Fluffy doesn’t feel at home in his name. His quills are sharp and pointy. Not fluffy at all! He tries everything he can think of to make himself fluffy, but nothing works. It takes making a new friend — an equally misnamed rhinoceros — to learn to laugh at, and accept, the things he cannot change.

Librarian standing in book stacks with sun a clouds behind her

Today on Story Time with Darlene, listen to the story “A Porcupine Named Fluffy” written by Helen Lester and illustrated by Lynne Munsinger. Follow along here.