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Storytime Express
Literacy Kits for Early Education
- North Dade Regional Library
- 2455 NW 183 Street
- Monday ‑ Friday, 8:30 a.m. ‑ 5 p.m.
- Phone 305‑375‑4116
- Fax 305‑375‑2984
About
Storytime Express is a free early literacy service provided by the Miami‑Dade Public Library System to:
- Child care centers
- Licensed preschools
- Kindergarten centers
- Members of homeschool organizations
- Parents
Note: Service is available to those within the Miami‑Dade Public Library System taxing district and the cities of Hialeah, Homestead, North Miami and North Miami Beach through our reciprocal borrowing program.
MDPLS Storytime Express Kits allow educators and parents to enhance their storytimes and create a fun learning environment. Our educational kits serve two age groups: babies/toddlers and preschoolers/kindergarteners.
What's Inside the Kits?
Books
Finger Play Sheets
Flannel Board Story
Puppet
Educational Toy
Music CD
How to Register
- Phone 305‑375‑4116
- Fax 305‑375‑2984
- Email storytimeexpress@mdpls.org
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Print the application and mail to:
Storytime Express
North Dade Regional Library
2455 NW 183 Street
Miami, Florida 33056
How to Borrow the Kits
- Contact Storytime Express to request a theme list and kit.
- Choose from over 80 available themes.
- Kits will be shipped to your local branch library for pick up.
- Kits are loaned for 30 days and may be renewed by calling Storytime Express at 305‑375‑4116.
Returning the Kits
Kits may be returned to any branch of the Miami‑Dade Public Library System.
Themes
Baby/Toddler
- ABC
- Babies
- Bath time
- Beach
- Bedtime
- Birthdays
- Body Parts
- Clothes
- Colors
- Community Helpers
- Dr. Seuss
- Emotions
- Family
- Farm Animals
- Florida
- Food
- Friends
- Gardens
- Getting Along
- Grief
- Growing Up
- Hispanic Heritage
- Holidays
- Morning/Night
- Multicultural
- Music/Dance
- Numbers
- Ocean Life
- Opposites
- Pets
- Playtime
- Potty Time
- Safety
- School
- Seasons
- Self-esteem
- Senses
- Shapes
- Transportation
- Wild Animals
- Zoo
Preschool/Kindergarten
- ABC
- Adventure
- Autumn
- Babies
- Bath Time
- Beach
- Bears
- Bedtime
- Birds
- Birthdays
- Black History
- Body Parts
- Bugs
- Cats
- Chickens
- Christmas/Hanukkah
- Circus
- Clothes
- Colors
- Community Helpers
- Creepy Crawlies
- Dance
- Daytime
- Dinosaurs
- Diverse Abilities
- Dr. Seuss
- Easter/Passover
- Emotions
- Environment
- Family
- Farm Animals
- Florida
- Folktales
- Food
- Forest Animals
- French Creole tales
- Friends
- Frogs
- Gardens
- Getting Along
- Grandparents
- Grief
- Growing Up
- Halloween
- Hats
- Hispanic Heritage
- Lost and Found
- Manners
- Monsters
- Mother Goose
- Mothers/Fathers
- Multicultural
- Music
- Native Americans
- Nighttime
- Numbers
- Ocean Life
- Opposites
- Orderliness
- Outer Space
- Pets
- Picnics
- Rabbits
- Rain
- Reptiles
- Safety
- Safety Helpers
- School
- Seasons
- Self-esteem
- Senses
- Shapes
- Siblings
- Sick Days
- Sports
- Spring
- Summer
- Thanksgiving
- Transportation
- Turtles
- USA
- Valentines
- Wild Animals
- Wind
- Winter
- Zoo