One day later (sorry!) but let's celebrate World Read Aloud Day 2023 by reading aloud to ourselves, our children, our friends and love ones, even our dogs.

Reading aloud is a way to show affection and share the stories who made our world so magic.

#WRAD #WRAD2023

Image from:
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin and Illustrated by David Lupton.

I'm celebrating World Read Aloud Day by donating 3 school visits to #middleschools in #Sweden, #Wisconsin and #Illinois! I'll be reading from my book Friend Me and my not-at-all-unsettling robotic cat, FRED, will tag along.

(Want to know more about my virtual school visits? ➡️) https://www.sheilamaverbuch.com/for-teachers/

#SchoolVisits #authorVisit #ReadAloud #AuthorLife #AuthorsOfMastodon #MiddleGrade #thriller #WorldReadAloudDay #FriendMe #Scholastic #SheilaMAverbuch #books #teachers #librarians #WRAD

RT @stacymcanulty
It's almost #WRAD 2023.
Because of my travel schedule, I can't do an event live. So I made a read-aloud video of PLUTO!

The book isn't available yet but readers can "read" it with me this week--and this week only.

HAPPY WORLD READ ALOUD DAY!

https://youtu.be/rEcwZyT9HIg

I love doing World Read Aloud Day (it's so much fun to meet with classes), but it kind of stinks that I'm in EST, which makes the "world" aspect quite limited. Case in point: a school in Mumbai wants me to present to pretty much their whole elementary and middle school. That would be so cool, but my time zone means that I couldn't quite manage (due to having a 9-5 day job, I tend to be a little tired at 8 pm Zooms of this kind, so a post-10 pm one is not going to work).

#WRAD #ChildrensAuthor

I’m looking forward to another fun #WorldReadAloudDay on February 1, 2023. Teachers and librarians can signup here: https://bit.ly/3EAZXFB
#kidlit #picturebooks #wrad #teachers