Our virtual read aloud series offers opportunities to enjoy hearing a story read by a guest. Guest readers will include leaders from the KDE, Kentucky high school graduates, as well as authors.
New videos will be added to the top of the page over the course of the summer!
Jason E. Glass reading Oh No George! by Chris Haughton
Jason E. Glass, KDE Commissioner
Date Added: 4/22/22
Micki Ray reading Woody the Kentucky Weiner: The Adoption by Leigh Ann Florence
Mick Ray, Chief Academic Officer, Office of Teaching and Learning
Date Added 4/27/22
Professional Storyteller Mary Hamilton reading Swimmy by Leo LionniMary Hamilton
Date Added: 6/4/2021
Professional Storyteller Mary Hamilton reading Who's in a Family? by Robert SkutchMary Hamilton
Date Added: 6/4/2021
Professional Storyteller Mary Hamilton reading Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy RathmannMary Hamilton
Date Added: 6/4/2021
Anne Shelby reading her book The Man Who Lived in a Hollow Tree Anne Shelby
Date Added: 6/1/2021
Anne Shelby reading her book The Someday HouseAnne Shelby
Date Added: 6/1/2021
Anne Shelby reading her book Potluck Anne Shelby
Date Added: 6/1/2021
Anne Shelby reading her book We Keep a StoreAnne Shelby
Date Added: 6/1/2021
Professional Storyteller Yolantha Pace Reading Skin Again by bell hooks
Yolantha Pace
Date Added: 5/28/2021
Professional Storyteller Yontha Pace Reading
Something Beautiful by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Yolantha Pace
Date Added: 5/28/2021
Professional Storyteller Yolantha Pace Reading
Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs
by Tomie dePaola
Yolantha Pace
Date Added: 5/28/2021
Brother and Sister Authors Reading their Book
Midway Dreams
David Shew
Rhonda Shew Orttenburger
Date Added: 6/18/2020
Demarion Johnson Reading
The Lion and the Mouse by Gail Herman
Demarion Johnson
Graduate of Mason County High School & Senior at Asbury University
Date Added: 6/12/2020
Hannah Edelen Reading
Oh the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Hannah Edelen
Graduate of Washington County High School & Northern Kentucky University
Date Added: 6/12/2020
Toni Konz Tatman Reading
All by Myself by Mercer Mayer
Toni Konz Tatman, Interim Director of Communications
Office of the Commissioner
Date Added: 5/15/2020
Karen Dodd Reading
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Karen W. Dodd, PMP, Chief Performance Officer
Office of the Commissioner
Strategic Planning & Research
Date Added: 5/15/2020
Karen Dodd Reading
A Squirrel’s Tale by Richard Fowler
Karen W. Dodd, PMP, Chief Performance Officer
Office of the Commissioner
Strategic Planning & Research
Date Added: 5/15/2020
Kentucky First Lady Britainy Beshear Reading Thundercake by Patricia Polacco Date Added: 5/14/2020
Robin Kinney Reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleRobin Fields Kenny, Associate Commissioner
Office of Finance & Operations
Kentucky Department of Education
Date Added: 5/14/2020
Rob Akers Reading Corduroy by Don FreemanRob Akers, Associate Commissioner
Office of Educator Licensure & Effectiveness
Kentucky Department of Education
Date Added: 5/12/2020