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
Celebrate National Indigenous History Month and Pride Month with these stories the whole family can enjoy!
A clever little lemming outwits a snowy owl to avoid becoming dinner. Based on a traditional Inuit story.
The heartwarming true story of how Roy and Silo, two male penguins at New York City's Central Park Zoo, raised a chick together.
In this empowering take on the classic fairy tale, a girl gets lost in the woods while picking berries. Who should come to her rescue but a wolf?
Lou visits Grandad and Pops every week in this sweet intergenerational story. When Pops has a bad fall, Lou and Grandad come up with an idea to help him feel better.