Storytimes at OCPL

Beauchamp Branch Library

Wednesdays
10:00 AM
Join us for a fun, all-ages storytime followed by play time in the children's area. Walk-ins welcome!

Central Library

Mondays: Little Listeners 
10:30 AM
Ages 18 to 36 months. A fun storytime featuring books, songs, games, and playtime with our toys and sensory bins! Walk-ins welcome!

Thursdays: Alphabet Academy
10:30 AM
Ages 3 to 5. Let's practice the alphabet together! This Pre-K storytime will feature a letter of the week to help your child learn the shapes and sounds of letters. If you start attending mid-alphabet, that’s ok, we’ll start again from the A after Z! Following storytime, participants can enjoy the stations for hand-on practice with the letter of the week and sensory activities. Walk-ins welcome! 

Fridays: Books 'n Babies
10:30 AM
Ages Birth to 18 months. A lapsit storytime featuring books, songs, and bounces! After storytime is over little ones and their parents can play and visit in the storytime room. Walk-ins welcome! 

Saturdays: All Ages Family Storytime
Twice a month - check calendar for dates
10:00 AM
An all-ages storytime program featuring songs, rhymes, movement, and stories! Walk-ins welcome.

Hazard Branch Library

Monthly visit with Olive the Storytime dog
One Saturday a month - check calendar for dates
10:00 AM

a gray cartoon elephant sitting down

Paine Branch Library

Visit with Moose, the Storytime dog
Monthly - check calendar for dates
3:00 PM
Visit with Moose, the adorable therapy dog, and enjoy a story time with Miss Laura Hand!

Petit Branch Library

Tuesdays: Read, Sing, and Play: Story Time!
10:30 AM
Combined toddler and preschool story time for children ages 1 1/2 to 5 and their families or caregivers. Includes stories, rhymes, fingerplays and songs. We ask that daycare centers, nursery schools, preschools, and pre-kindergarten programs please make an appointment for a special story time.

Last updated 11/12/2025