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Large group storytimes: no pre-registration

Together Time 
Thursday @ 9:30 or 10:30 (All ages)

Informal all age storytime with lively music that seeks to
build positive relationships with books. Outside weather permitting.

NO REGISTRATION

LOL Story Adventure 
Tuesdays @ 3:30
(Grades K - 2nd)

Sign in and drop off for a live-action storytime. 

REGISTER UPON ARRIVAL

Small group storytime: limited space

Patty Cake
Tuesdays @ 9:30 or 10:30
(infant to around 18 month)
Caregiver guided storytime activities designed to boost development.
REGISTER HERE
Toddler Tales
Wednesdays @ 9:30 or 10:30
(Toddlers to around 3 years old)
Directed movement storytime by establishing routine & build attention and literacy skills.
Movers & Makers
Wednesdays @ 1:30
(age 3 - 5)

Kindergarten Prep storytime by building cooperation, enthusiasm for reading & readiness skills through stories, movement & activities.
REGISTER HERE

Want programs outside of storytime?
Check out our What's Happening webpage!


other programs

New @ the Library

more preschool book lists
  • Newest Releases
    • Big kids don't bite 1/22
    • I'm feeling mad 1/22
    • Mommies love hugs 1/22
    • Dinosaurs can be small 2/4
    • Wee unicorn 2/4
    • Toto 2/4
    • How to make a bedtime 2/4
    • You can't catch me! 2/4
    • A pocket full of rocks 2/4
    • Squash, the cat : stuck in the middle 2/7
    • Hope in a jar 2/7
    • Rocket beams, lunar dreams 2/7
    • Cranky makes a friend 2/7
    • Just be you! 2/7
    • One light 2/7
    • A forest Song 2/20
    • Something good 2/20
    • Me and other bunnies2/20
    • Hatch and match 2/20
    • Awesome Earth 2/28
    • Ocean 2/28
    • The interactive New Testament 2/28
    • Wind watchers 3/6
    • Bedtime is boring! 3/6
    • The quiet one 3/6
    • Snarky Sharky 3/6
    • Dinosaur Day 3/6
    • Robinson's new thing 3/6
    • Smiling eyes 3/6
    • If you find a fawn 3/10
    • Bouncing bunnies! 3/10
    • Attack of the scones 3/10
    • Hard Hat Hank and the sky high solution 3/10
    • When Alexander graced the table 3/10
    • Beansprout 3/13
    • Thunderland 3/13
    • What's scarier than thunder? 3/13
    • The baby who stayed awake forever 3/13
    • Papilio 3/13
    • Party animals 3/13
    • We're moving house 3/13
    • Home 3/13
    • First 101 animal words 3/19
    • Curious me! : numbers 3/19
    • Farm 3/19
    • Ada, are you ready? 3/19
    • The story of Taylor Swift 3/19
    • Let's go to the potty! 3/19
    • Little Blue Truck's beep-along book 3/19
    • Potty saves the day 3/19
    • Potty to the rescue 3/19
    • No more biting 3/19
    • Trouble dog 3/19
    • Photo Ark 1-2-3 3/19
    • Moving day 3/20
    • So Tortoise dug 3/20
    • The tortosaurus 3/20
  • Winter Releases
    • Where to hide a star 2/4
    • Meet the neighbors! 2/2
    • Hello, feet! 1/22
    • ABC learn with me : touch and trace nursery rhymes 1/22
    • The I can say goodnight! book 1/22
    • Billy's birthday 1/22
    • Bear loves 1/22
    • Fox is coming! 12/7
    • Knight Owl and Early Bird 12/7
    • Grown with love 12/7
    • Sally's snow day 11/21
    • Bella ballerina 11/21
    • Duck, Duck, Goose! 11/21
    • The hidden alphabet 11/21
    • Snack, Please! 11/21
    • The night whale 11/21
    • Katie, big and strong 11/9
    • Look and cook breakfast 11/9
    • The creature of habit tries his best 11/21
    • Clive Penguin 11/21
    • I know how to draw an owl 11/5
    • Bear at the fair 11/21
    • Rainbow bear 11/5
    • Troll 11/5
    • Snow is... 11/5
    • Our building 11/5
    • Jonty Gentoo : the adventures of a penguin 11/5
    • Matthew's birthday party 11/5
    • Clydeo takes a bite out of life 11/5
    • Mr. Lepron's mystery soup 11/5
    • Mamas magnificent dancing plantitas 11/5
    • Goodnight sounds 11/5
    • Wake up, moon! 11/5
    • ow to pee your pants 11/5
    • Dig dig dinosaur 11/4
  • Fall New Releases
    • Bea's bad day 10/15
    • A moving story 10/15
    • Somewhere for Little Bear 10/15
    • Genius in a high chair 10/15
    • The mango monster 10/15
    • Animal countdown 10/15
    • The man who didn't like animals 10/15
    • I'll love you till the crocodiles smile 10/15
    • Don't tickle the dinosaur! 10/4
    • The Very Hungry Caterpillar's birthday party 10/4
    • Frostfire 10/4
    • Hi, baby! 10/4
    • Star and the maestro 10/4
    • Hansel & Gretel 10/4
    • What is baby wearing? 10/4
    • Cars and trucks 10/4
    • Animal jokes 10/4
    • Animal sounds 10/4
    • Who said woof? 10/4
    • Day of the dead 10/4
    • Brown Bear and friends 1 2 3 10/4
    • A pinecone! 9/13
    • Oak : the littlest leaf girl 9/13
    • Mummy & me : a monster's tale 9/13
    • The spark in me 9/13
    • How to tantrum like a champion : ten small ways to temper big feelings 9/13
    • Good night thoughts 9/5
    • Roar for reading 9/5
    • Where's Bearry? 9/5
    • Eeny and her sisters 9/5
    • The snow thief 9/5
    • Still life 9/5
    • L is for love 9/5
    • The greatest 9/5
    • Have you seen my acorn? 9/5
    • Just us 8/28
    • I miss you most 8/28
    • The most perfect persimmon 8/28
    • Noodles on a bicycle 8/28
    • One small spark : a Tikkun Olam story 8/28
    • Fall parade 8/26
    • This is the way in Dog Town 8/26
    • Bear's lost glasses 8/26
    • I am wriggly 8/24
  • Summer Releases
    • Crick, crack, crow! 8/13
    • The armadillo who came for dinner 8/13
    • Feeling boo 8/13
    • Broom for two 9/13
    • Things that go bump in the day 8/13
    • Ladybugs do not go to preschool 8/13
    • The dream catcher 8/26
    • What I had for dinner 7/31
    • Park 7/31
    • Meet the Emotions 7/31
    • Hush, little dozer 7/31
    • Make tracks 7/31
    • One little fish 7/31
    • The mommies on the bus 7/31
    • A bear, a bee, and a honey tree 7/31
    • Numbers 7/31
    • Noisy farm 7/31
    • What goes in the ocean? 7/31
    • How to welcome a new baby 7/31
    • You're a big sister 7/31
    • There are no ants in this book 7/31
    • Quack! : a duck's tale 7/31
    • Mustache duckstache 7/31
    • Pickle words 7/31
    • How to eat a mango 7/29
    • Rescue cat 7/29
    • Penelope's balloons 7/29
    • All the animals were sleeping 7/29
    • Patterns patterns everywhere 7/29
    • Boo the library ghost 7/29
    • Found 7/29
    • The sun never hurries 7/29
    • Sinclair, the velociraptor who thought he was a chicken 7/29
    • Penelope Rex and the problem with pets 7/29
    • The tugboat and the silver moon 7/25
    • A horse called Now 7/19
    • Little Ghost makes a friend 7/19
    • Wolfgang in the meadow/ 7/19
    • I can do it even if I'm scared 7/19
    • Somewhere in between 7/19
    • Next level : a hymn in gratitude for our neurodiversity 7/16
    • Monster hands 7/16
    • Sour apple 7/16
    • Have you seen an elephant? 7/16
    • A big juicy earthworm 7/16
    • My book and me 77/16
    • Lighthouse and the little boat 7/16
    • Bubble Gum Bison needs a bath 7/16
    • The big squeeze 7/16
    • Maxine gets a job 7/16
    • Porcupine and Cactus : a prickly pair 7/11
    • Building a beak : how a toucan's rescue inspired the world 7/11
    • Five bears 7/11
    • A bear, a fish, and a fishy wish 7/11
    • Neat Nick's big mess 7/11
    • Mouse on the river 7/11
    • Sea of constellations 7/11
    • Carry me! 7/11
    • How to catch a fairy godmother 7/11
    • The world in our backyard 7/11
    • Aqua boy 7/11
    • I am gravity 7/11
    • City of leafcutter ants 7/11
    • Sumo libre 7/11
    • A crocodile should never skip breakfast 7/3
    • Molly, Olive, and Dexter : the guessing game 7/3
    • Bird rehearsal 7/3
    • The day Bell found her sound / 7/3
    • Duck goes meow 7/3
    • The digger and the dark 7/3
    • What love looks like 7/3
    • Joyful song : a naming story 7/2
    • Two together 7/2
    • Because Barbara : Barbara Cooney paints her world 7/1
    • Grumpy monkey party time! 6/24
    • Beach hair 6/24
    • Not-a-box city 6/24
    • Duck duck taco truck 6/24
    • Shake it off! /6/24
    • The outside 6/21
    • Kisses from space 6/21
    • Pete the cat screams for ice cream! 6/7
    • The squish 6/7
    • Pearl's lost pearls 6/7
    • Frank and Bert 6/4
    • Parrotfish has a superpower 6/4
    • Leo and the pink marker 6/4
    • Mushrooms know 6/4
    • Goat and the stoat and the boat 6/4
    • Big Bear and Little Bear go fishing 6/1
    • A friend for Eddy 5/29
    • More dung! : a beetle tale 5/29
    • Bubbly beautiful Kitty-Corn 5/29
    • Finding things 5/29
    • Walkies : a dog's tale 5/29
    • Sign with Blue! 7/31
    • Ursula upside down 5/29
    • A real lion story 5/29
    • Illusions in art 5/17
    • Jonny Lambert's construction site 5/17
    • In the jungle 5/17
    • My first book of fairy tales 5/17
    • Mermaids' song to the sea 5/17
    • When the sun goes down 5/17
    • Name your numbers 5/17
    • The I can say dada book 5/17
    • I would love you still 5/17
    • Little tiger, where are you? 5/17
    • Come again, pelican 5/17
    • Hello baby giraffe! 5/17
    • Noisy construction 5/17
    • The very noisy night 5/17
    • Lake mamas & babies 5/17
    • With Dad 5/13
    • The spaceman 5/13
    • Penny Lu porcupine 5/13
    • Beach bummer: Bruce 5/13
    • Today is for you! 7/16
    • Gray 5/13
    • There is more than one way to be... strong 5/13
    • I'm afraid, said the leaf 5/13
    • Earnest Sandpiper's great ascent 5/13
  • Spring Releases
    • This is not my lunch box! 4/29
    • If Lin Can 4/20
    • Outdoor farm, indoor farm 4/20
    • Bless our pets 4/20
    • Not just the driver 4/20
    • I am more than 4/10
    • Brianosaurus 4/10
    • What does little crocodile say at the birthday party? 4/10
    • Simple thanks 4/10
    • Emma, full of wonders 4/10
    • Oh, are you awake? 4/10
    • Don't wash Winston 4/10
    • Roar-choo! 4/10
    • Firefly galaxy 4/10
    • Penelope Rex and the problem with pets 4/10
    • We found a seed 4/8
    • One day this tree will fall 4/8
    • Sourgrass 4/8
    • My first Earth Day 3/23
    • Tiny wonders 3/23
    • Speck : an itty-bitty epic 3/23
    • Girls of the world : doing more than ever before 3/23
    • Wherever you go 3/23
    • The mochi makers 3/21
    • Bros 3/19
    • Sparkles, no sparkles 3/19
    • Exactly as planned 3/19
    • Hope is a rainbow 3/19
    • Grumpy monkey spring fever 3/19
    • Ready to soar 3/19
    • When dinosaurs walked the Earth : a hungry dino story! 3/19
    • Born brave 3/17
    • Something on the hill 3/17
    • Turtle-Turtle and the wide, wide river 3/17
    • Just try it 3/8
    • Lights out 3/8
    • Partly cloudy 3/8
    • Albert's ABCs 3/8
    • All aboard the Alaska Train 3/8
    • Sleepy Sheepy and the sheepover 3/8
    • This baby. That baby 3/8
Children's Events
Cancelled
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Mar 27, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library
Cancelled
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Mar 27, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Apr 01, 9:30am - 9:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
This event is full
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Apr 01, 10:30am - 10:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
This event is full
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Apr 02, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
This event is full
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Apr 02, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Movers & Makers - Kindergarten Prep Storytime (ages 3-5)
Wed, Apr 02, 1:30pm - 2:15pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Apr 03, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Apr 03, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
SNaP (3-6 Grade) - Game On
Thu, Apr 03, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Rain Gutter Regatta - Books in the Brook
Sat, Apr 05, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Overton Park in Cahaba Heights
Reading Buddies
Mon, Apr 07, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Apr 08, 9:30am - 9:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Tuesday, April 1 2025 at 9:00am
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Apr 08, 10:30am - 10:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Tuesday, April 1 2025 at 9:00am
Family Night - Jim Aycock's Music Show
Tue, Apr 08, 5:30pm - 6:15pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room,Conference Room
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Apr 09, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Wednesday, April 2 2025 at 9:00am
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Apr 09, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Wednesday, April 2 2025 at 9:00am
Movers & Makers - Kindergarten Prep Storytime (ages 3-5)
Wed, Apr 09, 1:30pm - 2:15pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Wednesday, April 2 2025 at 9:00am
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Apr 10, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Apr 10, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
SNaP (3-6 Grade) - Tissue Paper Suncatchers
Thu, Apr 10, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Bookmania (3-6 Grade) - The Vanderbeekers Ever After
Thu, Apr 10, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Sensory Play, Explore & More - Register for Small Group Play
Fri, Apr 11, 9:30am - 10:15am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Sensory Play, Explore & More - Register for Small Group Play
Fri, Apr 11, 10:30am - 11:15am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Sensory Play, Explore & More - Free-Play
Fri, Apr 11, 11:15am - 11:45am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Breakout Book Club: Band Camp: All Together Now! - emerging readers and their adults
Mon, Apr 14, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Apr 15, 9:30am - 9:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Tuesday, April 8 2025 at 9:00am
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Apr 15, 10:30am - 10:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Tuesday, April 8 2025 at 9:00am
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Apr 16, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Wednesday, April 9 2025 at 9:00am
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Apr 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Wednesday, April 9 2025 at 9:00am
Movers & Makers - Kindergarten Prep Storytime (ages 3-5)
Wed, Apr 16, 1:30pm - 2:15pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Wednesday, April 9 2025 at 9:00am
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Apr 17, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Apr 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
SNaP (3-6 Grade) - Movie & Popcorn
Thu, Apr 17, 3:30pm - 5:10pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Illustrator Art Club - art inspired by Evan Turk
Mon, Apr 21, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Apr 22, 9:30am - 9:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Tuesday, April 15 2025 at 9:00am
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Apr 22, 10:30am - 10:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Tuesday, April 15 2025 at 9:00am
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Apr 23, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Wednesday, April 16 2025 at 9:00am
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Apr 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Wednesday, April 16 2025 at 9:00am
Movers & Makers - Kindergarten Prep Storytime (ages 3-5)
Wed, Apr 23, 1:30pm - 2:15pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Wednesday, April 16 2025 at 9:00am
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Apr 24, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, Apr 24, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
SNaP (3-6 Grade) - Who Would Win?
Thu, Apr 24, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Apr 29, 9:30am - 9:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Tuesday, April 22 2025 at 9:00am
Patty Cake - Lapsit Storytime (infants up to age 18 month)
Tue, Apr 29, 10:30am - 10:50am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Tuesday, April 22 2025 at 9:00am
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Apr 30, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Wednesday, April 23 2025 at 9:00am
Toddler Tales Storytime - Directed Movement (toddlers to around age 3)
Wed, Apr 30, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Wednesday, April 23 2025 at 9:00am
Movers & Makers - Kindergarten Prep Storytime (ages 3-5)
Wed, Apr 30, 1:30pm - 2:15pm
O’Neal Library - Storytelling Room
Registration opens Wednesday, April 23 2025 at 9:00am
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, May 01, 9:30am - 10:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
All Together Storytime - all ages informal storytime
Thu, May 01, 10:30am - 11:00am
O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room
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