If you’re missing your local library or wishing that you could start taking advantage of their children’s book section now that the kids are stuck at home, rest assured, there are many new online options. Authors, actors and local libraries all over the country are starting new read-aloud video series and reading programs every day.

Here are options that will help you and your children maintain your reading habits during the coronavirus quarantine.

Virtual storytimes and more

In collaboration with the Library of Congress, “Captain Underpants” writer and illustrator Dav Pilkey has begun a series of weekly videos with accompanying online creative materials for kids. The videos will be released each Friday morning during the coronavirus quarantine.

Legendary country singer Dolly Parton and “Star Trek: The Next Generation” star LeVar Burton, also known for his children’s program “Reading Rainbow,” will begin their own new reading programs.

On Thursday night, Parton began her new series “Goodnight With Dolly,” where she will read titles from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program founded by Parton in 1990 that sends books to children. She will tape titles from this collection for weekly videos to be released at 7 p.m. Thursdays. For more information, visit Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library on YouTube.

On Friday, Burton will begin livestreaming “LeVar Burton Reads” on his Twitter account three times a week. At 9 a.m. Mondays, he will read children’s books; at 3 p.m. Wednesdays, he will read young adult works; and at 6 p.m. Fridays, he will read to adults. For more information, check out Burton’s Twitter account @levarburton.

National Emergency Library

During the coronavirus quarantine, the Internet Archive has suspended waitlists for its digitized collection of more than 1.4 million books. The entire collection will be available, free to the public, through either June 30 or the end of the U.S. national emergency, depending on which is later. The archive has faced backlash from authors, however, who call the move little more than piracy. “They’re operating without any permission whatsoever from authors or publishers who own the copyright for these works,” Maria Pallante, president and chief executive of the Association of American Publishers, told the New York Times in a recent interview. “It’s blatant infringement.”

To find books and more information, visit archive.org/details/nationalemergencylibrary.

‘Harry Potter at Home’

In a tweet this week, J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, announced the launch of “Harry Potter at Home,” an online hub for young readers. “Parents, teachers and carers working to keep children amused and interested while we’re on lockdown might need a bit of magic,” Rowling said in the tweet. The site includes a guide for first-time readers, a list of helpful vocab words, word searches and crosswords, trivia quizzes and whimsical drawing lessons. For more information, visit harrypotterathome.com.

Also new this week, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” the first in Rowling’s series and known in the U.S. as “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” is available to stream free via Audible Stories. The audiobook is available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Japanese. For more information, visit stories.audible.com.

Resources from local libraries

Spokane and Coeur d’Alene public libraries are offering guides for readers hoping to keep taking advantage of their local libraries from home. Check out Spokane Public Library’s “Library @ Home” playlist on its YouTube channel where videos detailing fun, at-home activities for the whole family are offers. And visit the Coeur d’Alene Public Library’s Facebook page for its “7 days and 7 ways” series giving advice on how to keep taking advantage of the public library from home.

While you’re not able to leave the house to satisfy your reading habit, there are plenty of phone and tablet apps that you can use. Apps like Libby, recommended by CDA Public Library, and Hoopla, recommended by Spokane Public Library, make it possible to check out and return library books digitally; all you have to do is sign in with your library card information, find a book and start reading on your e-reading device of choice. These apps also offer a wide selection of audiobooks.

If you don’t have a library card, you can apply for one either online through your library or through one of these apps. (I chose Libby; it took me less than 5 minutes to sign up.) And once you’ve signed up, you’ll be able to join programs like Spokane Public Library’s spring online reading program. Their system will let you track reading minutes as a family, earning badges along the way. To sign up and access the program, visit spl.northwestreads.org.

Also, Coeur d’Alene children’s librarian Mandi Harris has been posting a collection of recorded storytimes, Facebook Live storytimes and how-to videos for a couple of weeks now. Starting Monday, however, she will start posting according to a regular schedule as follows: “Mindful Mondays,” a Facebook Live storytime at 10:30 a.m. featuring books covering mindfulness, friendship and emotions; “Toddler Tuesdays,” a recorded program for babies and toddlers, uploaded to YouTube and Facebook during the day; “Wonder Wednesdays,” a Facebook Live storytime at 10:30 a.m. featuring books about imagination, creativity, adventure and exploration; “Tinker Thursdays,” featuring children’s activity videos; and “Fun Fridays,” featuring videos with surprise subjects like funny books, foreign language books and more.

The series is available on the city of Coeur d’Alene’s YouTube channel and CDA Public Library’s Facebook page. Follow CDA Public Library and CDA Children’s Library to receive Facebook Live reminders when storytimes are about to begin.

‘Storytime From the Tower’

Last week, Northwest Passages Book Club started posting “Storytime From the Tower.” In addition to The Spokesman-Review editor Rob Curley, this new series of storytime videos features public figures, business owners and astronaut Anne McClain reading their favorite children’s books. The most recent video features McClain reading Suzanne Slade’s “Astronaut Annie” while on the International Space Station. To listen, visit spokesman.com/sections/story-time/.