For schools & classrooms

The Guest Reader Program

Our free program combines BookChat™ video with more than 1,000 interactive, digitized books — so parents, grandparents, and volunteers can read to their child's class anytime, from anywhere.

Free for teachers & volunteers

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For teachers

Your class, their favorite readers

Set the schedule once — then watch grandmas, dads, and aunts appear on the big screen to read to your class, week after week.

Create a free account

Once you’ve logged in, you can set up and manage your class’ schedule and create customized Bookshelves.

  • Schedule management — Add dates and times volunteers can reserve to read to your class.
  • Bookshelf curation — Create digital shelves filled with your class’ favorite books about animals, careers, civil rights, and everything in between!

Invite volunteers to join

We make it easy to invite your students’ family members to join the program! Once volunteers create their free account, they can sign up for any open calendar slots.

  • Volunteer onboarding — We provide multiple ways to help onboard your students’ family and friends!
  • Volunteer management — We’ll notify your volunteers every time an open time slot becomes available.

Enjoy story time together

We take care of the meeting link, books, and video chatting — you and your class can simply enjoy virtual story time.

  • Email reminders — We’ll remind both you and your guest of their upcoming BookChat.
  • BookChats — We handle all the technical requirements to ensure everyone has a safe, easy, and fun experience.
Create your free teacher account

Want the full tour first? Visit the teacher page.

For volunteers

Ten minutes that make their whole day

No trips to school, no tech headaches. Read to your child's class from your kitchen table — between meetings if you have to.

Set up your free account

Sign up using the Teacher Code from the Guest Reader Program flyer, or from the email your child’s teacher sent you.

Choose a timeslot

Teachers set the schedule — you pick an open slot that fits your day, and the book you’d like to read. We handle the rest.

Enjoy story time together

Most sessions last about 10 minutes — plenty of time to read, answer questions, and chat with the class.

Volunteers join with a Teacher Code — got yours? Enter it on the volunteer page to get started.

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Bring story time to your classroom.

Free for teachers, free for volunteers — set up in an afternoon.

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