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The 10 Best Free Library Story Times in Salt Lake County

Salt Lake County has more free library story times than anyone realises, scattered across venues and buried in calendars that are a chore to search. These are our picks — the ones that run on a schedule you can plan around, for babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

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The 10 Best Free Library Story Times in Salt Lake County

There’s no single best story time in Salt Lake County’s library system — the ten free sessions split along real differences in age band, language, format, and activity style, so the right pick depends on which of those fits your child rather than which branch is “best.”

If your child is a baby

Tyler’s Storytime: Baby is built specifically for infants, with songs, nursery rhymes, and play, and it runs straight into “Let’s Play @ the Library” afterward, so a single visit covers both a structured session and open playtime. The same Book Baby format also appears at the Day-Riverside, Marmalade, and Sprague branches, giving families more than one location to reach a baby-focused session.

If your child is a toddler

Draper’s Toddler Time is aimed squarely at toddlers ages 1½ to 3, with finger plays, songs, stories, and playtime pitched to that stage rather than a broad “all ages” format. Sprague also runs a separate Preschool Storytime alongside its Book Baby session, so a family with kids in different age bands can use one branch for both.

If you want bilingual exposure

Kearns offers a Bilingual Storytime, run in English and Spanish with songs and play, for families who want their child hearing both languages. The same branch also runs a plain Storytime — reading, singing, talking, and playing — for families who want the interactive format without the bilingual component.

If you can’t get to a branch

Zoom Into Bedtime Stories is an online session with talking, singing, reading, writing, and play, built for joining remotely rather than in person — useful for families without easy transportation to a branch.

If your child needs to move rather than sit still

West Valley’s Music and Movement is built around physical activity — music, movement, and songs like “head, shoulders, knees and toes” — rather than a seated read-aloud, which suits toddlers who engage better through motion than through listening.

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