Nature Storytime is a Member-only program that includes a special storybook reading and activity. Enjoy a fun moment especially for your toddler before the Aquarium opens.
This program is for children aged 2-4 years and their parent(s). Siblings under age 2 may attend if they remain in their stroller or carrier for the duration of the program. Other unregistered participants may not attend.
Check-in:
As early as 9:00 a.m.
No later than 9:10 a.m.
Story Time:
9:15 – 10:00 a.m.
As this event is before the Aquarium opens to the public, participants must remain with the group and will not be allowed to explore the Aquarium until it opens at 10:00 a.m. Guests must check in at the Welcome Center at 9:00 a.m. before the whole group is escorted up to the activity location. We cannot accommodate late arrivals.
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Upcoming Dates
See a list of upcoming events below. Registration will open a week before each event.
2023
January
1.10.23
Storytime in the Rainforest
Book:
Zonia’s Rain Forest
by Juana Martinez-Neal
1.19.23
Storytime in the Snow
Book:
I Am the Rain
by John Paterson
February
2.14.23
Storytime at the Tidepool
Book:
Anemone is Not the Enemy
by Anna McGregor
2.23.23
Storytime in Australia
Book:
Wombat Underground
by Sarah L Thomson
March
3.14.23
Storytime with a Seahorse
Book:
Mister Seahorse
by Eric Carle
3.23.23
Storytime with the Birds
Book:
Bird Feet Are Neat
by Laurie Ellen Angus
April
4.11.23
Storytime with Sea Turtles
Book:
Little Turtle and the Changing Sea
by Becky Davies
4.20.23
Storytime for the Earth
Book:
I Love You Blue
by Barroux
May
5.9.23
Storytime in Prehistory
Book:
The Deepest Dig
by Mark David Smith and Lily Snowden-Fine
5.18.23
Storytime in the Kelp Forest
Book:
Dance Dolphin Dance
by Patricia MacCarthy
June
6.13.23
Storytime with an Armadillo
Book:
If an Armadillo Went to a Restaurant
by Ellen Fischer
6.22.23
Storytime in Rainbows
Book:
The Hidden Rainbow
by Christie Matheson
July
7.11.23
Storytime with the Water Cycle
Book:
They Call Me River
by Maciek Albrecht
7.20.23
Storytime with the Sharks
Book:
Shark Lady
by Jess Keathing
August
8.8.23
Storytime in the Garden
Book:
If Only…
by Mies Van Hout
8.17.23
Storytime Big and Small
Book:
I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean
by Kevin Sherry
September
9.13.23
Storytime with the Trees
Book:
The Wind and The Trees
by Todd Stewart
9.21.23
Storytime in the Desert
Book:
Nobody Hugs a Cactus
by Carter Goodrich
October
10.10.23
Storytime in the Deep
Book:
Rainbow Fish Discovers the Deep Sea
by Marcus Pfister
10.31.23
Spooky* Storytime
Book:
Captain Starfish
by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys
*Come in your favorite animal costume! We’ll read a story and have a costume parade.
November
11.14.23
Giving Back with Storytime
Book:
I’m Getting a Shark!
by Brady Smith
11.16.23
Storytime, Day and Night
Book:
Hello, Moon
by Julie Downing
December
12.12.23
Storytime with the Penguins
Book:
Penguin Journey
by Angela Burke Kunkel
