These publishers have given special permission during COVID-19, but please check the individual publisher guidelines. There are resources for some of the publishers listed likewise.

Penguin Random House

For Teachers and Educators providing distance learning to students in a virtual classroom setting:

  • Story time or classroom read-aloud videos in which a Penguin Random Business firm book is read aloud and the book is displayed (for pic books) may exist created and posted to closed educational platforms such as Google Classroom, Schoology, Edmodo and Discovery Education, in lodge to replicate the read-aloud volume experience that would otherwise be available to educators in the classroom.
  • If a Teacher or Educator plans to share a story time video by recording a video, uploading information technology to a YouTube channel, and posting a link to that YouTube video inside a closed educational platform, that YouTube video must exist designated as "Unlisted" (not "Public") when uploading. See screenshot for how to choose "Unlisted" while uploading on YouTube.
  • These story time and classroom read-aloud videos may be hosted on the educational platform and/or YouTube (as an "Unlisted" file) until the terminate of the current school year, subsequently which we request that they be removed from the educational platform and/or from YouTube, unless this permission is extended for the next school semester.

For Booksellers and Librarians who wish to provide a story fourth dimension reading or other read-aloud feel to young people who would otherwise visit the library or bookstore in person:

  • Story fourth dimension or read-aloud live events in which a Penguin Random House book is read out loud and the book is displayed (for picture books) may exist streamed live, in existent time, on social media platforms such every bit YouTube, Facebook Live, Twitter, and Instagram.
  • These story time or read-aloud live events may not be maintained in the archive of the social media platform and appropriate measures should exist taken to ensure that videos of the live events are not retained. Considering these platforms automatically archive live events by default, when your event has concluded, please locate the recorded live video in your business relationship (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) and delete it. See screenshot for how to delete a alive video from YouTube after information technology has concluded.

Reporting requirements – We ask that all educators, librarians and booksellers please notify us via email (addressed to [email protected]) when you post or stream a story fourth dimension or read-aloud video or live issue, providing the following information:

  • Proper name and accost of the library, school, or store
  • Championship, writer and ISBN of the book that is read
  • Contact data for the individual responsible for the reading
  • The educational or social media platform on which the video or live effect is posted or held and a link to that video or live effect

***You can complete this form to get permission: https://tinyurl.com/PRHStoryTimeForm

https://www.readtogetherbetogether.com/

https://www.rhteacherslibrarians.com/

https://www.readbrightly.com/educational-resources-activities/

HarperCollins

If you are an educator or librarian who would like to read a HarperCollins Children's book online:

Nosotros are granting permission to educators and librarians to read HarperCollins Children's Books titles online, on video, through the finish of the school year. These virtual readings may be streamed live via digital platforms, or if recorded, posted to closed educational platforms. If a closed platform is unavailable, recorded videos of readings may be uploaded to YouTube as long as they are marked "Unlisted". We inquire that any educators or librarians performing or posting readings please practise the following, every bit conditions of this grant of permission:

  1. At the beginning of the reading, land it is "with permission of HarperCollins Children'due south Books".
  2. Send their proper noun, school or library, city and state, and the title and author/illustrator of the book they intend to read online to [electronic mail protected]
  3. Delete uploaded or archived videos or, in the event the applicative platform does not allow deletion, disable access to uploaded videos, past the end of the local school twelvemonth.

This permission grant is to all-time serve the community of readers out there who need us correct now.

https://www.harpercollins.com/childrens/harper-at-home/

Little, Chocolate-brown for Immature Readers (LBYR)

We ask that if yous read an LBYR volume online to your students that yous follow a few brusk guidelines:

  • Please annotation at the onset of the video that yous are reading with permission from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
  • Please only post your video through your schoolhouse's private platform or through another closed group or platform with limited access for only your students.
  • Please delete your video or disable admission within 30 days.
  • Please transport your proper name, school, urban center, and state, as well every bit the championship and author/illustrator of the book(s)you intend to read online to [e-mail protected] .
  • By posting a reading, you are agreeing to abide by the above terms.

Please tag our social media handles in whatever posts affiliated with your readings—we'd love to run across them!

  • Twitter: @lbschool
  • Facebook: @littlebrownschool
  • Instagram: @littlebrownyoungreader

Simon & Schuster

In add-on, we volition allow y'all to livestream and post readings of Simon & Schuster books online for your students and customers, subject to the following. By posting a reading, you are like-minded to these terms:

  1. At the beginning of your video, please state that you are reading the book "with permission from Simon & Schuster."
  2. We ask that you lot post your reading within the confines of your school, library, or store'southward platform or some other airtight group with express access for your students and customers. However, for Ready-to-Reads, picture books, and whatever other younger formats, if this is not possible, you may postal service it through a public platform, such as YouTube.
  3. For these younger formats, it is fine to read the entire volume. For chapter books and novels, the readings should be limited to a few chapters.
  4. Since this is a way to deal with the electric current extraordinary situation, your video should be deleted or access disabled by no after than June 30, 2020.
  5. If you are an educator or librarian, e-mail united states at [email protected] with your name, school, metropolis, and state, and the title and author/illustrator of the book you lot intend to read online and the date. If y'all are a bookseller, e-mail the states at [email protected] with your name, store, location, and the title and author/illustrator of the book y'all intend to read online and the date.
  6. Finally, we would dear to follow along with your read-aloud, so educators and librarians, please tag Simon & Schuster Education & Library's social media in your posts!

Twitter: @SSEdLib

Instagram: @SSEdLib

Facebook: @SSEdLib

And booksellers, please tag Simon & Schuster'south social media in your posts!

Twitter: @SimonKids

Instagram: @SimonKids

Facebook: @SimonKids

http://simonandschusterpublishing.com/thebookpantry/index.html

Macmillan

During this emergency and when their schools are airtight, we have no objection to (1) teachers and librarians live streaming or posting videos reading our children'due south books to their students, provided it is done on a noncommercial basis, and (2) authors live streaming or posting videos reading their children's books, provided it is done on a noncommercial footing.

Reporting

We ask that all educators, librarians and booksellers please notify united states of america via email (addressed to [email protected] ) when you lot post or stream a story time or read-aloud video or live event, providing the post-obit information:

  • Name and address of the library, school, or store
  • Title, author and ISBN of the book that is read
  • Contact data for the individual responsible for the reading
  • The educational or social media platform on which the video or live result is posted or held and a link to that video or live upshot

https://static.macmillan.com/static/macmillan/2020-online-resources/

https://www.mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/category/resources/

Scholastic

We have been moved past the numerous requests we've received from teachers across the country who are trying to address these needs by posting readings of books online for students to access. Nosotros desire to support you in your efforts and ask that if you lot choose to read your book online to your students you follow these guidelines:

  1. At the beginning of your video, delight country that y'all are presenting your reading "with permission from Scholastic."
  2. Our preference is that you mail your reading through your school's platform or some other closed group or platform with express access for your students. All the same, we recognize this may not be possible, in which case you may post it through a more publicly accessible platform, such as YouTube.
  3. Since we view this as a manner to compensate for the closure of schools, please delete your video or disable access by the end of this current school yr, no later than June xxx, 2020.
  4. Please answer to [email protected] with your name, school, urban center and land, and the title and author/illustrator of the volume you intend to read online. By posting a reading, you lot are agreeing to abide by the above terms.
  5. Finally, we would love to follow along with your read-aloud, so please tag Scholastic'due south social media handles in any posts affiliated with it!

Twitter: @Scholastic Instagram: @ScholasticInc Facebook: @Scholastic YouTube: @Scholastic

http://www.scholastic.ca/readaloud/

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html/

https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/books/dav-pilkey-at-habitation/

Disney Worldwide Publishing (applies to Disney Press titles only)

The below permission license from DPW is express to our Disney Press imprint. Mo Willems has granted permission here and Ryan T. Higgins has granted permission hither. The copyright for virtually of our Hyperion titles live with each writer, and so delight check their website and/or social media posts. If you are even so non sure near a title, please contact us at the electronic mail below.

With the increment in school closures, and many schools transitioning to remote learning, Disney Publishing Worldwide has received numerous requests from teachers across the country asking for permission to mail readings of books online for their students to access. We support the efforts of educators and librarians who wish to provide remote learning at this time. Our permission is limited to Disney Press titles. If you lot are not certain which category a book falls into, delight reach out to u.s. at the following address: [email protected]

We ask that if y'all read a Disney Press book online for your students that you follow a few curt guidelines:

  • Delight notation at the beginning of the video that you are reading with permission from Disney Publishing Worldwide, and please notation the title of the book.
  • Delight only post your video through your schoolhouse's individual platform or through another closed group or platform with express access for your students only.
  • Delight delete your video or disable access past June xxx, 2020.
  • Please transport an email to [email protected] with your name, school, metropolis, state, and the title and of the book(s) you read online with a link to your video.
  • Past posting a reading, you are like-minded to abide by the above guidelines.
  • These terms are in result until June 30, 2020.

Please note that other organizations interested in posting videos of your Disney Printing title reading will need to contact [e-mail protected] who will evaluate their request.

Holiday House

We are thrilled for yous to share our books with young readers, but nosotros do demand your aid to protect our creators' copyrights. We tin allow the creation of virtual read-alouds at no charge within a closed platform for non-commercial use but, and as long as the video is removed after a limited time (30 days), and you acknowledge the author/artist and Holiday House. Nosotros cannot grant permission for these videos to be posted publicly to YouTube at this time.

Holiday Business firm Terms:

  1. At the beginning of your video, please land that you are reading "with permission from Holiday Firm Publishing."
  2. Mail your reading inside a closed platform or group for your members only, not for commercial use.
  3. Please delete your video inside thirty (30) days from engagement of posting.
  4. Ship an electronic mail to [e-mail protected] with your proper noun, school or library, city and state, the title and author/illustrator of the volume y'all will read online, and what platform yous program to host the reading on.

By posting a reading, yous are agreeing to abide by the above terms.

We would also love to follow along with your read-aloud, and then please tag u.s. @HolidayHouseBks on social media in whatsoever posts affiliated with information technology!

https://holidayhouse.com/holiday-business firm-resources/

https://holidayhouse.com/downloadable-materials/

https://holidayhouse.com/author-resource/

Peachtree

We would be happy to let you lot to read our titles to your library members, but we practise demand your aid to protect our creators' copyrights. Nosotros ask you to follow these guidelines:

  • At the get-go of your video, please state that you are reading the title "with permission from Peachtree Publishing Company, Inc."
  • Please mail service your reading within a closed platform or group for your members merely.
  • Please delete your video by the end of this current school yr, no afterwards than June 30, 2020.
  • Delight reply to [email protected] with your proper name, school, urban center and state, and the title and author/illustrator of the book you will read online.
  • By posting a reading, y'all are agreeing to bide by the above terms.
  • Nosotros would too honey to follow forth with your read-aloud, so please tag us on social media in whatsoever posts affiliated with it!

https://peachtree-online.com/resources/teachers-guides-effect-kits/

Crabtree Publishers

Teachers, librarians, abode-educators and parents may use any Crabtree Publishing title in a read-along for not-commercial use until June thirty, 2020 as follows:

• At the beginning of the recording/live video, please indicate that you are reading with permission from Crabtree Publishing and reference the author.

• Video live streams may include displaying the book as office of the reading.

• Teachers, librarians, parents, caregivers, and clergy are granted permission to read any Crabtree Publishing title to their patrons, students, and children through virtual means(public or private platforms). Refer to conditions of recorded use below.

• Recordings of video or live-stream read-alouds through public or individual platforms (ie Facebook Alive, Instagram, Zoom, Youtube Live and other such means) are allowed under the condition the recordings of these events are removed from your archives by June xxx, 2020.

• Please email

[email protected] to notify united states when yous mail a stream or recording using Crabtree Publishing books and include the following data:

- Proper noun and address of library, schoolhouse, institution, individual

- Title and author of volume that is read

- Link or social media platform on which the video or alive event is posted

• We would beloved to see our books featured in your read-alongs then kindly tag Crabtree Publishing when referencing these recordings on social media!

Twitter: @CrabtreePub

Facebook: @CrabtreePublishing

Instagram: @CrabtreePublishing

By participating in a read-forth recording using Crabtree Publishing books, you agree to the in a higher place terms, which are in effect until June xxx, 2020. Should yous accept additional questions, please [email protected]

Lerner

To that end, nosotros are granting a temporary license to educators and librarians who would like to employ our books to support their students and patrons via distance learning and remote admission with the post-obit stipulations:

· A one-time, non-dramatic reading of the book, for educational and non-commercial purposes only

· The reading shall not exist publicly shared/broadcast on Youtube/Facebook or other social media platforms, unless posted "Unlisted" (non "Public"), and shall not exist used as a means to generate income via advertising or any other fee

· The reading shall be removed from all formats, including live videos that accept been archived, by June xxx, 2020

· Delight brainstorm the video or recording with a statement that you are reading with permission of Lerner Publishing Group

· The following imprints are covered by this agreement: Carolrhoda Books, Carolrhoda Lab, Darby Creek, ediciones Lerner, First Avenue Editions, Graphic Universe, Kar-Ben Publishing, Lerner Classroom, Lerner Digital, Lerner Publications, Millbrook Printing, Twenty-First Century Books, Zest Books. Imprints or publishers listed in our catalog but not listed higher up are NOT COVERED past this license and permission must be sought directly.

· With all readings, you lot must include the following notice: Displayed with the permission of Lerner Publishing Grouping, Inc. "Title" by Author, illustrated by Illustrator. All rights reserved. No role of this extract may be used or reproduced in any style whatsoever without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

  • Please fill out this form within 10 days to alert us of your utilise: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1z_bHMG-08gxzZC3eBgui9FwP66KAnQcxTlxviB464co/edit?usp=forms_home&ths=true

Please email [e-mail protected] with any questions.

Abrams

We ask that you follow these guidelines when doing then:

  • Delight note at the first of the video that yous are reading with permission of Abrams Children'due south Books, and please note the title, writer, and illustrator of the volume.
  • Please only post your video through your school's private platform or through another group or platform with limited admission for your students only.
  • Please delete your video or disable access by June 30, 2020.
  • Please send an email to [email protected] with your proper name, school, metropolis, state, the title and author/illustrator of the book(s) yous would like to read online, as well as a follow-up electronic mail with a link to your video one time you've read it.
  • Past posting a reading, y'all are like-minded to abide by the above guidelines.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

Our titles include books published under the post-obit imprints: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Mariner, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Immature Readers, Versify and Clarion Books.

As educators and librarians, you may employ whatsoever HMH title in the following means until June 30, 2020:

  • Perform a video or sound live-stream read-aloud of any HMH title including through public or private platforms such equally offered by Facebook, Zoom, or the like. Video livestreams may include displaying the picture show book as part of the reading.
  • Mail a video or audio recording of a teacher or librarian reading any HMH title through a private platform. Videos may include a video capture of the motion-picture show book equally information technology is existence read.
  • If you lot or your students and patrons practice not take fix access to a livestream or private platform, then you may use a public platform like YouTube. Please have the additional step to make the settings non-public (e.1000., "private" or "unlisted" so you lot can share the link with your intended audience).

Nosotros would like to hear from you lot about what titles y'all have called to read using this permission. Please electronic mail [email protected] to tell u.s.a. which titles and the authors/illustrators. To exist clear, if you lot follow these guidelines, you don't demand to ask for separate written permission from HMH. Simply if you have questions, you can likewise direct questions to that electronic mail address.

We do ask that after this limited permission expires on June thirty, 2020, you delete or disable admission to all videos or recordings of HMH titles, including those posted to any public or private platforms.

J.K. Rowling & Harry Potter Books

Teachers anywhere in the earth are permitted to mail service videos of themselves reading from Harry Potter books 1-vii onto schools' secure networks or airtight educational platforms from today until the end of the school year (or the end of July in southern hemisphere). A full fix of Guidelines for Teachers are downloadable here.Teachers anywhere in the world are permitted to post videos of themselves reading from Harry Potter books 1-seven onto schools' secure networks or closed educational platforms from today until the cease of the school yr (or the end of July in southern hemisphere). A full set up of Guidelines for Teachers are downloadable here (employ link in a higher place).

 If you are a instructor and would like to share the magic of Harry Potter in this way, please follow the guidelines below:

  • • Virtual Story time or classroom read-aloud videos in which one of the Harry Potter 1-vii books is read aloud and the volume cover is displayed, may be created and posted to schools' secure networks or closed educational platforms such as Google Classroom, Schoology, Edmodo and Discovery Instruction, in order to replicate the read-aloud book experience that would otherwise exist available to educators in the classroom.
  • • These story time and classroom read-aloud videos may be hosted on the educational platform and/or school secure network until the cease of the current (2019/twenty) schoolhouse year in your territory or until 31 July 2020 (whichever is earlier), after which they should be permanently deleted from the educational platform and/or secure network.
  • • The videos featuring the readings (or clips from these) should not exist posted on YouTube or whatsoever social platform or used for any commercial purpose.
  • • Please do not meliorate or abridge the text of any of the Harry Potter books when reading the stories in the video recordings, if possible.
  • • Please don't share full videos on social merely we encourage you to share links to the videos or video previews (no longer than 30 seconds) on your social channels to heighten awareness.

Reporting requirements

Nosotros ask that yous please notify The Blair Partnership via e-mail (addressed to [email protected]) when yous postal service a story time or read-aloud video, providing the post-obit information:

  • • Name and location of the school
  • • Which Harry Potter book being read and approximate length of reading (east.thousand. one chapter, 25 pages, etc.)
  • • Name and email for the individual responsible for the reading
  • • The schoolhouse network or educational platform on which the video or live outcome is posted or held

Please likewise transport an email to [email protected] to confirm yous have taken down and deleted the video(s) one time the electric current school yr has ended (or earlier if applicable)

Lee & Low Books

For this reason, Lee & Low is granting permission to allow educators to do a virtual recording or videotaping of our titles for non-commercial purposes only. Here are our guidelines for reading Lee & Depression titles online during this time:

• Please note at the beginning of your recording that you are reading with permission from Lee & Low Books.

• Recordings should merely be posted/shared on closed platforms such as a individual YouTube channel or countersign-protected school platform.

• Story time or read-aloud events featuring our books may exist streamed live through platforms such equally Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Live. All the same, please make sure recordings of these events exercise not remain in your archives for more than 24 hours after the event has ended.

• Delight tag @LEEandLOW when discussing whatsoever recordings featuring our books on social media

• Reporting: Please employ this form (see link in a higher place) to notify us when you post a stream or recording using our books.

By posting a reading, you agree to the above terms which are in effect until June 30, 2020. For whatsoever boosted questions, please email hehrlich[at]leeandlow.com

Candlewick

Chronicle Books

Bloomsbury

These permissions are granted but in respect of teachers and educators providing distance learning to students in a virtual classroom setting, and to authors, booksellers and librarians who wish to provide a alive reading aloud experience to immature people who would normally visit a library or bookshop in person.

Permission is granted only for costless use of the readings, and you may non charge in respect of any of the activities mentioned beneath without formal agreement from Bloomsbury.

Bloomsbury grants the permissions set out below until the end of the current 2019/2020 school year.

In every case where a Bloomsbury book is read out-loud we request that the title of the book and the name of the author and/or illustrator are appear at the beginning of each read aloud video or live event.

For Teachers and Educators – Story Fourth dimension or Read Aloud Videos:

Story time or classroom read-aloud videos in which a Bloomsbury book is read aloud (and, in the case of picture books, displayed) may be created and posted solely to closed educational platforms or to some other closed network or platform where access is restricted to pupils of the teacher or educator.

If a teacher or educator plans to share a story time video past recording a video, uploading information technology to a YouTube channel, and posting a link to that YouTube video within a closed educational platform, that YouTube video must be designated as "Unlisted" (non "Public") when uploading.

These story time and classroom read-aloud videos may be hosted on the educational or other airtight platform and/or or YouTube (equally an "Unlisted" file – see above) until the end of the electric current school year, later which they must be deleted from the relevant platform unless this permission is extended by formal agreement with Bloomsbury.

REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS: Bloomsbury requests that all educators, authors, librarians and booksellers notify us via electronic mail to [email protected] when you post or stream a story fourth dimension or read-aloud video or live event and provide the following information:

Type of Institution: schoolhouse, library or bookshop

Name and accost of the schoolhouse, library or bookshop

Title, author and ISBN of the book that is read

Contact information and title (e.g. Year 4 teacher, bookseller) for the individual responsible for the reading

The educational or social media platform on which the video or live event is posted or held

A link to that video or alive event

NOTES:

In whatsoever example of use, delight cite that the content is being shared with permission of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

These guidelines apply solely to works published past Bloomsbury Publishing.

Where possible, delight include or mention a link for a retailer where the volume can exist purchased.

Do check social channels of the author/illustrator you are reading as they may have posted extra content that y'all tin can utilise.

If y'all have any questions relating to the to a higher place permissions, please email [email protected]

For Harry Potter titles delight contact The BlairPartnership [email protected].

Submitted by

Colleen Heidrich, [email protected] @MrsCHeidrich