Join us for Storytime!
Storytimes are approximately 20 minutes long and are filled with stories, songs, fingerplays, and movement designed for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or the whole family. The goal of storytime is to promote the joy of shared reading, the benefits of early literacy, and the importance of the caregiver-child connection.
Storytimes at the Corvallis Public Library
Storytime in Corvallis
Weekly Schedule January – March 2024*:
Infant Storytime (birth – 1 year), Tuesdays, 10:30 am
Toddler Storytime (1-3 years), Wednesdays, 10:30 am
Preschool Storytime (3-5), Thursdays, 10:30 am
Family Storytime (all ages), Friday, 10:30 am
Main Meeting Room, Corvallis Public Library
Storytime is offered weekly as a drop-in program. Children must be accompanied by a grown-up.
*No storytimes on these dates: 1/23, 1/24, 1/25, 3/26, 3/27, 3/28, 3/29.
Family Storytime at the Museum!
Check back soon here or call Youth Services, 541-766-6794 for upcoming dates in 2024.
Corvallis Museum, 411 SW 2nd St, Corvallis, OR
Join us for a family storytime at the Benton County Historical Society – Corvallis Museum! View the museum exhibits after the storytime. Free admission for children and families.
Los Cuentos
3rd Saturday of the month:
January 20, 2024, 10:30 am
Main Meeting Room, Corvallis Public Library
A Bilingual Storytime in Spanish & English, for children of all ages! Storytime is offered as a drop-in program: first come, first-served. Space is limited due to the room capacity and to provide a positive, safe environment for all. Children must be accompanied by a grown-up.
Saturday Stories in Corvallis
January 6, 2024, 10:30 am
February 3, 2024, 10:30 am
March 2, 2024, 10:30 am*
*special Science Saturday event!
April 6, 2024, 10:30 am
Main Meeting Room, Corvallis Public Library
Join us for a 20 minute, all-ages family storytime at the Corvallis Public Library’s Main Meeting Room! Short stories, songs, and rhymes will be shared. Children must be accompanied by a grown-up. (No need to register.)
Get Ready for Baby!
New! Contact Peik-Kuan Lim to schedule this event with your organization or group!
Start reading early! Come and out why reading to your baby makes a difference and how to have fun bonding while reading with your baby. For expecting parents or families with a new baby. Presented by Peik-Kuan Lim, Early Literacy Coordinator.
Storytime Online
Stay-at-Home Storytime
Enjoy online storytimes from the Youth Services Librarians on our YouTube Channel Stay-At-Storytimes.
Learn some of our favorite rhymes on our YouTube Channel Songs & Rhymes.
About Storytime
Storytime is a fun, interactive, language-rich program designed especially by our youth services librarians to help young children build the skills they’ll need when they learn to read. The youth services librarians plan each storytime based on research and best-practices developed by the Every Child Ready to Read program from the Public Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children. Every Child Ready to Read involves proven practices in five areas for helping build a positive foundation for learning to read: talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing.
Space is limited due to the room capacity and to provide a positive, safe environment for all. Children must be accompanied by a grown-up. Many lasting friendships are created at storytime. Join us!
Early Literacy Program Evaluation – tell us what you think!