The 10 Best Free Library Story Times in Weber County

The right pick here isn’t about which branch is “best” — it’s about matching the session to your child’s age and how they engage with a group setting. A mobile toddler who won’t sit still needs something different from a newborn, and a family that can’t get to a branch at all needs a different option entirely. Start with age, then filter by format.

Related reading: The 10 Best Free Library Story Times in Utah County.

For babies (newborn to about 18 months)

Baby and Me, offered at both Draper and South Jordan, is built specifically for this age: songs, nursery rhymes, and play with a participating adult, rather than a book-led format that assumes a child can sit and listen. Tyler runs its own version, Storytime: Baby, with one difference worth knowing — it rolls directly into “Let’s Play @ the Library” afterward, so it suits a family that wants unstructured free-play time on site rather than just the sung program itself.

For toddlers (roughly 1½ to 3)

Draper’s Toddler Time is the clearest fit at this age — finger plays, songs, stories, and playtime designed around a toddler’s shorter attention span and need to move, with parents or caregivers included directly rather than sitting on the sidelines.

For preschool-age kids

Tyler’s Storytime: Preschool is the option built for kids past the toddler stage, when a longer, more traditional story format holds attention better than a movement-only session.

If your child won’t sit still

Some sessions are built around movement rather than seated listening. South Jordan’s Ready, Set, Move! and West Valley’s Music and Movement are both music-and-motion formats rather than book-read-alouds — a better fit for a kid who engages through physical play rather than quiet listening. For West Valley’s session, details and registration are handled directly through the library.

For bilingual or Spanish-speaking families

Kearns runs a Bilingual Storytime in English and Spanish alongside its standard Storytime. If language exposure or accessibility for a Spanish-speaking caregiver matters, the bilingual session is the one built for that; the standard Kearns storytime is a general interactive session for younger kids and their adults with no bilingual component.

If you can’t get to a branch

Zoom Into Bedtime Stories is the one fully online option, run as an interactive family session — talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing over video call. It’s the right choice when transportation, mobility, or distance rules out an in-person branch visit, not a lesser substitute for one.