The following authors and publishers have given permission for the use of their content in read alouds. Please be sure to review the guidelines before use.
Publishers
As per ongoing changes, the following Canadian publishers have agreed to open up their copyright to allow for read alouds as per instructions on the following page:
https://www.accesscopyright.ca/read-aloud/list-of-read-aloud-canadian-books-publishers-authors/
https://www.accesscopyright.ca/media/1438/read-aloud-canadian-books-program-guidelines-of-use.pdf
We ask that you follow these guidelines:
- At the beginning of the reading, please credit the author, illustrator and publisher. State that you are presenting your reading “with permission from Access Copyright on behalf of the Publisher”. Separate permission from the Publisher is not required.
- Post your reading through your school’s password-protected platform or within a closed group or password-protected platform. If this is not possible, uploading to YouTube is permitted if videos are marked “Unlisted.”
- Delete your reading or, if your platform does not permit deletion, disable access to the reading by no later than June 30, 2020. We will assess the need to extend this licence on that date.
- The reading may not be retained as an archive or saved beyond June 30, 2020.
- By posting a reading, you agree to abide by the above terms.
Please note that Access Copyright will continuously update the list of available works as publishers opt-in to the Read Aloud Canadian Books Program.
Thank you for all the work you do. Please tag Access Copyright (@AccessCopyright) and the Association of Canadian Publishers (@CdnPublishers) in any Instagram, Twitter or Facebook posts affiliated with your readings so we can see your efforts in action.
If you have any questions, please email Access Copyright at [email protected].
Annick Press - All in-print Annick Press works, with the exception of To This Day by Shane Koyczan.
Any Given Power | Alissa York | 9781894037099 |
BlackLife: Post BLM & the Struggle for Freedom | Rinaldo Walcott & Idil Abdillahi | 9781927886212 |
Indianland | Lesley Belleau | 9781894037921 |
Islands of Decolonial Love | Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | 9781894037884 |
Smells Like Heaven | Sally Cooper | 9781894037914 |
Talking to the Diaspora | Lee Maracle | 9781894037655 |
Totem Poles and Railroads | Janet Rogers | 9781894037887 |
Lyrics and Poems | John K. Samson | 9781894037587 |
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea ISBN 9781551527093
The Boy and the Bindi ISBN 9781551526683
I Promise ISBN 9781551527796
Clouds by Lucy Haché and Michael Joyal
Stars by Lucy Haché and Michael Joyal
Curb Angels by Christopher Ducharme and Lisa Mendis
Place Into Being by Robert Pasternak
Jilted Love by various contributors
Dreams and Nightmares by contributors
Secrets and Lies by various contributors
What Fox Knew by Mary Barnes
The Mother Goose Letters by Karen Clavelle
Charleswood Road Stories by M. C. Joudrey
Children Shouldn’t Use Knives and other tales by Shirley Camia and Cindy Mochizuki
Hot Town and Other Stories by Janet Trull
Breakwater Books - All Breakwater Books in the Access Copyright repertoire.
BWL Publishing - Check list of available books HERE by clicking on the publisher's name
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline 978-1-77086-486-3
Oculum by Philippa Dowding 978-1-77086-512-9
Pickles vs. the Zombies by Angela Misri 978-1-77086-558-7
Crabtree Books - All in-print Crabtree Books works.
Dundurn Press - Check list of available books HERE by clicking on the publisher's name
Greystone Kids - Any books published under our imprint
Groundwood Books - All Groundwood Books in the Access Copyright repertoire.
INhabit Education Books - Check list of available books HERE by clicking on the publisher's name
Inhabit Media - Check list of available books HERE by clicking on the publisher's name
James Lorimer & Company Ltd. - Check list of available books HERE by clicking on the publisher's name
ABC MTL, by Jeanne Painchaud, illustrated by Bruno Ric ca. Nov. 2019.
Little Girl Gazelle, by Stephane Martelly, illustrated by Albin Christen. Sept. 2020 .
George, the friendly dragon, ISBN 9781895814026
Night at the Gardens, ISBN 9781895814828
Nimbus Publishing - All works from Nimbus’ children’s list are included.
Orca Books - Check list of available books HERE by clicking on the publisher's name
Owlkids Books - All Owlkids Books in the Access Copyright repertoire.
Pajama Press - Check list of available books HERE by clicking on the publisher's name
Awasis and the Wor1d•Famous Bannock
The Grizzly Mother
The Sockeye Mother
The Eagle Mother
When We Were Alone
Nimoshom and his Bus
I Can't Have Bannock but the Beaver Has a Dam Powwow
Counting in Cree
Where Did You Get Your Moccasins?
Piisim Finds her Miskanow
Surviving the City
The Seven Teachings Stories series
Tales from Big Spirit series
A Girl Called Echo series
1. Children’s picture book — Ghost’s Journey: A Refugee Story, by author Robin Stevenson. ISBN: 978-1-7753019-4-3
(Note: author is willing to create a video of herself reading Ghost)
2. Children’s picture book — Nootka Sound In Harmony: Aboriginal Connections, by author Spencer Sheehan-Kalina. ISBN: 978-1-7753019-3-6
Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides - same permissions as Portage and Main Press
Author: Susan Ioannou [email protected]
Cover illustrations and links to content details are available at http://www3.sympatico.ca/susanio/feature.html
Books A Real Farm Girl Children's novel (used in a number of grade 3 classrooms) Hodgepog Books / Wordwrights Canada (Paperback & eBook)
The Hidden Valley Mystery Boys' adventure novel Wordwrights Canada (Paperback & eBook)
Online Chapbooks free PDF downloads from http://www3.sympatico.ca/susanio/feature.html
Read-Aloud Poems: For students from elementary through senior high school Revised and expanded
Catalysts & Catastrophes Funny and touching feline poems
Polly's Punctuation Primer Illustrated narrative
*Scholastic Canada (http://www.scholastic.ca/readaloud/#note)
Guidelines for Teachers and Educators:
- At the beginning of your video, please state that you are presenting your reading "with permission from Scholastic Canada."
- Our preference is that you post your reading through your school's platform or another closed group or platform with limited access for your students. However, we recognize this may not be possible, in which case you may post it through a more publicly accessible platform, such as YouTube.
- Since we view this as a way to compensate for the closure of schools, please delete your video or disable access by the end of this current school year, no later than June 30, 2020.
- Please email [email protected] with your name, school, city and province, and the title and author/illustrator of the book you intend to read online. By posting a reading, you are agreeing to abide by the above terms.
- Finally, we would love to follow along with your read-aloud, so please tag Scholastic Canada's social media handles in any posts affiliated with it!
- Twitter: @scholasticCDA
- Instagram: @scholasticCDA
- Facebook: @scholasticCanada
- YouTube: TheScholasticChannel
Guidelines for Authors, Booksellers and Librarians:
- At the beginning of your video, please state that you are presenting your reading "with permission from Scholastic Canada."
- Our preference is that you post your reading in a closed group or platform with limited access to your followers. However, we recognize this may not be possible, in which case you may post it through a more publicly accessible platform, such as YouTube.
- Since we view this as a way to compensate for the closure of schools, please delete your video or disable access by the end of this current school year, no later than June 30, 2020.
- Please email [email protected] with your name, city and province, and the title of the book you intend to read online. By posting a reading, you are agreeing to abide by the above terms.
- Finally, we would love to follow along with your read-aloud, so please tag Scholastic Canada's social media handles in any posts affiliated with it!
- Twitter: @scholasticCDA
- Instagram: @scholasticCDA
- Facebook: @scholasticCanada
- YouTube: TheScholasticChannel
NOTE: How to identify the publisher of your book.
The above policy applies only to books published by Scholastic Canada. Please check the book's copyright page. If it is published by one of our affiliates you will need to contact them directly:
- Scholastic Australia
- Scholastic Ltd. UK
- Scholastic Inc. USA Policy
Scholastic also distributes books by many other publishers. If a different publisher is noted on the copyright page, we cannot grant permission and you will need to follow the guidelines of that publisher, i.e. Penguin Random House.
Authors
https://www.accesscopyright.ca/read-aloud/list-of-read-aloud-canadian-books-publishers-authors/
Through the Read Aloud Canadian Books Program, educators and librarians can read all or part of the books listed above from participating publishers and post the video recording online.
With school closings and the shift to online (learning/classrooms), we want to help ensure educators and librarians can confidently bring Canadian stories and literature to students during this challenging time. Many Canadian publishers have received requests from educators and librarians wishing to be able to read part of or all of a book to students who are now at home and share a video of the reading for “online story-time”. To support these educators and librarians, Access Copyright’s participating publishers have generously waived licence fees for the works listed below to be read online to students in North America for non-commercial purposes only. We ask that you follow these guidelines when doing so:
When using a work covered under the Program, we ask that you follow these guidelines:
At the beginning of the reading, please credit the author, illustrator and publisher. State that you are presenting your reading “with permission from Access Copyright on behalf of the Publisher”. Separate permission from the Publisher is not required.
Post your reading through your school’s password-protected platform or within a closed group or password-protected platform. If this is not possible, uploading to YouTube is permitted if videos are marked “Unlisted.”
Delete your reading or, if your platform does not permit deletion, disable access to the reading by no later than June 30, 2020. We will assess the need to extend this licence on that date.
The reading may not be retained as an archive or saved beyond June 30, 2020.
By posting a reading, you agree to abide by the above terms.
Please note that Access Copyright will continuously update the list of available works as publishers opt-in to the Read Aloud Canadian Books Program.
Aaron Zerah - How the Children Became Stars
Anne Renaud - Emma's Gems - Peanut Butter Press
Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament - Kids Can Press
The boy who invented the Popsicle - Kids Can Press
The True Tale of a Giantess: The Story of Anna Swan - Kids Can Press
Cheryl Bristow - A Shield in the Shadows
Don Gayton - Okanagan Odyssey
George Mercer - Dyed In The Green
Wood Buffalo
Jasper Wild
Fat Cats
Kathleen Gauer - High in the Sky
For No Reason
The Wish Carvers
Kathy Birt - The Turnip Tune Up
Red Socks, Green Mittens
Lady and The Plant(s).
Just a Glimpse
In My Opinion
Lyn Hancock - The Ring: Memories of a Metis Grandmother
There’s A Seal In My Sleeping Bag
Winging It In The North
Nunavut
Love Affair With A Cougar
Tabasco The Saucy Raccoon
Marion Mutala - Baba’s Babushka: A Magical Ukrainian Christmas
Baba’s Babushka: A Magical Ukrainian Easter
Baba’s Babushka: A Magical Ukrainian Wedding
Grateful
More Baba’s Please!
My Buddy, Dido!
My Dearest Dido-The Holodomor Story
Minaz Jantz - Spinderella Soap
Paul Aird - Loon Laughter, Ecological Fables & Nature Tales
Sally Meadows - The Two Trees
The Underdog Duckling
Beneath That Star
When Sleeping Birds Fly: 365 Amazing Facts About The Animal Kingdom
When Crocodiles Cry: 365 MORE Amazing Facts About The Animal Kingdom
Sarah Yates - Can’t you be Still?
Nobody Knows!
Here’s What I Mean to Say…
Lucky Lou Get Game
Lucky Lou Grooves in a Heartbeat
Sharon Clark - 9X Fun
The Honeybee That Learned to Dance
A Strange Guest in an Ant’s Nest
The Caterpillar That Learned to Fly
11X Magic
Sheila Murray Nellis - Fiona the Theater Mouse
Caterpillar's Surprise
Treasure in a Mountain Cave
Susan Ioannou - A Real Farm Girl
The Hidden Valley Mystery
Read-Aloud Poems: For students from elementary through senior high school
Catalysts & Catastrophes
Polly's Punctuation Primer
Susan McMaster - Haunt (Black Moss, 2018)
Lizard Love: Artists Scan Poems by Susan McMaster (Borealis, 2017)
Paper Affair: Poems Selected & New (Black Moss 2010), ISBN 978-0-88753-468-3
Crossing Arcs: Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me ISBN 978-0-88753462-1
The Gargoyle's Left Ear: Writing in Ottawa (Black Moss, 2007, memoirs and poetry), ISBN 978-0-88753-443-0
Until the Light Bends, ISBN 0-88753-397-3
Uncommon Prayer: A book of dedications (Quarry Press 1997, poetry bk), ISBN 1-55082-196-2
Learning to Ride (Quarry Press 1994, poetry bk) ISBN 1-55082-104-0
Dark Galaxies (Ouroboros 1986, poetry bk, out of print), ISBN 0-920301-07-X
Pith & Wry: Canadian Poetry (Scrivener Press, 2010), ed. ISBN 978-1-896350-41-7
Waging Peace: Poetry and Political Action, ed. (Penumbra Press 2002), ISBN 1-894131-37-1
Bookware: Ottawa Valley Poetry, co-ed. with Colin Morton ISBN 1-89216-02-1
Dangerous Graces: Women's Poetry on Stage from Fireworks!, ed. ISBN 0-919511-41-4
Submitted by
Colleen Heidrich, [email protected] @MrsCHeidrich
