Dial-a-Story
Kids and their families can listen to a story by phone any time of day for FREE by calling the library's Dial-A-Story service at 416-395-5400.
There are stories for younger children (7 and under) and for older children (up to 12).
Dial-a-Story is available in 16 languages:
- English
- French
- Cantonese
- Gujarati
- Italian
- Korean
- Mandarin
- Persian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Somali
- Spanish
- Tamil
- Tagalog
- Urdu
Featured stories
Follow Lena as she gets ready to start kindergarten and discovers that it's okay to feel a bit nervous.
The true story that inspired Orange Shirt Day and the Every Child Matters movement begins with young Phyllis, whose favourite orange shirt is taken away on her first day at a residential school.