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July 21, 2026 at 10:30am

StoryTime with Cali Co Cat

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July 21, 2026, 10:30am–11:30am

Get ready to sing, clap, and stomp your feet with Cali Co Cat and friends! Our free children's storytime events bring imaginative stories and the magic of live "Meowsic" to kids ages 2–8. 

Today's featured book will be Let’s Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants by M.K. Brown.

Produced in partnership with Penguin Random House.
*Free books while supply lasts*

2026 lineup

July 7: At the Summer Lake by Daniela Kulot; translated by Elisabeth Lauffer

July 14: The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow; illustrated by Wendell Minor

July 21: Let’s Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants by M.K. Brown

July 28: A Beach Tail by Karen Lynn Williams; illustrated by Floyd Cooper

August 4: What Does Little Crocodile Say at the Beach? by Eva Montanari

August 11: Sandcastle by Einat Tsarfati

August 18: Sand Cakes by Kallie George; illustrated by Devon Holzwarth

August 25: I Do Not Like Water by Eva Lindström; translated by Annie Prime

Where + When

July 7, 2026 – August 25, 2026
Tuesdays, 10:30am-11:30am

Outdoors in Bryant Park's Reading Room
Mid-block entrance of 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues