Children's Book Authors Are Offering Free Online Videos While Kids Are Home From School

Author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers (Here We Are, The Fate of Fausto, How to Catch a Star) will read one of his books every day on Instagram live beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Mac Barnett (Extra Yarn, Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem), also announced he'll be doing a daily live reading of his books on Instagram live at 3 p.m. ET while schools are closed. Additionally, author and illustrator Ben Clanton (It Came in the Mail, Something Extraordinary) scheduled two read aloud sessions on Facebook Live on March 18 at 2 p.m. PT and March 20 at 5 p.m. PT.