Books in the Classroom

Free Virtual Visits with Soaring ‘20s Authors for World Read Aloud Day

Mark your calendars for February 7, 2024 — 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 (see below). 

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 the links below.


Lindsay H. Metcalf

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Book: Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm

8:30 am-2:50 pm Central Time


Angela Burke Kunkel

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Book (choose one): Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built, Penguin Journey, or Make Way: The Story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous Ducklings

8:30 am-3:30 pm Eastern Time


Susan Kusel

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Book: The Passover Guest

8 am-2 pm ET


Candy Wellins

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Book: A Geoduck Is Not A Duck

9:30 am-3 pm CT


Patricia Newman

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Book (choose one): Any of my recently published titles

7:00 am-1:30 pm Pacific Time


Melanie Ellsworth

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Books: Clarinet and Trumpet, Hip, Hip…Beret!, and Battle of the Books

9:30 am-1:20 pm ET


Isabella Kung

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Books: No Fuzzball! and No Snowball!
9 am-1 pm PT

Langston's Lil' Library

Hello! Langston here reporting. I have officially opened Langston’s Lil’ Library for business. Opening a library up is a big deal. But I have a secret. 

Reading isn’t always my favorite thing to do. Especially when I can jump on my trampoline or play video games with my friends.

So why did I want to be a librarian of this library? Because I like to read these type of books!

Books like Colleen Paeff’s THE GREAT STINK: HOW JOSEPH BAZALGETTE SOLVED LONDON'S POOP POLLUTION PROBLEM.

I like to read books where I am on the cover!!

In GRACIAS, OMU! (Oge Mora), HAIR STORY (NoNieqa Ramos) and LUCA’S BRIDGE (Mariana Llanos), I see me! 

Almost all the books in my Lil Library by the Soaring ‘20s are in my big library at home. I say almost because they keep writing books!

Thank you Soaring ‘20s for donating your books and books by other authors you love!

Finally. My Lil Library is bussin because it has books in Arabic and Spanish. Can you help me and send more? I would love books in Kurdish, Hindi, Swahili, and more. 


You can DM my mom through her website, www.nonieqaramos.com, if you would like to donate!

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