Storytimes at OCPL

Dolly Parton's Imagination library logoDolly Parton Imagination Library Birthday Celebration Story Times

Dolly Parton launched the Imagination Library in 1995, in her hometown of Sevier County, TN. 

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is now celebrating 15 years of fostering the love of reading and learning in children around the Country! 

Celebrate with Story Time at an OCPL Location near you! 

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

Soule Branch Library

Thursdays: Lapsit Storytimes
10:30 AM
For pre-walkers and crawlers, join Miss Margaret for music, rhymes, fingerplays, movement, and a short book, followed by free-play time with toys. Older siblings welcome

Last updated 09/04/2025