It's never too early or too late to start sharing rhymes, songs and books with your child!
Storytimes are an opportunity for parents and caregivers to learn new songs and ideas to enhance early literacy interactions with their youngsters everyday. In addition, children find storytimes entertaining! Every San Francisco Public Library location has weekly storytime offerings.
Storytime for Babies: Songs, rhymes and books for infants and their caregivers.
Storytime for Toddlers: Books, songs, movement and more. For toddlers 16 months through age 2 and their caregivers.
Storytime for Preschoolers: Books, songs, fingerplays and more for ages 3–5.
Storytime for Families: Books, songs, rhymes and fun for children of all ages.
Look below for our storytime calendar, early literacy resources, including songs featured during storytimes.
Upcoming Events
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Monday, 3/31/2025, 3:30 - 4:00
Tuesday, 4/1/2025, 10:15 - 10:45
Tuesday, 4/1/2025, 10:15 - 10:45
Tuesday, 4/1/2025, 10:15 - 10:45
Tuesday, 4/1/2025, 10:15 - 10:45
Sweet Songs - SFPL Storytime Favorites
Booklists
Wonderful books to share together, handpicked by SFPL librarians just for you.
Favorite Books for Babies
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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes -
Babies on the Go -
The Baby Goes Beep -
Barnyard Banter -
Big Fat Hen -
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? -
Chugga-chugga Choo-choo -
Clap your Hands -
The Cuddle Book -
Dear Zoo -
Doggies -
First the Egg -
Five Little Ducks -
From Head to Toe -
Golden Bear -
Growing Colors -
Hands Can -
Here Are My Hands -
Hooray for Fish! -
Hurry! Hurry! -
I Heard A Little Baa -
I Kissed the Baby! -
I Like It When -
I Went Walking -
Jamberry -
Kitten's First Full Moon -
Little Lions -
Moo, Baa, La La La! -
My Car -
Peek in My Pocket -
Please, Baby, Please -
Pots and Pans -
The Seals on the Bus -
Sleepytime Rhyme -
Spot's Playtime Pop-up Book -
Ten in the Bed -
Ten, Nine, Eight -
This Is the Farmer -
This Little Chick -
Time to Get Dressed! -
Tomie DePaola's Mother Goose -
The Very Hungry Caterpillar -
Where's Spot? -
Whose Baby Am I? -
Whose Chick Are You? -
Wow! City!
Favorite Books for Toddlers
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Baby Danced the Polka -
Catherine and Laurence Anholt's Big Book of Little Children -
Big Fat Hen
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Big Red Barn -
Butterfly, Butterfly -
Bosco's Busy Morning -
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
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Busy, Busy City Street -
Charlie Chick -
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom -
Chuck's Truck -
Clip-clop -
Cock-a-doodle Quack! Quack! -
Dinosaur Stomp! -
The Family Book -
Feathers for Lunch -
Firefighters to the Rescue! -
Five Little Ducks -
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed -
Fix It, Sam -
From Head to Toe
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Giddy-up! Let's Ride! -
Go Away, Big Green Monster! -
Good Morning, Chick -
"Hi, Pizza Man!" -
Hondo & Fabian -
I Love My Daddy -
I Love Trains! -
I Spy Pets -
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean -
If You're Happy and You Know It -
It's Okay to Be Different -
Kangaroo and Cricket -
Little Gorilla -
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big… -
Morningtown Ride -
Night Light -
No, David! -
The Odd Egg -
On Our Way Home -
Over in the Meadow -
Pumpkin Trouble -
Preschool to the Rescue -
Salamander Rock -
The Seals on the Bus
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A Splendid Friend, Indeed -
Subway -
Tanka Tanka Skunk! -
This Is the Farmer
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The Three Bears -
Time for Bed -
Tip Tip Dig Dig -
To Market, to Market -
Trashy Town -
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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Where Is the Green Sheep? -
Who Hoots? -
Whose Nose and Toes? -
The Wide-mouthed Frog -
Wiggle, Waggle -
Wow! City!
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You Can Do It Too!
Favorite Books for Preschoolers
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ABC Is for Circus -
The Baby Beebee Bird -
Bark, George -
Big Smelly Bear -
Black? White! Day? Night! -
Chickens to the Rescue -
Click, Clack, Moo -
Dinosaur Kisses -
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! -
Every Friday -
From Head to Toe
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Go Away, Big Green Monster!
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A Grand Old Tree -
Grumpy Cat -
Hooray for Birds! -
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? -
I Don't Like Gloria! -
Jump, Frog, Jump! -
Kitten's First Full Moon
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Leo the Late Bloomer -
Leap Back Home to Me -
Leonardo the Terrible Monster -
Little Pea -
Presenting Little White Duck -
Llama, Llama Red Pajama -
Lola at the Library -
Look Out, Suzy Goose -
A Mother for Choco -
Not A Box -
Officer Buckle and Gloria -
Owl Babies -
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! -
The Puddle -
Red-eyed Tree Frog -
Rain -
The Seals on the Bus
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The Toolbox -
There Was An Old Monster -
There's An Alligator Under My Bed -
To Be A Kid -
Trashy Town
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Walter Was Worried -
Where the Wild Things Are -
There Are No Animals in This Book! -
The Wing on A Flea -
The Wolf's Chicken Stew -
Who Hops? -
The Very Busy Spider -
Yesterday I Had the Blues -
Yummy!
Favorite Books for Families
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Baby Rattlesnake -
Bark, George
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Bear Snores on -
Big Smelly Bear
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The Birthday Pet -
Butterfly, Butterfly
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
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Dear Zoo
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Dinosaur Stomp!
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Earth Mother -
First the Egg
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From Head to Toe
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Giddy-up! Let's Ride!
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Hands Can
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Hooray for Fish!
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Hungry Hen -
I Went Walking
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If You're Happy and You Know It Clap your Hands -
Kitten's First Full Moon
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Presenting Little White Duck
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Llama, Llama Red Pajama
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Look Book -
Mabela the Clever -
On Our Way Home
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Owl Babies -
Salamander Rock
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The Seals on the Bus
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The Secret of Saying Thanks -
A Splendid Friend, Indeed
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Sylvie -
Ten in the Bed -
This Is the Farmer
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Trashy Town
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The Very Busy Spider
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What A Wonderful World -
When Sophie Gets Angry--really, Really Angry -
The Wide-mouthed Frog