Hi there – and welcome to the World Read Aloud Day author Skype volunteer list for 2017!
If you’re new to this blog, I’m Kate Messner, and I write books like these:
I also read lots of books, and reading aloud is one of my favorite things in the world. When I was a kid, I was the one forever waving my hand to volunteer to read to the class, and still, I’ll pretty much read to anyone who will listen.
For the past few years, I’ve helped out with LitWorld’s World Read Aloud Day by pulling together a list of author volunteers who would like to spend part of the day Skyping with classrooms around the world to share the joy of reading aloud.
WORLD READ ALOUD DAY 2017 IS FEBRUARY 1, 2018
The authors listed below have volunteered their time to read aloud to classrooms and libraries all over the world. These aren’t long, fancy presentations; a typical one might go like this:
- 1-2 minutes: Author introduces himself or herself and talks a little about his or her books.
- 3-5 minutes: Author reads aloud a short picture book, or a short excerpt from a chapter book/novel
- 5-10 minutes: Author answers some questions from students about reading/writing
- 1-2 minutes: Author book-talks a couple books he or she loves (but didn’t write!) as recommendations for the kids
If you’re a teacher or librarian and you’d like to have an author Skype with your classroom or library on World Read Aloud Day, here’s how to do it:
- Check out the list of volunteering authors below and visit their websites to see which ones might be a good fit for your students.
- Contact the author directly by using the email provided or clicking on the link to his or her website and finding the contact form. Please be sure to provide the following information in your request:
- Your name and what grade(s) you work with
- Your city and time zone (this is important for scheduling!)
- Possible times to Skype on February 1st. Please note authors’ availability and time zones. Adjust accordingly if yours is different!
- Your Skype username
- A phone number where you can be reached on that day in case of technical issues
- Please understand that authors are people, too, and have schedules and personal lives, just like you, so not all authors will be available at all times. It may take a few tries before you find someone whose books and schedule fit with yours. If I learn that someone’s schedule for the day is full, I’ll put a line through their name – that means the author’s schedule is full, and no more visits are available. (Authors, please send an email to me know when you’re all booked up!)
World Read Aloud Day – Skyping Author Volunteers for February 1,2018
Authors are listed here (kind of randomly, actually…in the order they emailed me) along with publishers, available times, and the age groups for which they write. (PB=picture books, MG=middle grades, YA=young adult, etc.)
Kate Messner
Bloomsbury/Candlewick/Chronicle/Scholastic
Elementary & Middle School
9am-11am EST
www.katemessner.com
http://katemessner.com/contact-me/
Tricia Springstubb
Candlewick Press; HarperCollins Balzer & Bray
Younger and older elementary grades
9am -4pm EST
Julie Segal Walters
Simon and Schuster
Elementary
9:30-11:30 & 1:00-2:30 ET
http://www.juliesegalwalters.com
julie.segal.walters@gmail.com
Anne Marie Pace
Disney-Hyperion, Beach Lane Books, Scholastic, Henry Holt
Elementary (especially primary)
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST
Jody Jensen Shaffer
Laura Godwin/Henry Holt Children’s Books
Elementary
10-3pm CST
Jarrett Lerner
Simon & Schuster/Aladdin
Elementary
7 am-10pm EST
http://www.jarrettlerner.com
Jarrett.Lerner@gmail.com
Monica Carnesi
Penguin Random House
Early Elementary
9 am – 4 pm EST
Jodi Kendall
HarperCollins Children’s Books
Upper Elementary
8am-12noon EST
Stacy McAnulty
Random House Books for Younger Readers and Henry Holt/Macmillan
Elementary School
9AM – 3PM EST
author.stacymcanulty@gmail.com
Nanci Turner Steveson
HarperCollins
Upper Elementary & Middle School
7:30am to 1:00pm Mountain Time
www.nanciturnersteveson.com
Auntiebook@gmail.com
Emma Otheguy
Lee & Low Books
Elementary
8am-4pm EST
Erin Teagan
American Girl/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Elementary & Middle School
8-5pm EST
Mary Sullivan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Elementary
10 am- 3pm CST
http://marysullivan.com/
mary@marysullivan.com
Madelyn Rosenberg
Scholastic/Albert Whitman/Holiday House
Elementary/Middle School
8:30 am- 2pm EST
http://madelynrosenberg.com
madelynruth@yahoo.com
Susan B. Katz
Scholastic/Random House/Barefoot
Lower Elementary
10-2 PST
Lori Richmond
Simon & Schuster, Scholastic, and more
Elementary
9:30 am – 2:00 pm EST
http://www.loridraws.com/
lori@loridraws.com
Deborah Freedman
Viking, Atheneum
Elementary
9 am — 4 pm EST
Please use this form: http://www.deborahfreedman.net/wrad
Abby Cooper
Sticks & Stones, Bubbles – FSG/Macmillan
Upper Elementary/Middle School
9 – 3 CST
Caroline Starr Rose
Penguin Random House; Albert Whitman
elementary and middle school
10-2 MST
Rebecca Rupp
Candlewick Press
Elementary/Middle
8 AM – 2 PM EST
Marianne Malone
Random House (and Yearling)
Middle Grade
9am-3pm Pacific Standard Time
Mike Mullin
Tanglewood Press
High School
12-6 pm EST
Camille Andros
Clarion/HMHKids
Elementary
8 am- 2pm EST
https://www.camilleandros.com
Dianne White
Beach Lane Books/Simon & Schuster
Younger Elementary
7 a.m. to 2 p.m. MST
Beth McMullen
Simon & Schuster
Middle Grade
9:00-3:00 PST
Caela Carter
Harper
Middle School or Upper Elementary
All day Eastern Standard Time
Dana Alison Levy
Delacorte Press/Random House
Upper Elementary/Middle School
8:30 am -3:00 pm EST
Jennifer Swanson
National Geographic Kids
2nd- 8th grade
9:30 am- 1pm EST
http://jenniferswansonbooks.com/
Jennifer@JenniferSwansonBooks.com
Carole Estby Dagg
Nancy Paulsen/Penguin Young Readers
Elementary
8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Pacific Time
Donna Earnhardt
Flashlight Press
Elementary
8am – 3pm EST
https://wordwranglernc.wordpress.com/
Larissa Theule
Lerner, Abrams, and Bloomsbury
Elementary
9 am – 2 pm PST
Kara LaReau
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Candlewick Press, and Abrams Kids
Elementary
9am to 2:30 pm EST
https://karalareau.com/contact-info/
Carmella Van Vleet
Holiday House / Charlesbridge / Nomad Press
Elementary
9:00 am -2:30 pm EST
Keely Hutton
Farrar, Straus, Giroux – Macmillan
Middle-High School
8 am- 2pm EST
www.keelyhutton.com
Jessica Petersen
The Innovation Press
Elementary
10 am – 2 pm PST
Karen Romano Young
National Geographic Kids/Chronicle
8 am- 3pm EST
http://www.karenromanoyoung.com
Sarah Sullivan
Candlewick Press
Elementary
8 am – 5 pm EST
Kerri Kokias
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Elementary
9am-2pm PST
Loree Griffin Burns
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Holt, Lerner
Elementary, Middle
9am to 3:40pm EST
http://loreeburns.com/www.loreeburns.com
Gaia Cornwall
Candlewick Press
PreK-Elementary
9:30pm- 2:30pm EST
GaiaCornwall.com
Jenna Grodzicki
Clear Fork Publishing
Elementary
9am- 3pm EST
Katey Howes
Ripple Grove Press, Sterling Children’s Books
Elementary
9am-2:30pm EST
Nancy Castaldo
Houghton Mifflin/Random House
Elementary/Middle School
9 am- 2 pm EST
nancycastaldo@nancycastaldo.com
Megan Wagner Lloyd
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Elementary
10 am- 2pm EST
http://meganwagnerlloyd.com
meg@meganwagnerlloyd.com
Jennifer Brown
Little, Brow/Katherine Tegen/Bloomsbury
Middle School or High School
9AM – 2PM CST
Christina Soontornvat
Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky Kids
Elementary
9am-2pm CT
Maria Gianferrari
HMH; Roaring Brook Press; Aladdin; Boyds Mills Press; Putnam; Little Bee
Elementary
10:15-10:45 AM EST; 1:15-4:30 PM
http://mariagianferrari.com/contact
Denis Markell
Delacorte Press
Middle
8 am- 3:30pm EST
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/534331.Denis_Markell
dmarkell@aol.com
Lisa Rose
Kar-Ben Publishing
Elementary
12-3:30 pm EST
Robin Yardi
Arbordale Publishing & Carolrhoda
Elementary
6 AM – 2 PM Pacific Standard Time
https://robinyardi.com/2017/10/17/world-read-aloud-day-2018/
Jennifer Thermes
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Elementary
10am- 2pm EST
http://jenniferthermes.com
jennifer@jenniferthermes.com
Elana K. Arnold
Harper Collins/Walden Pond Press
Elementary
8am-2pm PST
Debbi Michiko Florence
Farrar Straus Giroux
Elementary (gr 1- 3)
10 am – 1 pm EST
http://debbimichikoflorence.com/
Kelly Jensen
Algonquin Young Readers
Middle/High School
9 am – noon central time
Kerry O’Malley Cerra
Sky Pony Press
Upper elementary & middle school
8:30 am- 3 pm EST
http://kerryomalleycerra.com
kerryocerra@gmail.com
Laurie Wallmark
Sterling Children’s Books and Creston Books
Elementary
8am- – 8pm EST
Anica Mrose Rissi
Simon & Schuster BFYR / Disney-Hyperion
Younger Elementary: Grades K-4
10am to 6pm EST
Bree Barton
Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins*
High School
8 am- 5pm PST
A.M. Rose
Entangled Teen
Middle or High School
9am – 3:30pm CST
Allison Singer
DK Publishing
Elementary
9am-5pm EST
https://www.amazon.com/Allison-Singer/e/B01FV1V4EI/
Peter McCleery
HarperCollins Children Books
Elementary
12pm- 4pm EST
http://www.petermccleery.com/
peter.mccleery@gmail.com
Jody Feldman
HarperCollins/Greenwillow
Grades 3-7
8:00am – 4:00pm CST
Miriam Busch
Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins
Elementary
10 am- 2pm CST
http://miriambuschauthor.com/connect/
Rita Antoinette Borg
Horizon publishers/ Bloomsbury UK
Elementary
Rome time
Jennifer Hansen Rolli
Penguin Random House
Elementary
8 am- 2pm EST
https://www.jenniferhansenrolli.com/
Margaret Dilloway
Disney-Hyperion
Elementary/Middle School
7:30 am- 2 pm PST
Kayla Cagan
Chronicle Books
High School
10am PST – 6pm PST
http://kaylacagan.com
hello@kaylacagan.com
Sarah Aronson
Scholastic Press
Elementary
8 am- 5pm Central
http://saraharonson.com
sarah.n.aronson@gmail.com
Jaime Questell
Entangled Teen
High School
8 am- 3pm CST
Sarah Brannen
Albert A. Whitman, Charlesbridge, Scholastic, etc.
Elementary
10 am – 3 pm EST
Diane Magras
Kathy Dawson Books/Penguin Young Readers
Middle
11:00 am – 2:30 pm EST
Carter Higgins
Chronicle Books
Elementary
8:30 am- 10:30 am PST
www.designofthepicturebook.com
carterhiggins@gmail.com
Janet Sumner Johnson
Capstone Young Readers
Elementary
9 am- 2pm MST
Beth Ain
Random House and Scholastic
Elementary
9 am- 2 pm EST
Sarah Albee
Random House/National Geographic Kids
Elementary/Middle School
9 am- 2pm EST
Steve Swinburne
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Elementary
8 am – 2 pm EST
Julia Lynn Rubin
Diversion Books
High School
11 AM – 2PM EST
Mike Grosso
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Upper Elementary, Middle School
8:00am-3:00pm CST
http://mikegrossoauthor.com
me@mikegrossoauthor.com
Rebecca Behrens
Simon & Schuster
Elementary, Middle
10 am – 3 pm EST
http://www.rebeccabehrens.com
http://rebeccabehrens.com/contact/
M. Romero
Delacorte Press / Penguin Random House
4th and 5th grade, Middle School
8 AM – 2 PM EST
Brenda Rufener
HarperTeen of HarperCollins Publishers
High School
8 AM – 2 PM EST
https://www.brendarufener.com/
Laura Murray
GP Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Elementary
9 am-2pm EST
Ronni Arno
Simon & Schuster/Aladdin
Late Elementary/Early Middle
9am- 2pm EST
www.ronniarno.com
ronniarno@gmail.com
Brian Lies
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Elementary
9 AM – 2 PM EST
Rebecca Caprara
Carolrhoda Books/Lerner Publishing Group
Elementary & Middle School
9am-1pm EST
Michelle Cusolito
Charlesbridge
Elementary
9 am to 4pm EASTERN Time (With breaks for lunch etc).
http://www.michellecusolito.com/
Deborah Heiligman
Macmillan Childrens Books/ Two Lions/ National Geographic
Elementary, Middle School, High school
9 am to 3:00 p.m. EST
http://deborahheiligman.com/contact/
Deborah@DeborahHeiligman.com
Nancy Bo Flood
Charlesbridge and Highlights/BoydsMill Press- Wordsong
elementary & middle school
Mara Rockliff
Candlewick Press
Elementary
9 am – 4 pm EST
mararockliff.com/img/email.bmp
Augusta Scattergood
Scholastic Press
Elementary and Middle School (Gr. 3-7)
9 AM-4 PM
http://www.augustascattergood.com/
gsgood2@gmail.com
Elly Swartz
Farrar Straus and Giroux – Finding Perfect
Scholastic – Smart Cookie
Upper elementary and middle school
10:30am-3pm EST
Linsey Davis
Zondervan
Elementary
9am-3pm EST
Melissa Stoller
Clear Fork Publishing
Elementary
9 am-2 pm EST
Carol Gordon Ekster
Clavis Books
Elementary (K-2)
Available 1:00 p.m.-3:00 EST
Brooks Benjamin
Random House
Upper elementary or middle school
8 am – 5 pm (EST)
Jenn Bishop
Alfred A. Knopf / Penguin Random House
Gr. 3-7 (Elementary & Middle)
Available 10-4 pm EDT
Trisha Speed Shaskan
Lerner/HarperCollins
Elementary School
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. CST
http://www.trishaspeedshaskan.com
Deborah Schaumberg
HarperTeen
High School
8 am – 2 pm EST
www.deborahschaumberg.com
email@deborahschaumberg.com
Hannah Dias
Eifrig Publishing
Elementary
8am- 2pm CST
Lisa Gammon Olson
Eifrig Publishing
Elementary
9 am- 2pm CST
http://lwww.lisagammonolson.com
lisagammonolson@gmail.com
Lauren Magaziner
Penguin Books for Young Readers
Elementary
9 am – 6 pm EST
Elaine Vickers
HarperChildrens
Elementary
9:30-10:30 am, 2-3 pm EST
http://elainevickers.com
elainebvickers@hotmail.com
Annie Silvestro
Doubleday Books for Young Readers, Sterling Children’s Books
Elementary
9am – 2pm EST
Robin Newman
Creston Books
Elementary
10 am – 1 pm EST
Hayley Barrett
Candlewick/Holiday House/S&S
Elementary
8 am-12pm EST
hayleybarrettwrites@gmail.com
Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum
HMH, Scholastic Press
Elementary (K-2)
9 am-11:30 am, EST
http://www.andriawarmflashrosenbaum.com/contact.htm
Lynn Plourde
Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin
Upper Elementary-Gr. 4-6
8 am – 3 pm EST
Marcie Colleen
HarperCollins/Macmillan
Elementary
10 – 4pm PCT
Shannon Hitchcock
Scholastic
Grade Level 3-7
Hours: 11:00–3:00 EST
http://www.shannonhitchcock.com
http://www.shannonhitchcock.com/contact.html
Kathleen Burkinshaw
Sky Pony Press
Middle and High school
10am – 3:00pm EST
Constance Lombardo
HarperCollins
Upper Elementary
10am – 3pm EST
Jennifer Wolf Kam
Charlesbridge Publishing
Middle School/High School
8 AM- 3:00 PM, EST
http://www.jenniferwolfkam.com
Erin Soderberg Downing
Random House, Simon & Schuster/Aladdin, Bloomsbury
Elementary/Middle School
10 am- 3pm CST
http://www.erinsoderberg.com
http://www.erindowning.com
Patricia McMahon
Simon and Schuster/Boyds Mills Press/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Elementary
9-4 CST
patricia@patriciamcmahonbooks.com
Casey Lyall
Sterling Children’s Books
Elementary/Middle School
9 am- 4pm EST
https://www.caseylyall.com/
Nisha Sharma
Crown Books for Young Readers
High School
8am-11am EST
Leah Henderson
Atheneum/Simon & Schuster
Elementary and Middle School
9:30 am – 2 pm EST
leahhendersonbooks.com
reachme@leahhendersonbooks.com
Monica Tesler
Simon & Schuster
Elementary, Middle
9 am – 3 pm EST
Rebecca Petruck
ABRAMS/Amulet
Middle
8 am – 10p ET
Donna Gephart
Delacorte Press/Penguin Random House
Upper Elementary & Middle School
8:30 am- 3:30pm EST
http://donnagephart.com
donnagephart@bellsouth.net
Miranda Paul
Knopf Children’s (Penguin Random House), Lerner, Macmillan Children’s
Elementary
9 am-1pm Central (+Willing to schedule early morn/late night for schools overseas)
www.mirandapaul.com
Mirandapaulbooks@gmail.com
Lita Judge
Dial/Roaring Brook/Atheneum
Elementary
12 – 3pm EST
http://litajudge.net
Meg Fleming
Simon & Schuster and little bee books
Elementary
9:00am- 2:00 PST
Linda Vigen Phillips
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Middle and up
8 am – 2 pm EST
http://www.lindavigenphillips.com
Chana Stiefel
Feiwel & Friends (Macmillan)
Early Childhood & Elementary
8:30-10:30 AM EST
Gina Perry
little bee books
Younger Elementary
9am-2pm EST
http://www.ginaperry.com
ginacarey@comcast.net
Lezlie Evans
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Albert Whitman, Disney-Hyperion
Younger Elementary K-3
9:00-5:00 pm EST
LezlieEvans.com
Lezlieevans@gmail.com
Sue Fliess
little bee books, Albert Whitman, Henry Holt
Elementary
9 am – 3 pm EST
sue.fliess@gmail.com or http://www.suefliess.com/contact
Judy Dodge Cummings
Nomad Press
Grades 5-7
11-3 Central Time
Hillary Homzie
MIX/Aladdin/Simon & Schuster; Swirl/Sky Pony Press
Elementary
8 am- 11:30 am PST
www.hillaryhomzie.com
hillary@hillaryhomzie.com
Susan Tan
Roaring Brook Press
Elementary
8am-4pm EST
Andrea Wang
Albert Whitman & Co.
Elementary, Grades K-3
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Mountain Time
andrea@andreaywang.com or contact page at http://andreaywang.com/contact/
Bridget Hodder
Macmillan/ Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Grades 4 – 8
1:00 – 5:00 EST
http://www.bridgethodder.com/contact-bridget-hodder/
Laura Shovan
Wendy Lamb Books/Random House
Elementary & Middle (3-8)
9-5 pm EST
www.laurashovan.com
laurashovan@gmail.com
E. Conran
Gosling Press, Goosebottom Books
Elementary (4-6)
8am-3pm PST
Shari Green
Pajama Press
upper elementary
9am – 12noon PST
Jill Diamond
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Elementary
9:30 am – 2:30 pm PST
https://www.jilldiamondbooks.com/
jilldiamond78@gmail.com
Karina Yan Glaser
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers
Elementary and Middle
10am – 2pm EST
http://www.karinaglaser.com/contact/
Dana Middleton
Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan
Elementary
9am-3pm PST
http://www.danamiddletonbooks.com/
S.A. Larsen
Leap Books, LLC & Ellysian Press
Upper Elementary, Middle Grade, & High School)
9am – 2pm EST
https://www.salarsenbooks.com/
Sarah Cannon
Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan
Middle
9 am- 3pm EST
http://sarahcannonbooks.com
hellosarahcannon@gmail.com
Wendy BooydeGraaff
Ripple Grove Press
Elementary
10 am – 3pm EST
http://www.wendybooydegraaff.com/contact-form/
Shelly Becker
Sterling Publishing
Elementary
10am-3pm EST
Darcey Rosenblatt
Henry Holt/MacMillian
Middle Grade
7am – 2pm PST
Cynthia Reeg
Jolly Fish Press/ North Star Editions
Elementary
10-2 EST
Matthew Swanson
Macmillan Children’s
Elementary
9:00am – 3:00pm EST
Jodi McKay
Albert Whitman & Co
Elementary
9:00-2:00 est
Tricia Clasen
Sky Pony Press
Elementary (4-6th grade)
10-4 Central
Lee Gjertsen Malone
Aladdin/Simon & Schuster
4th through 8th grades
9am – 4pm EST
Courtney Pippin-Mathur
Lilliam Rivera
HarperCollins
Upper Elementary & Middle
10am- 3pm EST
Http://danielcoldstar.com
Mail@danielcoldstar.com
Nancy Churnin
Albert Whitman & Company; Creston Books
Elementary
9 – 11 am CST
http://www.nancychurnin.com/
nancychurnin@mac.com
Christina Farley
Skyscape
Middle/High
8 am- 12pm EST
http://www.christinafarley.com
Katey Howes
Ripple Grove Press, Sterling Children’s Books, Carolrhoda
Younger Elementary
9am-3pm EST, 7:30-9pm EST
www.kateyhowes.com
Howes_kathryn@yahoo.com
Harper Collins Balzer & Bray
Elementary
8 am- 4pm EST
http://vbartles.com
vbartleswrites@vbartles.com
Creative Editions
PreK – Lower Elementary
10 am- 5pm EST
http://www.tracymarchini.com
Dial Books for Young Readers + Star Walk Kids Media
Older Elementary/Middle School
Available 8:30 am – 6:00 pm Eastern time
handsaroundthelibrary.com
leggett@comcast.net
Peachtree Publishers, Charlesbridge
Elementary
10:15 am- 7pm EST
http://lesliebulion.com
lesliebulion@gmail.com
Robin Roe
Disney-Hyperion
High School
1pm- 6pm EST
http://www.robinroewriter.com/
robinroewriter@gmail.com
Lindsay Currie
Simon & Schuster
Middle Grade
8 am- 2pm CST
www.lindsaycurrie.com
Knopf, PenguinRandom House
Elementary
10:30a am- 11:30am EST
https://annemarieobrienauthor.
Annemarie@
Penguin/Sterling Children\’s Books
PreK to Elementary
8:00 – 3:00 PST
http://www.deeleone.com/home.h
http://www.deeleone.com/contac
Simon & Schuster Aladdin
upper elementary-middle school (gr 4-8)
8am-3pm PST
Markmaciejewski.com
Magicjetski@yahoo.com
Sourcebooks / Ava&Pip; Speed of Life
Upper Elementary / Middle School
9 to 3 EST
carolweston.com
carol@carolweston.com
Christine Pakkala
Julie Fortenberry
Younger Elementary
8 am- 5pm EST
http://juliefortenberry.com
fortenberryillustration@gmail.
Elementary
12-4 central time
www.mariashworth.com
mashworth113@yahoo.com
Supriya Kelkar
3rd-6th grade
Available from 12:30-3:00 Eastern Standard
Stephanie Robinson
Delacorte Press
Middle Grade (upper elementary/early middle school
8:30 am – 3:15pm EST
https://www.fairdaysfiles.com/
robinsonstef@yahoo.com
Claire Lordon
Random House Books for Young Readers
Elementary
Crown Books for Young Readers
Middle Grade
8 am- 3pm EST
https://david-neilsen.com/
neilsendavid@gmail.com
Authors & Illustrators: If your schedule is full & you need to be crossed off the list, please email to let me know. If you’d like to be added to the list, directions are here. Please note that this particular list is limited to traditionally published authors/illustrators, only to limit its size and scope. I’m one person with limited time. However, if someone else would like to compile and share a list of self-published, magazine, and ebook author/illustrator volunteers, I think that would be absolutely great, and I’ll happily link to it here. Just let me know!
Happy reading, everyone!
“World Read Aloud Day is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write belongs to all people. World Read Aloud Day motivates children, teens, and adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words, especially those words that are shared from one person to another, and creates a community of readers advocating for every child’s right to a safe education and access to books and technology.” ~from the LitWorld website
Thank you so much for doing this for us, Kate!! Happy Thanksgiving!!
Maria Gianferrari 🙂