Story times at Verona Public Library
Story times focus on creative expression, social and listening skills, foundations for reading and math, gross and fine motor practice, and more. No registration.
Story time break: May 12 - June 13
Summer Story Time
June 16 - August 1
Baby Story Time: Fridays at 10:30 am and 1:00 pm
Ages 0-12 months. Intended for pre-walkers, baby story time is a lap-sit story time full of books, songs, bounces and more for babies and their caregivers. 20-25 minutes with time for play and socialization afterwards.
Toddler Story Time: Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:30 am
Ages 1 and 2. Encourage early literacy skills at Toddler Story Time through stories, rhymes, and songs for active little ones and their caregivers. 20 - 25 minutes.
Preschool Story Time: Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:30 am
Ages 3-5. This story time includes books, songs, and rhymes for preschoolers and their caregivers who model sitting and listening. We focus on school readiness by improving attention, vocabulary, and imagination! 25 - 30 minutes.
Sensory Story Time: Thursdays at 9:30 am
Ages 3-5. Sensory story time builds communication and friendship skills in a supportive environment. Story time features a visual schedule, yoga, and more.
Outdoor Story Time: Thursdays at 10:30 am, June 16 through August 21*
Stories and songs for children and their caregivers outdoors. 20 - 25 minutes. Geared toward ages 1 - 5. Walk behind the library to find our outdoor story time space! Please watch our Facebook page for any weather-related cancellations.
Check our calendar for special story times and other events.
Childcare providers
If you are a caregiver at a preschool or childcare center and would like to attend indoor story time, please contact the library at mgehrke [at] veronapubliclibrary.org (mgehrke[at]veronapubliclibrary[dot]org) about alternative story time opportunities for your group. A few events that work well for childcare centers to drop-in include outdoor story time, crafternoon, and performances in the main area of the library.
The Verona Public Library children's area offers a collection of fiction, nonfiction, kits, graphic novels, early readers, Spanish, Chinese, and other world languages titles for ages 0-12. The children's area also offers comfortable seating, play spaces, castle, tween corner, early literacy computer stations, and more. We encourage families to stay & play when they come to pick out books. We offer many special events for children and families; please see our calendar for upcoming events.
To request sign language interpretation or other accommodation for special needs, please contact the youth services desk at 608-845-7180 x4 at least two weeks before the event.
To see what we have done at story time, check out our blog.
