Who’s ready for a book party??
Your young readers may be stuck at home during these unexpected and prolonged school closures, plowing through their own to-be-read lists daily. But reading alone can be isolating sometimes, so Scholastic is gearing up to host a massive celebration online to celebrate books and reading.
Scholastic’s Home Base Virtual Book Fest will bring together a slew of authors to chat with kids and host costume contests, online Q&As, and trivia events.
Author R.L. Stine (Goosebumps) will host a live question-and-answer session, Ghost Squad writer Claribel Ortega will run some interactive games, and Whatever Author writer Sarah Mlynowski will emcee a costume contest. Then, kids can stick around for more activities and a dance party to close out the festivities.
The two-hour party will kick off tomorrow at 3 p.m. EST on the online, multiplayer Home Base game. Sounds fun; want to join? All kids will need to participate is a registered Scholastic Kids account. (Parents can set up new accounts here.) Once registration is complete, kids can log into the website or the accompanying app to join the party.
Check out the full schedule of events here.
