Children and families are invited to listen to their favorite stories in children’s literature recorded by players from the Indiana Pacers or representatives of the Pacers organization on The Indianapolis Public Library’s free 24-hour Call-a-Story telephone line at (317) 275-4444.
Beginning April 2 and continuing through the month of June, Pacers players can be heard reading stories from such authors as Dr. Seuss, Laura Numeroff and Eric Carle.
This year’s lineup of Call-a-Pacer stories includes:
Week of April 2: A.J. Price reads Pirates Go to School by Corinne Demas
Week of April 9: Mark Boyle reads Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Week of April 16: Darren Collison reads How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
Week of April 23: Quinn Buckner reads Cars Galore by Peter Stein
Week of April 30: Paul George reads Pirates Don’t Take Baths by John Segal
Week of May 7: Brooke Olzendam reads If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff
Week of May 14: George Hill reads One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Week of May 21: Clark Kellogg reads Chicken Little by Rebecca and Ed Emberly
Week of May 28: Jeff Pendergraph reads Bear’s Blue Tooth by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
Week of June 4: Coach Frank Vogel reads The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Week of June 11: Danny Granger reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Week of June 18: Chris Denari reads I Am Not Going to Get Up Today! by Dr. Seuss
The Library’s Call-a-Story telephone service is supported by a grant from AT&T.
In 2011, Call-a-Story received 718,251 calls from children and families who listened to representatives from various local civic, cultural and athletic organizations read popular children’s stories.