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Dial-A-Story offers free pre-recorded stories, poems, riddles, and jokes read by your favorite ASCPL Staff. Call 234.274.4400 and choose the recording you would like to hear from the menu. Stop by every month to listen to something new!

Dial-A-Story fosters a love of reading while also helping children expand their vocabulary, improve listening comprehension, and strengthen their overall reading proficiency.

Dial-A-Story Menu – recorded on 6/4/26

  • Summer is Here by Renee Watson
  • The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli
  • How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen
  • If You Laugh, I'm Starting This Book Over by Chris Harris
  • Selections from Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son by Michael Chabon

**Please note that the first four titles are children's selections and the fifth title is an adult selection this month.

Our Mission: The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all ages that support, improve, and enrich individual, family, and community life.