Kick off Back-to-School with a Phone-a-Story by Elsa Holguin, President of the Denver Preschool Program

Celebrate this Back-to-School season with a special Phone-a-Story! Elsa Holguin is the President and CEO of the Denver Preschool Program and is this week’s Phone-a-Story special guest!

Listen to Elsa read Señorita Mariposa by Ben Gundersheimer now through August 27, by dialing (720) 865-8500 and pressing 3.

Dial in every Tuesday for a new story, rhyme, or song to listen to! Access Phone-a-Story 24/7 and hear English, Spanish, Amharic, and Vietnamese recordings for different age groups! 

Phone-A-Story Guest Star Profile

Elsa works hard to ensure every Denver child can attend preschool. Her passion stems from the importance of early education. Elsa is proud to help with early education and help them grow up with a great start in life. 

Libraries are a place where anyone can explore and find answers to all their questions. Elsa is curious and loves learning new things, which is one of the many reasons she loves libraries!

More About the Featured Telephone Tale

Book cover for Senorita Mariposa. It features a close up of a smiling monarch butterfly.
Elsa chose the book Señorita Mariposa to read because “it is a beautiful story about the amazing journey monarch butterflies make each year to their home in Mexico.” 

This bilingual tale teaches children about the importance of a healthy ecosystem and how it affects every part of our world, including the small, yet beautiful monarch butterfly.
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Woodland Dreams by Karen Jameson
Book cover for Woodland Dreams. It features a sleeping squirrel curled up with foliage
In rhyming text, a little girl and her dog wander through the woods, saying goodnight to all her favorite wild animals before finally arriving at her own cabin for a good night's sleep.

The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reef by Kate Messner
Book cover for The Brilliant Deep. It features a young boy underwater in a scuba outfit looking at coral.
Looks at the life of the coral restoration pioneer Ken Nedimyer, from his early fascination with the ocean to his ongoing efforts to save and rebuild the world's coral reefs.

Squeak! by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Book cover for Squeak! It features a small mouse looking out into the horizon.
A mouse wakes up with a squeak, and his noise sets off a chain reaction of animals waking each other up.

Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld
Book cover for Beneath. It features a child covered in a blanket looking at the ground. Underneath the ground, there are small critters digging..
Finn is in a bad mood, so his grandfather takes him on a walk in the forest, and tells him about all the things are beneath the surface of plants and animals--and even people.

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