Dial-a-Story: 847-232-8600
Welcome to MPPL’s Dial-a-Story! We’re here to read to you, wherever and whenever with Dial-a-Story. Call 847-232-8600 to listen to stories, jokes, songs, and more. Some items are read by your librarians, and some by other great narrators, but all have been carefully selected by library staff. Play a free pre-recorded story right from your phone, 24/7. Just call 847-232-8600 and follow the prompts to select the number of what you’d like to hear.
Our menu selections vary and change monthly, so we have created this go-to Web page for you to see what is playing during a specific month.
At the end of each selection, you will automatically be redirected to the main menu. However, if you don’t want to wait, you can press # to go to the main menu.
July 2024 Selections:
Links in this list show print, audiovisual, and electronic materials in the Mount Prospect Public Library’s collection with the same title that are available for check-out.
- Press 1 to listen to this menu in Spanish.
- Press 2 to listen to Water Jokes, read by Miss Anne.
- Press 3 to listen to the story, Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan, read by Miss Sydney.
- Press 4 to listen to the story, Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, read by Miss Laura.
- Press 5 to listen to the story, The Tale of Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter.
- Press 6 to listen to the poem, Baseball ABC by McLoughlin Brothers.
- Press 7 to listen to a story, Gato Guapo por Anika Aldamuy Denis read by Miss Esli. This story is in Spanish and English.
- Press 8 to listen to the book review, Shark Bot by Brian Yarnish, read by Miss Becca.
- Press 9 to listen to the book review, How Do You Become An Olympian? A Book About the Olympics and the Olympic Athletes by Madeleine Kelly and Srimalie Bassani, read by Miss Becca.
