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 February 2023
Children
Black History Month Trivia
Salma the Syrian Chef, by Danny Ramadan (YC Reads Featured Title)
Same, Same but Different, by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (YC Reads Featured Title)
Summary of Take Back the Block, by Chrystal D. Giles (YC Reads Featured Title)
Teens
Excerpt from Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today, edited by Alice Wong
Excerpt from The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love, & Truth, edited by Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson
Summary of With the Fire on High, by Elizabeth Acevedo (YC Reads Featured Title)
Adults
New Adult Titles Available at YCL
Prologue from Child, by Judy Kurtz Goldman (YC Reads Featured Title)
“Songs for the People,” a poem by Francis Ellen Watkins Harper
Summary of Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever, by Kareem Rosser (YC Reads Featured Title)
View the Dial-A-Story picks from last month.