Free Story Times! (Updated Sept 2010)

Seattle offers a wide array of story times 6 days a week (Monday - Saturday) that are appropriate for babies and toddlers:

Land of Nod - University Village, Seattle – Thursdays @ 11:00 am

University Bookstore – Tuesdays and Saturdays @11:00 am

Tugboat Story time - The Center for Wooden Boats – the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month @ 11:00 am

Polly-Glot Tots – this language school offers free Spanish, French , Japanese and Mandarin story times in various locations once a month. Check out their website for times and locations.

Seattle Public Libraries –offering dozens of story times at their locations 6 days a week (yes – Saturday too!), Seattle public libraries offer baby, preschool, family and even toddler story times. In addition, the offer pajama story time and even story times in Vietnamese, Chinese and Spanish!

Soundbridge (Seattle Symphony) – the Seattle Symphony offers a musical story time every Monday at the Seattle Central Library at 10:30 am and at Benaroya Hall on Fridays at 1:30 pm.

Third Place Books – this wonderful used/new bookstore and Café in Ravenna offers a weekly story time on Saturdays at 11:00 am.

Mockingbird Books – this Greenlake bookstore and café offers story time 6 DAYS A WEEK!!! Yes that’s right folks! Monday through Saturday you can go to story time at 11:00 am at this charming bookstore.

Serendipity Café – although it’s named a café, they offer a full restaurant menu as well. This play café offers a weekly story time in Magnolia at 10 am on Tuesdays.

Little Book Worms Story Time - this new story time is located on the 2nd level of the Bravern Wednesdays at 11:00 am in Bellevue. 

Izilla Toys - storytimes fluctuate so check out the website for upcoming times at this fun and highend toy store.  In September 2010, their story times are Sept 13 & Sept 27th at their Wallingford branch from 10:30 am - 11:30 am; and Sept 21st at 10:30 am at their Capital Hill location.