Dial-A-Story
Do you want to hear a story from YCL staff at any time?
Call the Library’s Dial-A-Story phone line at 803-620-8585. You'll hear stories for adults, teens, and children, as well as music and songs, poetry, jokes and riddles, history tidbits, trivia, and more! You can also listen online via the links below as stories become available.
Dial-A-Story Picks December 2025
Children
Bear Stays Up for Christmas, by Karma Wilson
Candy Corn Christmas, by Jonathan Fenske
Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho, by William Boniface
Li’l Rabbit’s Kwanzaa, by Donna Washington
Pete the Cat’s 12 Groovy Days of Christmas, by Kimberly and James Dean
Soft and Sticky, by Jeanne Willis
“A Visit From St. Nicholas,” by Clement Moore
Teens
How to Manage Your Eco-Anxiety: An Empowering Guide for Young People, by Anouchka Grose – Author's Note
Dear Mothman, by Robin Gow – Book Description
They Bloom at Night, by Trang Thanh Tran – Book Description
Catching Cryptids: The Scientific Search For Mysterious Creatures – "Part Two: Taking Flight: Winged Cryptids (Mothman)," by Kim Long
Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters – "Introduction," by Rana Tahir
Adults
A Christmas Carol - "Chapter 5: The End of It," by Charles Dickens
"The Hanging Stranger," by Philip K. Dick
"The Little Match Girl," by Hans Christian Andersen
"Love Lies A-cold," by Charles Maurice Stebbins
"Mist," by Henry David Thoreau
The Weaver of the Frost, by Ken Nakazawa
View the Dial-A-Story picks from last month.