Oakland library locations are closed until further notice, but with today's technology, that doesn't stop storytime! OPL children's librarians are presenting germ-free virtual storytimes weekly on our Facebook page:
- Mondays 10:30 AM: Play & Learn
- Wednesdays 11 AM: Bilingual Storytime (Spanish)
- Saturdays 10:30 AM: Family Storytime
We have gathered a list of free online stories, music, art, and more for kids and families to enjoy while practicing social distancing.
- Live storytimes from many libraries!
- Storyline Online: Famous people reading children's books aloud
- Mr. Limata, first-grade teacher at Emerson Elementary School
- Overdrive videos: for families who adore the Weston Woods DVDs in our collection, and those who have not yet discovered them.
- Jbrary songs, rhymes, and fingerplays for your littlest ones
- Growing Book by Book has also compiled a similar list of early literacy resources
- Read Out Loud on KidLit TV
- Mo Willems teaches you how to draw his favorite characters
- Mariela (an OPL favorite!) leads Rimas y Canto for toddler and preschoolers in Spanish
- 123 Andrés plays live concerts in Spanish and English
Please note: Oakland Public Library provides access to entertainment and education all year round. Babies and children need words (and music and books) every day, and they have lots of fun while learning with you. We hope to see our storytime friends at the library soon, and also remind you to check out these cool online places anytime:
- Check out ebooks and online audiobooks with your library card.
- Listen to a story with Tumblebooks (and practice your reading, too).
- Stories and How to Draw with Grace Lin
- Books by Robert Munsch... read by Robert Munsch!
- Circle Round, a podcast of folktales and traditional stories from around the world produced by WBUR radio
- Cosmic Yoga keeps kids 3-9 moving and breathing purposefully
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