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.
April 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 Earth Day jokes, read by Miss Anne.
- Press 3 to listen to selected poems from When Green Becomes Tomatoes by Julie Fogliano, read by Miss Sydney.
- Press 4 to listen to the story, Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin, read by Mister Stephen. This book is read to you with a soundscape by Novel Effect.
- Press 5 to listen to the story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.
- Press 6 to listen to the story, Briar Rose by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm.
- Press 7 to listen to story, El Libro Sin Dibujos by B.J Novak, 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, No World Too Big: Young People fighting Global Climate Change edited by Lindsay Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, and Jeanette Bradley and illustrated by Jeanette Bradley, read by Miss Becca.
- Press 9 to listen to the book review, Explosion at the Poem Factory by Kyle Lukoff and illustrated by Mark Hoffman, read by Miss Becca.
