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.
November 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 Thanksgiving jokes read by Miss Anne.
- Press 3 to listen to the book, Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora , read by Miss Sydney.
- Press 4 to listen to a clip of the book, The House That Jack Built by Randolph Caldecott.
- Press 5 to listen to the story, The Lion and the Mouse by Aesop.
- Press 6 to listen to the poems, When We Were Very Young, Poems 6-10 by A.A. Milne.
- Press 7 to listen to a story Dia de los Muertos by Hannah Eliot read by Miss Esli.
- Press 8 to listen to the book review, Why We Dance: A story of Hope and Healing by Deidre Havrelock and Aly McKnight, read by Miss Becca.
- Press 9 to listen to the book review, Lessons from our Ancestors: Uncovering Ancient World Wisdom by Raksha Dave and Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong , read by Miss Becca.
