Library Storytimes in Utah County: Weekly Schedule

Things to Do October 20, 2026 11 min read ✓ Updated October 20, 2026

Elly Giordano Contributing Writer, Provo.com How we make Provo.com

Every schedule below comes from the library's own website or calendar, checked in the week of October 19, 2026. Storytimes pause for holidays, school breaks and summer reading, and libraries rework them each season, so treat this as the fall 2026 pattern and confirm on the library's calendar before you load the car.

The county has no single library system (our Utah County libraries guide explains why), so there is no single calendar either. That is why this page exists.

Quick finder: a storytime for every weekday

Monday: American Fork (babies), Highland (babies), Springville (babies), Spanish Fork (toddlers, preschool, and a 6:30 p.m. bilingual family session), Pleasant Grove (music for ages 3 to 6), Provo (6:30 p.m. Spanish)
Tuesday: Provo, Orem, American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Lehi (babies and toddlers), Highland, Eagle Mountain, Springville, Vineyard, Salem (music)
Wednesday: Provo, Orem, American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Lehi, Highland, Springville (music), Spanish Fork (babies), Santaquin, Salem
Thursday: Provo, Orem, Pleasant Grove (toddlers), Lehi, Eagle Mountain, Spanish Fork, Santaquin, Salem
Friday: Provo (babies), American Fork (babies), Eagle Mountain (babies), Springville, Spanish Fork (music and sign)

Evening options: Provo's Cuentos (Monday 6:30 p.m.), Spanish Fork's bilingual family storytime (Monday 6:30 p.m.), Orem's Big Kids Storytime and Hora de Cuentos (4 p.m.).

City by city

Provo City Library at Academy Square

550 North University Avenue, Provo. Schedule from the library's Children's Programs page.

Book Babies (babies with a caregiver): Fridays, 10:00 and 11:00 a.m., Story Circle
Toddler Time (ages 1 and 2, caregiver stays): Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:05 and 11:05 a.m., Story Circle
Preschool Time (ages 3 to 5, ready to separate from caregivers): Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 and 11:00 a.m., Story Room. Late arrivals are sent to Toddler Time.
Hands-On Story Time (ages 3 to 5 with a caregiver; preregister): Wednesdays, 1:00 p.m.
Tummy Time Together (babies only; bring a blanket; no older siblings): first Mondays, 10 to 11 a.m.
Cuentos (Spanish, families): Mondays 6:30 p.m. in the Story Circle; Fridays 10:30 a.m. in the Story Room
Cuentitos (Spanish, babies): Fridays, 9:30 a.m.

The library also posts "Stories in the Studio" episodes on YouTube. Everything else the building offers families is in our Provo City Library guide.

Orem Public Library

58 North State Street, Orem. Schedule from the library's online calendar for October 20 to 22, 2026.

Toddler Tales (20 minutes, ages 0 to 3): Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Preschool Storytime (30 minutes, ages 3 to 5): Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m., Storytelling Wing
Big Kids Storytime (grades K to 2): Wednesdays, 4:00 p.m.
Hora de Cuentos (Spanish): Thursdays, 4:00 p.m.
A Puppets and PJs evening storytime was on the calendar for Monday, October 26 at 6 p.m.

American Fork City Library

64 South 100 East. Schedule from the city's library calendar for October 19 to 31; the library says storytime returned September 1 for ages 6 months to 5 years.

Bouncing Babies: Mondays 9:15 and 10:00 a.m.; Fridays 10:15 and 11:00 a.m.
Toddler Tales (18 months to 3 years with a caregiver): Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Preschool Pals (ages 3 to 5): Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.
Bilingual Storytime: Thursday, October 29, 10:30 a.m. (not listed the week before)

All in the Library Community Room.

Pleasant Grove Library

30 East Center Street. Schedule from the library's Preschool Age Events page.

Rhythm and Song (30 minutes of music and movement, ages 3 to 6): Mondays, 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Preschool Story Time (ages 3 to 6): Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Wee Read (20-minute toddler storytime, 18 months to 3 years): Thursdays, 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.

Lehi City Public Library

131 North 100 East. Schedule from the library's program calendar for October 20 to 22. No registration required; the library asks families to park in the lot south of the building.

Wiggle Worms (20-minute lap-sit storytime, ages 0 to 3): Tuesdays, 9:30, 10:15 and 11:00 a.m.
Storytime (30 minutes, ages 3 to 5): Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9:30, 10:15 and 11:00 a.m.

Questions go to the library's programming department at 385-201-2413. Older guides list Lehi's library at a temporary address; the state directory and the city both now list 131 North 100 East.

Highland City Library

5400 West Civic Center Drive, Suite 2. Schedule from the city's library calendar for October 19 to 31.

Baby Storytime: Mondays, 11:00 to 11:45 a.m.
Storytime: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 11:00 to 11:45 a.m.

Eagle Mountain Public Library

1650 East Stagecoach Run. Schedule from the city's October event listings. Adults must stay in the room; space is limited.

Story Time (preschool age, all welcome): Tuesdays at 10:15, 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.; Thursdays at 10:15 and 11:00 a.m. (30 minutes each)
Laptime (ages 0 to 24 months): Fridays at 10:15 and 11:00 a.m.
An Afternoon Storytime ran October 14 at 4:15 p.m.

Saratoga Springs Library

319 South Saratoga Drive. Registration is required for in-person story times. Register through the library's event calendar with your card number and PIN (by default the last four digits of the card number); registration opens two weeks before a session and closes an hour before or when full. The library describes Preschool Pals Story Time as 30 minutes for ages 3 to 5, with books, songs and a craft on a weekly theme. It also posts pre-recorded story times on its Facebook page, most Mondays at 10 a.m.

We could not read the session days and times from the library's calendar, which loads only in a browser. Check it directly.

Vineyard Library

125 South Main Street, in the Vineyard City Offices. Schedule from the library's October 2026 calendar.

Toddler Storytime: Tuesdays, 9:30 and 11:00 a.m., at City Hall

Vineyard's is a children's library, opened in 2021, with a collection for ages 0 to 18.

Springville Public Library

45 South Main Street. Schedule from the library's event listings and program flyers.

Baby Lap Time (ages 0 to 2): Mondays, 10:10 and 11:00 a.m.
Tiny Tot Tales (ages 1 to 3): Tuesdays 10:30 a.m.; Fridays 11:30 a.m.
Leap Into Reading (ages 3 to 5): Tuesdays 11:30 a.m.; Fridays 10:30 a.m.
Music and Movement (ages 1 to 5): Wednesdays, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m.
Cuentitos en Español: Saturday, October 24, 10:30 a.m.

Spanish Fork Public Library

80 South Main Street. Schedule from the library's calendar for October 19 to 24.

Baby Storytime (ages 0 to 2): Wednesdays, 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Story Tots (ages 2 to 3): Mondays 10:00 a.m.; Thursdays 11:00 a.m.
Ready Readers (preschool, ages 3 to 5): Mondays 11:00 a.m.; Thursdays 10:00 a.m.
Music and Movement (ages 2 to 5): Fridays, 10:00 a.m. and noon
Sing and Sign (all ages; music with American Sign Language): Fridays, 11:00 a.m.
La Hora de Cuentos Familiar / Family Storytime (bilingual): Mondays, 6:30 to 7:15 p.m.
Sensory Storytime (all ages with sensory needs, and families): Saturday, October 24, 11:00 to 11:45 a.m.

Salem City Library

59 South Main Street. Schedule from the library's October calendar and event pages.

Storytime ("geared for the preschool age but enjoyed by anyone"; stories, songs and a craft): Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.
Beep and Bop (music for parents and kids): Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.
Playtime (unstructured toddler play): Mondays, 10:30 a.m.

Santaquin City Library

20 West 100 South. From the library's storytime flyer:

Story Time: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. (stories, songs, rhymes and crafts)

Payson City Library

66 South Main Street, 801-465-5220. Payson's library website blocked our automated check in October 2026, so we could not confirm its storytime schedule. Call the library or check its site.

Mapleton and the Bookmobile

Mapleton does not have its own city library in the state directory; it is the headquarters of the Utah County Bookmobile (125 West Community Center Way, 801-489-4833). Springville and Spanish Fork are the nearest weekly storytimes.

Making storytime work

Arrive five minutes early. Several libraries run back-to-back sessions, and Provo sends late preschoolers to the toddler group instead.
Match the age band. Most libraries split babies, toddlers and preschoolers. A two-year-old in a preschool session usually means a parent standing in the hallway.
Check the week. School fall breaks, Thanksgiving and December thin the schedules.

For the rest of a toddler's week, see our guide to things to do with toddlers in Utah Valley, and for the first months with a newborn, the first six weeks in Utah Valley.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Utah County library has a storytime on Monday?

As of October 2026: American Fork (Bouncing Babies at 9:15 and 10 a.m.), Pleasant Grove (Rhythm and Song at 10 and 11 a.m., ages 3 to 6), Highland (Baby Storytime at 11 a.m.), Springville (Baby Lap Time at 10:10 and 11 a.m.), Spanish Fork (Story Tots at 10 a.m., Ready Readers at 11 a.m. and a bilingual family storytime at 6:30 p.m.) and Provo (Cuentos in Spanish at 6:30 p.m., plus Tummy Time Together on the first Monday).

Which Utah County library has a Saturday storytime?

Few do. In October 2026, Spanish Fork listed a Sensory Storytime on Saturday, October 24 at 11 a.m., and Springville listed a Cuentitos en Español storytime that same Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Most libraries hold storytime on weekday mornings only.

Is there a Spanish storytime in Utah County?

Yes. Provo City Library holds Cuentos on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. and Fridays at 10:30 a.m., and Cuentitos for babies on Fridays at 9:30 a.m. Orem holds Hora de Cuentos on Thursdays at 4 p.m. Spanish Fork holds a bilingual family storytime on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. American Fork and Springville also listed bilingual or Spanish storytimes in October 2026.

Do I need a library card or registration for storytime?

Usually not. Lehi says no registration is required for its storytimes, and most libraries run drop-in sessions. Saratoga Springs is the exception: it requires registration for in-person story times, opening two weeks before and closing an hour before each session. Provo's Hands-On Story Time also asks families to preregister.

Is there a baby storytime in Provo?

Provo City Library's Book Babies, for babies and a parent or caregiver, meets Fridays at 10 and 11 a.m. in the Story Circle as of October 2026. Its Cuentitos, a Spanish baby storytime, meets Fridays at 9:30 a.m., and Tummy Time Together meets on the first Monday of the month from 10 to 11 a.m.

Is there a sensory-friendly storytime in Utah County?

Spanish Fork Public Library listed a Sensory Storytime for people of all ages with sensory needs and their families on Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Spanish Fork also has a weekly Sing and Sign storytime that blends music with American Sign Language.

Can I go to storytime at a library in a city where I don't live?

Storytimes are generally open drop-in programs, but card and program rules vary by city. Our guide to Utah County libraries explains the Provo and Orem agreement, the north county cooperative and nonresident fees. Saratoga Springs, which requires registration with a library card, is the one to check first.

Does Mapleton have a library storytime?

Mapleton does not appear in the Utah State Library directory with its own city library. The directory lists Mapleton as the headquarters of the Utah County Bookmobile at 125 West Community Center Way. Families there are close to Springville and Spanish Fork, which both run weekly storytimes.

Sources

The facts in this guide were checked against these sources. Hours, fees and rules change, so confirm anything time-sensitive with the source before you go. How we make Provo.com.

Utah County library directory, Utah State Library Division. Checked October 20, 2026.
Children's Programs, Provo City Library. Checked October 20, 2026.
Events calendar, Orem Public Library. Checked October 20, 2026.
Story Time; Library Calendar, American Fork City. Checked October 20, 2026.
Preschool Age Events, Pleasant Grove Library. Checked October 20, 2026.
Programs calendar, Lehi City Public Library. Checked October 20, 2026.
Library calendar, Highland City. Checked October 20, 2026.
Storytime (October 2026), Eagle Mountain City. Checked October 20, 2026.
Laptime (October 2026), Eagle Mountain City. Checked October 20, 2026.
Program Highlight: Preschool Pals Story Time, Saratoga Springs City. Checked October 20, 2026.
Library Calendar (October 2026), Vineyard Library. Checked October 20, 2026.
Library events, Springville Public Library. Checked October 20, 2026.
Events calendar, Spanish Fork Public Library. Checked October 20, 2026.
Storytime; About (October calendar), Salem City Library. Checked October 20, 2026.
Library Storytime, Santaquin City. Checked October 20, 2026.

Elly Giordano

Contributing Writer

Elly Giordano is a contributing writer at Provo.com covering outdoor recreation, health and wellness, and Utah Valley's growing food and drink scene. She is an avid hiker and trail runner who knows the Wasatch foothills well, and she reads and reviews every guide on her beat before it is published. When she's not on the trails, she's on the volleyball court, where she plays setter for her college team.

Storytimes at Every Utah County Library: The Weekly Schedule, City by City (October 2026)