Storytime Direct

Deliver a new story every week, in English or in English and Spanish, with no staff time required.

How does it work?

  Sign up for Storytime Direct to reserve a local phone number in your area.

  Record your own custom welcome messages to be played before the Story of the Week.

  Patrons call your Library Dial-A-Story phone number to hear your welcome message followed by our Story of the Week.

  Download daily, weekly, and monthly reports.

Stories are selected by our staff librarians from our Storytime Commons repository of high-quality children's stories.

Image of child holding the red handset of a corded phone

Add a Storytime Direct Widget to your Website!

Add our "Now Playing!" widgets to your website to keep your patrons informed of the current stories in English or Spanish. Website visitors can listen to the current story online via the widget without calling your phone number and without using your monthly minutes.

Our website widgets, like the example shown here, can easily be embedded on any website, including Drupal and WordPress websites.

How much does it cost?
  • One-time setup fee: $300
    Includes unlimited training and planning consultation.
  • Annual subscription options: $1,500
    View our pricing page for details.
  • Consortium pricing available.
    Contact us.