SACRAMENTO, Calif. – It’s All Aboard for Story Time! with Mrs.Claus as a celebrity guest reader on Monday, December 4, 2017, at 11 a.m. at the California State Railroad Museum. To the delight of young children and train enthusiasts alike, Mrs. Claus will read the children’s books The Night Before Christmas and Thomas and the Christmas Tree (both are Thomas and Friends books).

All Aboard for Story Time! is offered every Monday morning at 11 a.m. year-round. Through this interactive and fun program, parents are encouraged to let trains and railroading introduce and foster the love of reading with their imaginative young children ages two to five. The Story Time! program showcases different railroad-related books each month. Afterward, children and parents are encouraged to explore the Museum.

Whether it’s toy trains or big locomotives, there is always something to discover in the California State Railroad Museum – North America’s most popular railroad museum – that will thrill children (and adults) of all ages. The All Aboard for Story Time! program is included with Museum admission: $12 for adults; $6 for youths ages 6-17; free for children ages 5 and under. For more information about the reading program or the California State Railroad Museum in general, call 916-323-9280.

In addition to this special, holiday-style All Aboard for Story Time!, photos with Santa Claus will be available (for a fee) on Friday, November 24 through Sunday, November 26 then Wednesdays through Sundays November 29 through December 21 from 2:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the historic Eagle Theatre located in Old Sacramento State Historic Park.