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.
May 2023 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 jokes about pizza, read by Miss Anne.
- Press 3 to listen to the story, All Through the Night: Important Jobs that Get Done at Night by Polly Faber, read by Miss Anne.
- Press 4 to listen to poem, My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- Press 5 to listen to the story, Sweet Porridge by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
- Press 6 to listen to the song, What’s Up, sung by Miss Julie
- Press 7 to listen to the song, Blow the Balloon and Sticky Bubblegum, sung by Miss Julie
- Press 8 to listen to part 5 of the story, Alice in Wonderland by Louis Carroll. This story is abridged and in Spanish.
- Press 9 to listen to the story, La luz de Lucía by Margarita Mazo, read by Miss Maria. This story is in Spanish.
- Press 10 to listen to the book review, You are here: Connecting Flights edited by Ellen Oh, read by Miss Becca.
- Press 11 to listen to the book review, Milloo’s Mind: The Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women’s Education by Reem Faruqi and Hoda Hadadi, read by Miss Becca.