About Us

Storyline Online® is the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Emmy® Award-winning children’s literacy program featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Angela Bassett, Jaime Camil, Bryan Cranston, Viola Davis, Jennifer Garner, John Lithgow, Gary Oldman, Chris Pine, Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Yeoh and many more.

With a digital library of more than 100 videos, Storyline Online is used by teachers in classrooms, by parents at home and on mobile devices, and is endorsed by leading organizations including the American Federation of Teachers and the American Library Association.

Each book includes supplemental curriculum developed by a credentialed elementary educator to strengthen comprehension, verbal and written skills.

Reading aloud to children has been shown to improve reading, writing and communication skills, logical thinking and concentration, and general academic aptitude, while also inspiring a lifelong love of reading. 

Storyline Online is a program of the nonprofit SAG-AFTRA Foundation, which relies on gifts, grants and donations to fund all of its programs. By giving a gift to Storyline Online, you can help advance children’s literacy and improve millions of children’s lives. Your support makes a world of difference.

Storyline Online Kids' Top Pick Seal of Approval

The Storyline Online Kids’ Top Pick Seal of Approval recognizes books that have surpassed 1 million views, highlighting their popularity among children and their impact as trusted early literacy tools for parents and educators.

Make Your Company a Part of Our Story.

Is your company committed to inspiring and elevating the next generation?

Become a Storyline Online Corporate Sponsor. For more information about sponsoring Storyline Online please email sponsorship@sagaftra.foundation.

Past Sponsors


SAG-AFTRA Foundation Production Team

  • Chief Executive Officer Charlotte Wells
  • Storyline Online Executive Producer Cyd Wilson
  • National Director of Performers Programs/Storyline Online Executive Producer Rochelle Rose
  • Storyline Online Executive Producer Trish Keller
  • Director of Communications/Storyline Online Producer Caroline O’Connor
  • Associate Creative Director/Storyline Online Producer Julia Avanessians
  • Operations Manager Danny Zeff
  • Executive Assistant to the CEO Christy Kamimura
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