Toronto Public Library’s Dial A Story Now Available in Russian
Popular children’s telephone story service now in 13 languages
TORONTO (April 18, 2011) - Toronto Public Library recently added Russian stories to the Dial A Story (416-395-5400) phone line. Dial A Story, Toronto Public Library’s popular telephone story service for children, answered 271,265 calls in 2010. That’s over 700 happy young 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. The free service is now available in 13 languages, including English, French, Cantonese, Gujarati, Italian, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Somali, Tamil, Urdu and Russian.
Periodically, Dial A Story even features special guests readers. Storytellers in the past have included 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 18 million people visit our 99 branches and borrow more than 32 million items. To learn more about Toronto Public Library, visit our website at torontopubliclibrary.ca or call Answerline at 416-393-7131.
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Media Contact:
Michelle Leung, Communications Officer, 416-397-5936 media@torontopubliclibrary.ca