Free Virtual Visits on World Read Aloud Day 2023

Mark your calendars for February 1, 2023 — it’s World Read Aloud Day! 

LitWorld started World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) in 2010 to honor the power and joy of reading. To celebrate, authors and illustrators come together each year to offer virtual classroom visits around the world.

Several Soaring ‘20s authors and illustrators still have spots available.

Most virtual visits go something like this:

  • 1-2 minutes: Creator introduces themself and talks a little about their books.

  • 3-5 minutes: Creator reads aloud a short picture book, or a short excerpt from a chapter book/novel

  • 5-10  minutes: Creator answers a few questions from students about reading/writing.

  • 1-2 minutes: Creator book-talks a couple books they love (but didn’t write/illustrate!) as recommendations for the kids.

Before you sign up, most authors request you have the following available.

  • School name, grade level/teacher name, and approximate number of students

  • Platform (ex. Zoom, Google Meet, Skype)

  • Cell phone number for day-of-event emergencies

NOTE: Please pay attention to each creator’s time zone when scheduling. We are located across the US!

To check availability and/or schedule with an individual creator, click on their name below.

Qing Zhuang

Qing Zhuang

Books: Rainbow Shopping and How Long Is Forever?

10 am-12:20 pm ET


Candy Wellins

Candy Wellins

Books: Saturdays Are for Stella, The Stars Beckoned: Edward White’s Amazing Walk in Space, and Mabel’s Topsy-Turvy Homes

9 am-3:30pm CT


Susan Kusel

Susan Kusel

Book: The Passover Guest

9 am-4 pm ET 


Isabella Kung

Isabella Kung

Books: No Fuzzball! and No Snowball!

9:30 am-1:30 pm PT


M.O. Yuksel

M.O. Yuksel

Books: In My Mosque, One Wish: Fatima Al-Fihri and the World’s Oldest University

8 am-2:20 pm ET


Kjersten Hayes

Kjersten Hayes

Book: The Elephants’ Guide to Hide-and-Seek

7:30 am-12:30 pm PT


Joana Pastro

Joana Pastro

Books: Lillybelle, a Damsel Not in Distress and Bisa’s Carnaval 

9 am-10:50 am and 12:30 pm-1:50 pm ET


Lindsay H. Metcalf

Lindsay H. Metcalf

Books: No World Too Big: Young People Fighting Global Climate Change; No Voice Too Small; Beatrix Potter, Scientist; and Farmers Unite!

11 am-2:20 pm CT


Julie Rowan-Zoch

Julie Rowan-Zoch

Books: Louis; I’m a Hare, So There!; and Not All Sheep Are Boring!

9:30 am-10:50 am MT