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.
December 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 the Winter Jokes, read by Miss Anne.
- Press 3 to listen to the story, The Wild Robot on the Island by Peter Brown, read by Mister Stephen.
- Press 4 to listen to story, Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme by Betsy Bird, read by Miss Emma.
- Press 5 to listen to the story, My Bed is a Boat by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- Press 6 to listen to the story, The Elves and the Shoemaker by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
- Press 7 to listen to story, El Canguro Tiene Mama? By Eric Carle. This story is in Spanish. Read by Miss Esli.
- Press 8 to listen to the book review, The Pine Cone’s Secret: A Life Cycle Poem by Hannah Barnaby and pictures by Cédric Abt, read by Miss Becca.
- Press 9 to listen to the book review, Sam Squirrel by Suzanne Selfors and illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki, read by Miss Becca.
