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.
February 2025 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 Friend Jokes, read by Miss Anne.
- Press 3 to listen to the story, Owen by Kevin Henkes, read by Miss Sydney.
- Press 4 to listen to poem, A Good Play by Robert Louis Stevenson from The Beacon Second Reader by James H. Fassett.
- Press 5 to listen to the story, The Three Bears.
- Press 6 to listen to the story, The House That Jack Built by Randolph Caldecott.
- Press 7 to listen to story, El abejoso by Nadia Shireen, read by Miss Esli. This story is in Spanish.
- Press 8 to listen to listen to the book review, Bobby and the Big Valentine by Timmy Woitas and illustrated by Addy Rivera Sonda, read by Miss Becca.
- Press 9 to listen to the book review, How Sweet the Sound by Kwame Alexander Art by Charly Palmer, read by Miss Becca.
