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.
Ongoing daily or weekly events
| Oliver Jeffers [1] - Stay at Home Story Time | Storytimes from SPACE [2] | Vikki VanSickle [3] - story time |
| Mac Barnett [4] - Mac's Book Club Show | #WriteWithKate Kate Dicamillo [5] | David Robertson [6] - chapter a day reading |
| George O'Connor [7] - GreekSpeak Livecast | Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems [8] | Susin Nielsen [9] - chapter a day reading |
| Sophie Blackall [10] - crafting | Carson Ellis [11] - Quarantine Art Club | Kallie George [12] - story time |
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Dan Santat [13] - Santant Online Survival School for the Pandemic |
Chris Van Dusen [14] - story time | Ben Clanton [15] - Miximal Mondays |
| Jarrett Krosoczka [16] - Draw Every Day | #DrawTogether Wendy MacNaughton [17] | Emily Arrow [18] - story time and sing-a-longs |
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Harper Kids From Home [19] - daily story times and read-alouds on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube |
Elly MacKay [12] - story time and craft demonstration | The Aaron Reynolds Stay-At-Home Show [20] |
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Bloomsbury Children's Books - Twitter thread [21] |
Heather Montgomery [22] - daily reading from Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill |
Kamilla Benko [23] |
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Elizabeth Eulberg [24] - reading and |
Isaac Fitzgerald - How to Be a Pirate Story Time [26] and Coloring Pages [27] |
Kate Messner [28] |
| Sarah Crossan [29] - daily poetry prompts | Martha Freeman [30] - daily reading, Goldilocks, Go Home! | CeCe Bell [31] |
| Thyra Heder [32] | Brian Biggs [33] | Susan Verde [34] |
| Shannon Doleski [35] | Thomas Lennon [36] | Gergely Dudás [37] - daily drawing prompts |
| Hello!Lucky [38] - daily readings | Las Musas [39] - webinar series | David Roberts [40] - Draw With David |
| Ellen Potter [41] | Tom Angleberger [42] - easy origami and drawing videos | @GroundwoodBooks - Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: contests, lessons, and other activities for Spring 2020 titles |
| Charlesbridge [43] - Remote Author Content | Bren MacDibble [44] | Andrea Curtis [45] |
| Jonas Taul [46] | HarperCollins At Home [47] - Virtual Event Calendar hosted by indie bookstores |
Downloadable Digital Event Kits
- Nocturnals Middle Grade and Early Reader Activity & Storytime Kits [48]
- Phaidon Children's Activity Packs [49]
- Creston's Readings, Curriculum Guides, and Activity Kits [50]
- Candlewick's My First Book Club picks [51] and main Resources page [52] for educators and booksellers.
- Peachtree Publishings activity sheets [53]
- Quirk Books Activity Kits for Kids and Teens [54]
- Sourcebooks Activity Kits [55], new Activities for Kids at Home [56], and Edelweiss catalog of titles [57] included in their activity kits.
- Sterling Children's Books Activity Kits for Polar Bear Island [58], Sam Wu Is NOT Afraid of Ghosts [59], If You're Going On A March [60], Albie Newton [61], What's On Your Plate [62]?, Nature's Lullabye Fills the Night [63], Dough Knights and Dragons [64], The Case of the Stinky Stench [65], Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast [66], Caring For Your Lion [67], Your Alien and Your Alien Returns [68], This Is Not A Cat [69], Mira Forcasts the Future [70], Normal Norman [71], Monster Party [72],
- Raising Wonder activity kits [73] by Sarah Jane and Kenneth Wright, creators of Lola Dutch
- Bloomsbury Activity Kits for A Way With Wild Things [74], Bear Out There [75].
- DK's Stay Home Hub [76] with resources for both kids and adults.
- Holiday House's Resources [77] page.
- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Dork Diaries Event Kit [78], Dork Diaries Party Kit [79], Keeper of the Lost Cities Book Club Guide [80], Sophie Johnson, Unicorn Expert Storytime Kit [81]
- HarperCollins - DIY and Activities [82]