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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 11/5/26

  • 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey
  • Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
  • Calm Your Roar Like a Dinosaur: How to Relax Muscle by Muscle by Colleen A. Patterson and Brenda S. Miles
  • The Pigeon Won't Count to 10! by Mo Willems
  • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

**Please note that all five titles are children's selections 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.