Attention: News Directors, Assignment Editors, Education Editors, Children’s Activity Editors
Toronto Public Library’s Dial A Story (416-395-5400) Expands
Stories in Urdu added to list of 12 different languages
TORONTO (Wednesday, August 19, 2009) - Toronto Public Library recently added Urdu stories to the Dial A Story (416-395-5400) phone line. Dial A Story, Toronto Public Library’s telephone story service for children, answered 300,000 calls last year. That’s over 800 happy callers a day!
Dial A Story provides stories for younger children (7 and under) and for older children (up to 12) 24 hours a day. Stories rotate on a daily basis so children hear a different story every day. Stories are available in 12 languages, including English, French, Cantonese, Gujarati, Italian, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Somali, Tamil and now, Urdu.
Periodically, Dial A Story even features special guests readers. Storytellers in the past have included Mayor David Miller, Blue Jays players and dancers from the National Ballet of Canada. You never know who you will meet up with on Dial A Story.
Toronto Public Library is the world's busiest urban public library system. Every year, more than 16 million people visit our 99 branches and borrow almost 30 million items. To learn more about Toronto Public Library, visit our website at www.torontopubliclibrary.ca or call Answerline at 416-393-7131.
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Media Contact:
Edward Karek, Communications Officer (416) 397-5925
media@torontopubliclibrary.ca