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.
September 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 School Jokes, read by Miss Anne.
- Press 3 to listen to the story, Bear and the Three Goldilocks by Patrick Horne and Dan Yaccarino, read by Miss Becca.
- Press 4 to listen to story, All Are Neighbors by Alexandra Penfold, read by Miss Anne.
- Press 5 to listen to the poem, The New Moon by Eliza Lee Follen.
- Press 6 to listen to the story, The Story of the Three Little Pigs.
- Press 7 to listen to story, I am, Yo Soy by Gabriela Orozco Belt read by Miss Esli. This story is Bilingual.
- Press 8 to listen to the book review, Kitty Vs. Kindergarten by Martha Freeman and Eda Kaban, read by Miss Becca.
- Press 9 to listen to the book review, Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum by Hannah Tunnicliffe and Erica Harrison, read by Miss Becca.
