Location of Free Storytime Sessions in Melbourne
It's never too early to introduce your child to the magic of language and literature through storytimes at your library. Sessions are tailored to suit different age groups and include stories, songs, rhymes, puppets, activities and lots of fun. Share the joy of books with your child and encourage lifelong learning.
All sessions are free and generally no bookings are required. However, some sessions are busy and it is recommended to arrive early if it is your first session at a location. A nice feature of storytime sessions is the opportunity to meet other parents.
Apart from the normal Baby Rhyme, Toddler Time and Storytime sessions, some libraries offer additional storytimes such as Bilingual storytime, sensory storytime or Auslan storytime. Watsonia Library even has a Reading Dogs storytime with reading dog Carita.
Map of the Storytime Locations:
Storytime Sessions in Melbourne's South East
Beaumaris Library
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-18 months), Toddler Time (18 months-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Bentleigh Library Storytime
Sessions: BabyTime (under 3 years), StoryTime (3-5 years)
Brighton Library
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-18 months), Toddler Time (18 months-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Carnegie Library Storytime
Sessions: BabyTime (under 3 years), StoryTime (3-5 years)
Caulfield Library Storytime
Sessions: BabyTime (under 3 years), StoryTime (3-5 years)
Chelsea Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny tots rhyme time (0-24 months), Storytime (2-5 years), Saturday Storytime
Cheltenham Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny tots rhyme time (0-24 months), Storytime (2-5 years), Saturday Storytime, Auslan storytime
Clarinda Library Storytime
Sessions: Storytime (2-5 years)
Clayton Library Storytime
Sessions: Babytime (up to 12 mth), Storytime (1-5 years)
Dandenong Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Bounce (0-23 months), Toddler Time (2-3 years), Storytime (3+ years)
Dingley Village Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny tots rhyme time (0-24 months), Storytime (2-5 years)
Elsternwick Library Storytime
Sessions: BabyTime (under 3 years), StoryTime (3-5 years)
Glen Waverley Library Storytime
Sessions: Babytime (up to 12 mth), Storytime (1-5 years)
Hampton Library
Sessions: Toddler Time (18 months-3 years)
Highett Library Storytime
Sessions: Storytime (2-5 years)
Malvern Library Storytime
Sessions: Rhymetime (up to 2 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Mount Waverley Library Storytime
Sessions: Babytime (up to 12 mth), Storytime (1-5 years)
Mulgrave Neighbourhood Library Storytime
Sessions: Babytime (up to 12 mth), Storytime (1-5 years)
Oakleigh Library Storytime
Sessions: Babytime (up to 12 mth), Storytime (1-5 years)
Parkdale Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny tots rhyme time (0-24 months), Storytime (2-5 years)
Patterson Lakes Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny tots rhyme time (0-24 months), Storytime (2-5 years)
Phoenix Park Library Storytime (Malvern East)
Sessions: Rhymetime (up to 2 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Prahran Square Library
Sessions: Outdoors Stories and songs in the Square (up to 5 years)
Sandringham Library
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-18 months), Toddler Time (18 months-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
South Yarra/Toorak Library Storytime
Sessions: Rhymetime (up to 2 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Springvale Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Bounce (0-23 months), Toddler Time (2-3 years), Storytime (3+ years)
Westall Library Storytime (Clayton South)
Sessions: Tiny tots rhyme time (0-24 months)
Wheelers Hill Library Storytime
Sessions: Babytime (up to 12 mth), Storytime (1-5 years)
Storytime Sessions in Melbourne's North East
Ashburton Library Storytime
Sessions: Sing baby sing (up to 12 months), Tiny tots (12 months to 3 years), Storytime (3 to 5 years)
Balwyn Library Storytime
Sessions: Sing baby sing (up to 12 mths), Tiny tots (12 months to 3 years), Storytime (3 to 5 years)
Bayswater Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Family (0-6 years), Chinese Family (0-6 years)
Belgrave Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Preschool (3-5 years)
Blackburn Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (1-3 years), Pre School Storytime (3-5 years)
Boronia Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Family (0-6 years)
Box Hill Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Karaoke (0-1 year), Tiny Tots (1-3 years), Pre School Storytime (3-5 years), Mandarin Language Storytime (0-5 years)
Bulleen Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Karaoke (0-1 year), Tiny Tots (1-3 years), Pre School Storytime (3-5 years)
Camberwell Library Storytime
Sessions: Sing baby sing (up to 12 mths), Tiny tots (12 months to 3 years), Storytime (3 to 5 years)
Croydon Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Preschool (3-5 years), Family (0-6 years), Auslan (0-6 years)
Doncaster Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Karaoke (0-1 year), Tiny Tots (1-3 years), Pre School Storytime (3-5 years), Mandarin Language Storytime (0-5 years), Greek Language Storytime (2-5 years), Persian Language Storytime (2-5 years)
Doncaster East Library Storytime (The Pines)
Sessions: Baby Karaoke (0-1 year), Tiny Tots (1-3 years), Pre School Storytime (3-5 years)
Eltham Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Storytime (0-1 year), Toddler Storytime (1-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Ferntree Gully Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Family (0-6 years)
Greythorn Library Lounge Storytime
Sessions: Storytime (3 to 5 years), Chinese storytime - English and Mandarin (0-5 years)
Hawthorn Library Storytime
Sessions: Sing baby sing (up to 12 mths), Storytime (3 to 5 years), Greek storytime (0 to 5 years)
Healesville Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Family (0-6 years)
Kew Library Storytime
Sessions: Sing baby sing (up to 12 mths), Tiny tots (12 months to 3 years)
Knox Library Storytime (Wantirna South)
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Preschool (3-5 years), Family (0-6 years), Chinese Family (0-6 years)
Lilydale Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Family (0-6 years)
Montrose Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Family (0-6 years)
Mooroolbark Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Preschool (3-5 years)
Nunawading Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Karaoke (0-1 year), Tiny Tots (1-3 years), Pre School Storytime (3-5 years)
Ringwood Library (Realm) Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Preschool (3-5 years), Family (0-6 years), Chinese Family (0-6 years)
Rowville Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Preschool (3-5 years), Family (0-6 years), Chinese Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Chinese Family (0-6 years)
Vermont South Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Karaoke (0-1 year), Tiny Tots (1-3 years), Pre School Storytime (3-5 years)
Warrandyte Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Karaoke (0-1 year), Pre School Storytime (3-5 years)
Yarra Junction Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-1 year), Toddler (1-3 years), Family (0-6 years)
Storytime Sessions in Melbourne's South West
Altona Library Storytime
Sessions: Babies Love Books (newborns to 8 months), Baby Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (12-24 months), Story Time (1-5 years)
Altona Meadows Library Storytime
Sessions: Currently closed for a refurbishment.
Altona North Community Library Storytime
Sessions: Babies Love Books (newborns to 8 months), Baby Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (12-24 months), Story Time (1-5 years)
Braybrook Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-1 year), Story Time (3-5 years), Bilingual (Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hindi, Burmese) Story Time (0-5 years)
Footscray Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Story Time (3-5 years)
Hoppers Crossing Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Time (0-1 year), Rhyme Time (1-5 years), Bilingual Greek/English Story Time (children of all ages), Bilingual Italian/English Story Time (children of all ages)
Julia Gillard Library Tarneit Storytime
Sessions: Baby Time (0-1 year), Rhyme Time (1-5 years), Bilingual Punjabi/English Story Time (children of all ages)
Manor Lakes Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Time (0-1 year), Rhyme Time (1-5 years), Story Time (3 years and up), , Bilingual Karen/English Story Time (children of all ages)
Maribyrnong Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-1 year), Story Time (3-5 years)
Newport Community Hub Library Storytime
Sessions: Babies Love Books (newborns to 8 months), Baby Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (12-24 months), Story Time (1-5 years)
Point Cook Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Time (0-1 year), Rhyme Time (1-5 years), Story Time (3 years and up), Bilingual Chinese/English Story Time (children of all ages)
Werribee Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Time (0-1 year), Rhyme Time (1-5 years), Story Time (3 years and up)
West Footscray Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Story Time (3-5 years)
Williams Landing Library Lounge Storytime
Sessions: Baby Time (0-1 year), Rhyme Time (1-5 years), Bilingual Chinese/English Story Time (children of all ages), Sensory Story Time (1-5 years)
Williamstown Library Storytime
Sessions: Babies Love Books (newborns to 8 months), Baby Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (12-24 months), Story Time (1-5 years)
Yarraville Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Story Time (3-5 years)
Storytime Sessions in Melbourne's North West
Caroline Springs Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Bounce (0-12 months), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Deer Park Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Bounce (0-18 months), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years), Family Storytime (all ages), Bilingual Burmese Storytime (0-5 years), Sensory Storytime (all ages)
Keilor Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Bounce (0-18 months), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Melton Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Bounce (0-12 months), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
St Albans Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Bounce (0-18 months), Toddler Storytime (18 months-3 years), Learn English Through Storytime (0-5 years), Saturday Storytime (all ages), Bilingual Burmese Storytime (0-5 years)
Sunshine Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Bounce (0-18 months), Toddler Storytime (18 months-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years), Learn English Through Storytime (0-5 years)
Sydenham Library Storytime (Taylors Lakes)
Sessions: Toddler Storytime (18 months-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years),
Storytime Sessions in Melbourne's North
Ascot Vale Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (up to 18 months), Toddler Time (18 months- 3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Avondale Heights Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (up to 18 months), Toddler Time (18 months- 3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Broadmeadows Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Bounce (0-12 months), Rhyme Time (up to 3 years), Chatterbox (3-5 years), Storytime (3-5 years), Bilingual (Turkish, Arabic, Assyrian) Storytime (3-5 years)
Brunswick Library Storytime
Sessions: Rhymetime (0-18 months), Toddlertime (1-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Brunswick West Library Storytime (Campbell Turnbull)
Sessions: Toddlertime (1-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Coburg Library Storytime
Sessions: Rhymetime (0-18 months), Toddlertime (1-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Craigieburn Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Bounce (0-12 months), Rhyme Time (up to 3 years), Storytime (3-5 years), , Bilingual (Sinhala, Arabic, Hindi, Assyrian) Storytime (3-5 years)
Diamond Valley Library Storytime (Greensborough)
Sessions: Baby Storytime (0-1 year), Toddler Storytime (1-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years), Family Storytime (up to 5 years)
Fairfield Library Storytime
Sessions: Rhyme time (0-2 years), Storytime (2-5 years)
Fawkner Library Storytime
Sessions: Rhymetime (0-18 months), Storytime (3-5 years)
Flemington Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (up to 18 months), Toddler Time (18 months- 3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Glenroy Library Storytime
Sessions: Rhymetime (0-18 months), Toddlertime (1-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Greenvale West Community Centre Storytime
Sessions: Storytime (3-5 years)
Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub Storytime
Sessions: Baby Storytime (0-1 year), Toddler Storytime (1-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Kalkallo Community Centre Storytime
Sessions: Bilingual (Punjabi) Storytime (3-5 years)
Lalor Library Storytime & Toy Library
Sessions: Baby Storytime (0-1 year), Toddler Storytime (1-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Mickleham North Community Centre Storytime
Sessions: Bilingual (Punjabi) Storytime (3-5 years)
Mill Park Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Storytime (0-1 year), Toddler Storytime (1-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years), Family Storytime (up to 5 years)
Niddrie Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (up to 18 months), Toddler Time (18 months- 3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Northcote Library Storytime
Sessions: Rhyme time (0-2 years), Storytime (2-5 years)
Preston Library Storytime
Sessions: Rhyme time (0-2 years), Storytime (2-5 years)
Reservoir Library Storytime
Sessions: Rhyme time (0-2 years), Storytime (2-5 years)
Sam Merrifield Library (Moonee Ponds) Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (up to 18 months), Toddler Time (18 months- 3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Sunbury Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Bounce (0-12 months), Rhyme Time (up to 3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Thomastown Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Storytime (0-1 year), Family Storytime (up to 5 years), Weekend Storytime (up to 5 years)
Tullamarine Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Bounce (0-12 months), Rhyme Time (up to 3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Watsonia Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Storytime (0-1 year), Toddler Storytime (1-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years), Family Storytime (up to 5 years), Reading Dogs with Carita (0-5 years)
Whittlesea Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Storytime (0-1 year), Family Storytime (up to 5 years)
Storytime Sessions on the Mornington Peninsula
Carrum Downs Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-2 years), Pre-school Storytime (2-5 years)
Frankston Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-2 years), Pre-school Storytime (2-5 years)
Hastings Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Preschool Storytime (4-5 years)
Karingal Place Neighbourhood Centre (Frankston) Storytime
Sessions: Family Storytime (0-5 years)
Mornington Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Preschool Storytime (4-5 years), Sensitive Storytime (4-7 years)
Rosebud Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Preschool Storytime (4-5 years), Family Storytime (4-7 years)
Seaford Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots (0-2 years), Pre-school Storytime (2-5 years)
Somerville Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Preschool Storytime (4-5 years)
Storytime Sessions in Central Melbourne
Albert Park Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots Storytime (18 months-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-6 years)
Carlton Library Storytime
Sessions: Babytime (0-1 year), Rhymetime (10 months-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
City Library Gallery (Central Melbourne)
Sessions: Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Collingwood Library Storytime (Abbotsford)
Sessions: Babytime (0-1 year), Rhymetime (10 months-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
East Melbourne Library Storytime
Sessions: Songbirds (up to 3 years)
Emerald Hill Library Storytime (South Melbourne)
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-18 months), Tiny Tots Storytime (18 months-3 years)
Fitzroy Library Storytime
Sessions: Babytime (0-1 year), Rhymetime (10 months-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Fitzroy North Library Storytime
Sessions: Babytime (0-1 year), Rhymetime (10 months-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre (Carlton)
Sessions: Songbirds (up to 3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Library at The Dock Storytime (Docklands)
Sessions: Songbirds (up to 3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
North Melbourne Library Storytime
Sessions: Songbirds (up to 3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-5 years)
Port Melbourne Library Storytime
Sessions: Tiny Tots Storytime (18 months-3 years)
Richmond Library Storytime
Sessions: Babytime (0-1 year), Rhymetime (10 months-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years), Greek Storytime (3+ and families)
Southbank Library Storytime
Sessions: Songbirds (up to 3 years)
St Kilda Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-18 months), Tiny Tots Storytime (18 months-3 years), Preschool Storytime (3-6 years), Russian Storytime (0-5 years), Spanish Storytime (0-5 years)
Storytime Sessions in Melbourne's East
Bunjil Place Library Storytime (Narre Warren)
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Cranbourne Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Doveton Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Emerald Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years)
Endeavour Hills Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Hampton Park Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-1 year), Toddler Time (1-3 years), Storytime (3-5 years)
Pakenham Library Storytime
Sessions: Baby Rhyme Time (0-1 year)