What Pet Should I Get?
What happens when a brother and sister visit a pet store to pick a pet? Naturally, they can’t choose just one! The tale captures a classic childhood moment—choosing a pet—and uses it to illuminate a life lesson: that it is hard to make up your mind, but sometimes you...
The Three Ninja Pigs
Why does this wolf think he can come to town and blow all the houses down? These three little pigs just aren't going to take it from that bully anymore! Today on Story Time with Darlene, listen to the story “The Three Ninja Pigs” written by Corey Rosen Schwartz and...
August 2024 Odd Couples
Senior Book Break Subject: Odd Couples A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Count Alexander Rostov, born into Russian aristocracy, finds himself in Moscow at the time of the Russian Revolution. Sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the luxury hotel, Metropol, he...
On the First Day of Kindergarten
On the first day of kindergarten, there’s so much to do! From making new friends to jumping rope in gym to riding the bus to school, there are lots of exciting firsts to look forward to. Even though saying good-bye to Mom and Dad is hard, when the school bus pulls up,...
The Runaway Bunny
A little bunny keeps running away from his mother in this imaginary game of hide-and-seek. Children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time. Today on Story Time with Darlene, listen to the story “The Runaway Bunny”...
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Join a father and his four young children as they cross a field of tall, wavy grass, wade through a deep, cold river, struggle through swampy mud, find their way through a big, dark forest, fight through a whirling snowstorm, and enter finally enter a narrow, gloomy...
Ancient Egypt
Crocodile on The Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters Our heroine is Emily Peabody in the first of six books. Our reader said she did not get to Egypt till 20 pages before the middle of the book. She found it very wordy, tedious, and skipped around even within a paragraph. ...
Friends to the End for Kids
Watching children befriend one another carries lessons for all of us. They quickly step outside of themselves, give one another a chance, invest everything in the moment, and trade hugs at the earliest possible opportunity. Such is the stuff of true friendship. Today...
Flowers
Today on Story Time with Darlene, listen to the story “Flowers” written by Emily Bone Follow along here.
The Stray Dog
Today on Story Time with Darlene, listen to the story “The Stray Dog” written and illustrated by Marc Simont Follow along here.