Somerville Storytellers Video Storytimes
Can’t make it to Storytime? Check out Somerville Storytellers, a collection of our storytimes online! Somerville Storytellers is a collaboration between the Somerville Media Center (opens in new tab) and the Somerville Public Library. The goal is to promote storytelling within the community. It’s also a lot of fun!
Full Somerville Storytellers YouTube Playlist from Somerville Media Center (opens in new tab)
2020
January 2020 recording (opens in new tab). 28 mins.
In today’s storytime, listen to Bear Snores On, Bread and Honey, What Am I?, and Happy Birthday Moon, and sing along with Ann!
2019
December 2019 recording (opens in new tab). 29 mins.
Join Ann for storytime and singing together! Today we read Firefly Home, Toby is a Big Boy, I Spy With My Little Eye, and The Peculiar Pig.
October 2019 recording (opens in new tab). 25 mins.
Storytime with Ann at the Central Library! I Am a Tiger; A Dark, Dark Tale; The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, Ghost Cat, Bunny in the Middle.
September 2019 recording (opens in new tab). 29 mins.
Read and sing along with Ann! Chomp Goes the Alligator, Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Betty Goes Bananas, and The Very Quiet Cricket.
June 12 2019 recording at Vox Pop (opens in new tab). 42 mins.
Ann reads at our Assembly Row pop-up storytime! Guess What I’ll Be, The Very Quiet Cricket; Flappy, Waggy, Wiggly; We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, and Bear’s Busy Morning.
June 7 2019 recording at Vox Pop (opens in new tab). 28 mins.
Join Meghan from the East Branch Library at Assembly Row! Meghan is reading This Book Just Ate My Dog; Bark, George; How Do You Say?, and The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog.
May 2019 recording (opens in new tab). 30 mins.
Storytime with Ann today includes The Carrot Seed, Carrot Soup, Flora’s Surprise, Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash!, and The Day The Crayons Quit, and ends with a song!
April 2019 recording (opens in new tab). 32 mins.
In today’s storytime, Ann reads Circle, The Grumpy Monkey, Pete the Kitty and the Groovy Playdate, Boo Hoo Bird, and Gorilla! Gorilla!.
2018
December 2018 recording (opens in new tab). 28 min.
Children’s Librarian Ann reads I’m Not Santa!, The Mitten, Is it Hanukkah Yet?, The Night Before Christmas, If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, and Hello Snow!
November 2018 recording (opens in new tab). 29 mins.
Join Ann for fun readings of No Swimming for Nelly, Am I Yours, Little Pea, and Something Smells!
October 2018 recording (opens in new tab). 28 mins.
In this Halloween-themed episode, Ann reads The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, Eerie Feary Feeling, Ghost in the House, and What’s in the Witch’s Kitchen?
July 2018 recording (opens in new tab). 28 mins.
Today Children’s Librarian Ann reads The Bed Just So, Is Your Mama a Llama?, Hello, Hot Dog!, em>Play With Me, and Knock Knock! Who’s There, and storytime ends with a song!
June 2018 recording (opens in new tab). 28 mins.
Join us for storytime and a song with Ann! Today she reads Nothing Can Frighten A Bear, Peep and Egg: I’m Not Taking a Bath, No Hugs for Porcupine, and Monster and Mouse Go Camping.
May 2018 recording (opens in new tab). 30 mins.
Storytime with Ann today includes Sand Cake, Press Here, Dinosaurs Love Underpants, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and Bread and Honey.
April 2018 recording (opens in new tab). 27 mins.
Join us for storytime with Ann! Today we read The Very Clumsy Click Beetle, I Won’t Eat That, Bark, George, Little Penguin and the Lollipop, and A Loud Winter’s Nap.
March 2018 recording (opens in new tab). 30 mins.
Today, Ann reads The Very Quiet Cricket, The Terrible Plop, Ernest the Moose That Doesn’t Fit, Ask Mr. Bear, and A Pocket For Corduroy.
February 2018 recording (opens in new tab). 28 mins.
Storytime with some of Boston’s beloved drag performers including JP, Claude Kitten, Butch Sassidy and friends reading from their favorite children’s books. Singing, stories, make believe and a bit of glitter!
February 2018 recording (opens in new tab). 30 mins.
Listen along as Ann reads a selection of lovely picture books: Worm Loves Worm, Froggy’s First Kiss, A Kiss Like This, I Love You the Purplest, Love Is Real, and A Giant Crush.
2017
December 2017 recording (opens in new tab). 29 mins.
Today’s storytime with Ann features The Terrible Plop, Little Louie the Baby Bloomer, Guess What I’ll Be, Happy Birthday Moon, and Moonbear’s Shadow.
November 2017 recording (opens in new tab). 28 mins.
Today’s Halloween storytime features The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, Eerie Feary Feeling, Skeleton Hiccups, Go Away, Big Green Monster Here, and Ghost in the House, plus the children sing a spooky song!
October 2017 recording (opens in new tab). 22 mins.
Join us for storytime with Ann! Today we read The Little Red Hen, Martha Doesn’t Share, Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?, and Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons.
August 2017 recording (opens in new tab). 26 mins.
Let’s read 1-2-3-4-5 stories for storytime with Ann! Dance Away, There’s A Nightmare in My Closet, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Knock Knock Who’s There, and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
June 2017 recording (opens in new tab). 24 mins.
Join us for storytime and a song with Ann! Today we read Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, Boo Hoo Bird, Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, and Where is Tippy Toes.
May 2017 recording (opens in new tab). 28 mins.
Today’s storytime features Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow, Foxy and Egg, The Very Quiet Cricket, and Press Here, plus a singalong with Ann!
April 2017 recording (opens in new tab). 27 mins.
Listen to Children’s Librarian Ann as she reads You Don’t Want a Unicorn, Peace At Last, Lizard’s Home, and Bear With Me.
2016
December 2016 recording (opens in new tab). 29 mins.
Sing along with Ann and listen to Caps for Sale, Dance Away, My No No No Day, Happy Birthday Moon, and Open Very Carefully: A Book With Bite.
November 2016 recording (opens in new tab). 30 mins.
In this Halloween-themed storytime, Children’s Librarian Cathy reads Clifford’s Halloween, Froggy’s Halloween, Halloween by Harry Behn, and ends with a non-Halloween classic, Madeline.
July 2016 recording (opens in new tab). 25 mins.
This episode features Lizard’s Song, Do Like a Duck Does, Mouse Tails, and Ask Mr. Bear, read by Children’s Librarian Ann.
June 2016 recording (opens in new tab). 30 mins.<
In this storytime, Children’s Librarian Cathy reads Go Away, Big Green Monster, Jeremy Draws a Monster, The Three Robbers, Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery, The Caterpillar and the Polliwog, White Rabbit’s Color Book, and A Color of His Own.
May 2016 recording (opens in new tab). 30 mins.
In this storytime, Children’s Librarian Ann reads Betty Goes Bananas, The Grumpy Bird, Press Here, Lizard’s Song, and Shark in the Park with short sing-along breaks in between.