Watch and listen to recordings of story times with our Children's Librarians, early learning programs and more. Recordings are available in english, español (Spanish), 官话 (Mandarin), 廣東話 (Cantonese) and tiếng Việt (Vietnamese).
Audio/Visual Storytelling with Sondra Segundo
“Often times when we consider school readiness for children we think of literacy as one of the main components. And while literacy certainly is a crucial building block in children’s learning, we must scrutinize how literacy is measured. Daybreak Star Preschool continues to find ways to Indigenize early care and education by emphasizing Native practices like storytelling as a necessary component to early literacy. We do this by connecting with community partners, like Sondra Segundo and our elders when possible. Storytelling is an important component to native culture and education and through these kinds of experiences we hope to model what early learning can look like.” - Nick Terrones, Daybreak Star Preschool Director
View Video (00:30:55) | Posted October 2022
Story Time with Librarian Erica: Adventures!
Join Erica for some stories, songs and rhymes all about going on all sorts of adventures!
View Video (00:15:38) | Posted May 2022
Story Time with Librarian Betsy: Imagination!
Welcome and join Betsy as she introduces the concept of our imagination! She will read a new book: In the Meadow of Fantasies by Hadi Mohammadi, translated from Persian from Sara Khalili. The publishers Elsewhere Editions asked us to share this with you. Enjoy!
View Video (00:17:17) | Posted April 2022
Story Time with Leslie the Librarian: Let's Get Silly!
It's time to get silly with Leslie the Librarian as she shares a silly rhyme, sings a silly song, and reads, Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale retold by Margaret Read MacDonald, and illustrated by Julie Paschkis, with permission from August House Publishers.
View Video (00:22:51) | Posted March 2022
Story Time with Miss Amanda: Pajama Party!
Join Miss Amanda, Children's Services Librarian at the Southwest Branch, as she sings lullabies and reads a bedtime book for this pajama party themed story time.
View Video (00:11:01) | Posted February 2022
Story Time with Miss Bea: Hearts, Face Masks, a Guessing Game and More!
Settle in for story time fun! Miss Bea tells a Valentine story, shares her face mask collection, leads a guessing game, and draws a silly story.
View Video (00:16:13) | Posted February 2022
Story Time with Miss Amanda: Snow
Join our Miss Amanda, Children's Services Librarian from the Southwest Branch, as she sings songs and reads books about snow. She reads two titles with permission from Chronicle Books: "First Snow" by Bomi Park and "Over and Under the Snow" by Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal.
View Video (00:17:07) | Posted January 2022
Story Time with Leslie the Librarian: Let's Make Noise!
Ready to hear a good story? Join Librarian Leslie as she reads, A Big Quiet House: A Yiddish Folktale from Eastern Europe, retold by Heather Forest, and illustrated by Susan Greenstein, with permission from August House Publishing.
View Video (00:23:29) | Posted December 2021
Story Time with Erica: Food
Join one of our Children's Services Librarians, Erica, for some fun with food!
View Video (00:13:54) | Posted November 2021
Story Time with Miss Bea: Fall & Halloween
Join Miss Bea as she does a fold-and-tell story and shares a flannel poem about Halloween.
View Video (00:19:34) | Posted October 2021