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Barnes and Noble locations offer a free, weekly story time. Many of the events include a craft that coordinates with the weekly story. Enter your zip code in the store locator to find your nearest store and story times.

Over the summer, kids can also earn a free book when they read 8 books and record them on their Barnes and Noble Reading Log.

The Pottery Barn Kids store, located at the St. Johns Town Center offers a story time on Tuesdays from 11-11:30am.

Visit your local St. Johns County Public Library for weekly story time events as well as plenty of fun and resources for the entire family.

UNF offers a five week reading enrichment programs for all age groups starting at 4 years old through high school/adults. Each session is customized for age-appropriate learning and is taught by teachers from the Institute of Reading Development, a recognized leader in reading curriculum design and instruction since 1970. The Institute provides reading development programs for more than 125 colleges and universities around the country.
Institute teachers are lifelong readers, dedicated to sharing the academic and personal rewards of reading. They are selected from a large pool of qualified applicants, and complete an intensive training program that takes more than 150 hours. Click on the website for details on the individual programs.

Involved parents, properly equipped, can provide a bright start for their child. Nemours BrightStart! offers tools, resources, services and training that aim to do just that. Our goals include helping parents understand early literacy development and offering support to parents as they help their child build the necessary skills for reading success.

Preparing your child for future reading success is less about giant leaps and more about the simple things you can do every day — such as fostering a positive learning environment at home, taking time out to read with your child, and keeping an eye out for the warning signs of reading failure.

The Duval County Library offers Traveling Tales Kits available for check out from the Main Library in downtown Jacksonville for free. The kits include books, puppets, songs, craft ideas, snack recipes, a music CD, a DVD, and a flannel board story all related to a theme. This is the perfect way to have story time in your own home, or with your playgroup. You must visit the Main Library to check out the kits, but they can be returned to any Duval County Library.

Time for Tots

Special Story time for your infants and toddlers birth to 4 yrs. of age.

Time for Tots is a special interactive story time designed for children Infant to 4 yrs. of age and their families/caregivers to enhance emergent literacy skills and instill a lifelong love of reading and learning.

This is an interactive program encouraging parent/caregiver participation with child.

Check website for branch locations, dates, & times.

Mermaid Kelly travels around Duval and Nassau County for Birthday Parties, Events or Festivals, Story Times, and more! She has two tail options and two character options, Mermaid Kelly with a red tail, Mermaid Kelly with a Green tail, Princess Ariel, and Princess Melody. If you need extra information or have any questions, feel free to contact her and visit her Facebook page!

North Florida Speech & Reading Specialists offers evaluations and treatments for a variety of speech and language impairments, including dyslexia.

We have specialized training in the diagnosis and treatment of reading disorders. We offer 1:1 individualized sessions, using a multi sensory approach, provided by our speech-language pathologists. We teach pre-reading skills, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, reading, spelling, and comprehension.

Get in touch with us to set up a free phone consultation, or use the contact form at the bottom of this page to inquire whether our services are right for you.