A little girl and her family are getting ready to go on vacation . . . or at least they are trying to. In the effort to pack everything that will be needed, there’s bound to be something overlooked, and what that is provides a funny ending to this meter-perfect “twist” on Clement Moore’s classic.

Librarian standing in book stacks with sun a clouds behind her

Today on Story Time with Darlene, listen to the story “The Night Before Summer Vacation” written by Natasha Wing illustrated by Julie Durrell. Follow along here.