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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. 

Dial-a-Story: Stories, songs, jokes, and more! Call 847-232-8600.

March 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 Spring jokes, read by Miss Anne. 
  • Press 3 to listen to the story, The Rain Came Down by David Shannon, read by Miss Sydney. 
  • Press 4 to listen to the story, The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires, read by Mister Stephen. This book is read to you with a soundscape by Novel Effect. 
  • Press 5 to listen to the poem, When We Were Very Young, Poems 1-5 by A.A. Milne. 
  • Press 6 to listen to the poem, The Snail and the Rose Tree by Hans Christian Anderson. 
  • Press 7 to listen to story, Los Niños No se Comen by Ryan T. Higgins, read by Miss Esli. This story is in Spanish. This book is read to you with a soundscape by Novel Effect.  
  • Press 8 to listen to the book review, I Want to Be Spaghetti! by Kiera Wright-Ruiz, read by Miss Becca. 
  • Press 9 to listen to the book review, Oh No, the Aunts are Here by Adam Rex, read by Miss Becca. 

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