Grab a pen and book it to your calendar. We have a novel idea for your weekend. The Nashville Zoo is hosting storytimes throughout the park the first two Saturdays in November (Saturday, Nov. 5 + Saturday, Nov. 12) from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
📚 What to expect
Follow the Celebrate Reading map through the zoo while stopping at designated areas to listen to a different storybook, meet zoo animals, and participate in other reading-related activities.
🎟️ Getting tickets
The event is included in general admission ticket prices — though, advance timed-entry reservations are in effect for all guests.
Bonus: Guests are invited to donate new or “like new” children’s books in exchange for complimentary attraction tickets — with a limit of four tickets per person. These tickets can be used to ride on the carousel, zip line, or train, or to view a show at the 4D theater.
The collected books will be donated to Book ‘em
. The nonprofit ensures all children, regardless of economic disadvantages, are granted book ownership. The program supplies 115,000+ books annually to Middle Tennessee children.