Storytime Videos
Welcome to our librarian curated selection of recorded storytime videos presented by diverse readers for you and your child to enjoy. The stories are grouped by grade levels to make it easy to choose a book or playlist for your child.
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You can make a storytime book or subject request using our electronic form.
Pre-K
Goodnight, Daniel Tiger
(start at 0:20; 7:30 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qtyhyNpMMk&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=13
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
(start at 0:32; 18:09 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVpHc8wsRKE&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=14
All Kinds of Children
(start at 0:17; 5:20 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kyFyixSzn8
Whoever You Are
(start at 0:00; 2:57 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbeSJDX6ykU
You Are Special, Daniel Tiger!
(start at 0:29; 9:15 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzse9OXWfbI&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=22
Rocket the Brave
(start at 1:23, end at 4:23; 11:21 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTN0Z_s9sBM&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=34
The Littlest Easter Bunny
(start at 0:00; 4:45 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQgNF_tId2s
Giraffe Problems
(start at 0:53; 13:14 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXaYnnnl_34&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=1
Oso no Para de Roncar (Bear Snores On in Spanish)
(start at: 0:00; 8:42 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbSvyZCOpI
Como Van a la Escuela los Dinosaurious? (How Do Dinosaurs go to School?)
(start at 0:39; 8:51 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Bh9d9DTb8
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
(start at 0:00; 6:47 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY
La Llama Llama Rojo Pijama (Llama Llama Red Pajamas in Spanish)
(start at 0:00; 3:15 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUSU4u7_wNs
The Rainbow Fish
(start at 0:41; 6:48 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cmddZh6t8
Como Estas? (How Are You?)
(start at 0:16; 2:04 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m6Dpvky20Y
One Small Step
(start at 0:00; 7:40 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWd4mzGqQYo
Pollito Tito (Chicken Little in Spanish)
(start at 0:00; 5:52 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UijM1gt0-hM
Evanston Public Library Storytime Playlist
Enjoy dozens of storytime videos, including songs and flannel stories, in a playlist that will keep your little one learning for hours.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMO3pOt3c136KCSSJeuKKAjKkGkYMF2Oc
Mother Goose Club Playhouse Songs & Rhymes
Enjoy favorites, including “Wheels on the Bus,” in a playlist that will keep your little one singing and dancing for hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6u2GrPk7-k&list=PLeKQP7RUXhaQORYTLU5Z22gx80FZhhKus
Kindergarten/Primary
Miss Maple’s Seeds
(start at 0:32; 5:24 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShaO355bpDQ&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=18
Same, Same But Different
(start at 0:00; 3:51 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjK1J0jUxD4&list=PL_gnRclx1FfkixVAvJ6FZrrv_RemUxuZu&index=14
Parker Looks Up
(start at 0:27; 6:18 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmnag1uSTps&list=PL_gnRclx1FfkixVAvJ6FZrrv_RemUxuZu&index=12
Mommy, Daddy Please Teach Me!
(start at 0:13; 3:44 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2o0RSesPRY
I Am Enough
(start at 0:17; 2:07 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp4GZ1I0pfY&list=PL_gnRclx1FfkixVAvJ6FZrrv_RemUxuZu&index=5
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
(start 0:00; 5:10 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WST-B8zQleM
The Littlest Easter Bunny
(start at 0:00; 4:45 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQgNF_tId2s
You Matter
(start at 1:24; 9:41 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltOaIsWXpHA
Grumpy Monkey
(start at 0:00; 5:52 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wylzbbSL668
Kindness is My Superpower
(start at 0:48; 8:49 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P-Y_M9q7RM
The Very Quiet Cricket
(start at 0:00; 7:39 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdiGEjz5b0Q
The Day You Begin
(start at 0:34; 6:55 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XUkWoRpeR4
Guji Guji
(start at 0:00; 6:33 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIQhxayNX1o
Harry the Dirty Dog
(start at 0:23; 4:52 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j0OY3236jw
The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake
(start at 0:00; 21:06 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UO-fLPG1kg
A Dot in the Snow
(start at 0:00; 6:25 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjJhz_FVCd0
Little Bunny Foo-Foo
(start at 0:00; 4:03 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82dwMOi-eRQ
You Hold Me Up
(start at 00:00; 2:31 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiuev2fXvRU&feature=youtu.be
Grade 1
Arthur’s New Puppy!
(start at 0:44; 20:36 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DqnnmpDu8c&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=21
Visiting Day
(start at 0:24; 5:59 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DooJoXT0YaY&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=32
The Day You Begin
(start at 0:00; 4:52 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM3DesXftrQ&list=PL_gnRclx1FfkixVAvJ6FZrrv_RemUxuZu&index=1
My Big Natural Hair
(start at 0:00; 2:26 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GM59MiTyAE&list=PL_gnRclx1FfkixVAvJ6FZrrv_RemUxuZu&index=18
The Gruffalo
(start at 0:20; 7:34 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyhgubvRYF4&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=20
Don’t Touch My Hair!
(start at 0:00; 3:21 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OItfXaBoCb4&list=PL_gnRclx1FfkixVAvJ6FZrrv_RemUxuZu&index=20
The Littlest Easter Bunny
(start at 0:00; 4:45 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQgNF_tId2s
Last Stop on Market Street
(start at 0:50; 10:43 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoPS0Ok5YiI&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=33
I Am Human
(start at 0:00; 6:13 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eQ1MrbU35w
If You Take A Mouse to School
(start at 0:17; 4:49 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wAQvZ33zZg
The Day the Crayons Quit
(start at 0:06; 7:22 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=489micE6eHU
The Elves and the Shoemaker
(start at 0:00; 6:28 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6SrbWwVKAs
Sophie’s Masterpiece
(start at 0:18; 7:12 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qiHu6rrGvI
Lotus & Feather
(start at 0:19; 13:07 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bpXikqUvXw
Tiana Eat Up!
(start at 0:54; 5:22 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A1F35M2Xv0
Stellaluna
(start at 0:00; 11:18 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLRIvyWUzxs
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
(start at 0:00; 7:20 minutes long)
Seamus’s Short Story
(start at 13:35; 5:37 minutes long)
Grade 2
Molly of Denali's Berry Itchy Day
(start at 0:48; 5:42 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTvF2wV6eOc&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=4
I Am Harriet Tubman!
(start at 0:57; 15:11 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voxdFQBrRjI&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=26
I Am Amelia Earhart!
(start at 2:28; 13:26 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr7_KR1tE4I&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=31
Henry’s Freedom Box
(start at 0:00; 8:00 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGK04B_Zof0&list=PL_gnRclx1FfkixVAvJ6FZrrv_RemUxuZu&index=9
Suki’s Kimono
(start at 0:00; 9:54 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJqsDzwl38Q&list=PL_gnRclx1FfkixVAvJ6FZrrv_RemUxuZu&index=16
The Eid al-Adha Adventure!
(start at 1:58; 14:13 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brVuV1k9Gfw&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=36
The Littlest Easter Bunny
(start at 0:00; 4:45 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQgNF_tId2s
The Color of Us
(start at 0:00; 3:20 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8-Whdbu-ak&list=PL_gnRclx1FfkixVAvJ6FZrrv_RemUxuZu&index=7
Hair Love: Short Film (2019 Academy Awards Winner)
(start at 0:00; 6:47 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw8V_Fkw28
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
(start at 0:16; 7:41 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_LeUSA-qIg
The Empty Pot
(start at 0:00; 8:07 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9K-sAKdk2Y
Trombone Shorty
(start at 0:14; 9:15 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QitquEL48Co
Enemy Pie
(start at 0:23; 9:49 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_I9NgXKtC8
Rent Party Jazz
(start 0:13; 10:56 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvKaVLLXa30
The Kiss that Missed
(start at 0:16; 4:38 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZT4vdpgxFM
The Hula-Hoopin' Queen
(start at 00:11; 13:17 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op9Bc7GWCuw
Hey, That’s My Monster
(start at 0:00; 11:30 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh-ju18EoG0&feature=emb_rel_end
No Mirrors in My Nana’s House
(start at 0:00; 6:24 minutes long)
Grade 3
The Orange Shirt Story
(start at 00:56; 9:40 minutes long)
https://www.facebook.com/QalipuFirstNation/videos/618766375669715/
Poetry Read-Along With Joy Harjo!
(start at 1:23; 6:22 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYDi_op-92c&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=39
The Proudest Blue
(start at 0:00; 5:18 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJiTBmfy-LI&list=PL_gnRclx1FfkixVAvJ6FZrrv_RemUxuZu&index=19
We March
(start at 0:00; 1:43 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdCkBAMw6VA&list=PL_gnRclx1FfkixVAvJ6FZrrv_RemUxuZu&index=13
Always Anjali
(start at 0:00; 7:44 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC-F1WhP_7Q
Mae Among the Stars
(start at 0:17; 5:14 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_mfdqyBqT8&list=PL_gnRclx1FfkixVAvJ6FZrrv_RemUxuZu&index=8
The Littlest Easter Bunny
(start at 0:00; 4:45 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQgNF_tId2s
My Rainy Day Rocket Ship
(start at 0:12; 5:26 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CD4BA32P90&list=PLa8HWWMcQEGStVxurBtLn8nkDxGc3j3ow&index=35
Hair Love: Short Film (2019 Academy Awards Winner)
(start at 0:00; 6:47 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw8V_Fkw28
The Cool Bean
(start at 0:00; 8:27 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jEgHfLW9d8
Brave Irene
(start at 0:24; 14:01 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoOFL_Gz_C4
To Be A Drum
(start at 0:58; 6:52 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BVBBe56MUg
As Fast As Words Could Fly
(start at 0:22; 16:22 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Zk4P50WT4
Braids!
(start at 0:00; 11:03 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeJxXeG-bLI
Catching The Moon
(start at 0:00; 13:44 minutes long)
I am Rosa Parks
(start 0:00; 11:14 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tela42pi2uk
Be Kind
(start at 0:00; 7:06 minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAo4-2UzgPo
Arnie The Doughnut
(start at 0:00; 15:04 minutes long)