Publishers’ Read Aloud Guidelines During COVID-19

Hey, y’all! This is a quick post! I just wanted a quick way for everyone to access a list of publishers that have given us (teachers) TEMPORARY permission to record ourselves reading. It’s extremely important that you read each publisher’s expectations. They do vary.

UPDATED 8/2/2020

I checked all of the publishers on this list on 8/2/2020. The publishers who have updated or changed their permissions is marked as updated.

Harper Kids Updated 8/2/2020

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Lee and Low Books

Lerner Books

Little Brown Young Readers Updated 8/2/2020

Penguin Random House Updated 8/2/2020

Scholastic

Simon and Schuster Updated 8/2/2020

I’ll add more as I see publishers post their policy! I’ve emailed some of the smaller ones and I’m waiting to hear back from a few. Keep Reading! Let’s try to keep some normalcy during a crazy time.