompts |
Hello!Lucky - daily readings | Las Musas - webinar series | David Roberts - Draw With David |
Ellen Potter | Tom Angleberger - easy origami and drawing videos | @GroundwoodBooks - Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: contests, lessons, and other activities for Spring 2020 titles |
Charlesbridge - Remote Author Content | Bren MacDibble | Andrea Curtis |
Jonas Taul | HarperCollins At Home - Virtual Event Calendar hosted by indie bookstores |
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