Happy

Nominated for an Academy Award in 2014, “Happy” hit number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 list, and has topped the charts in more than seventy-five countries worldwide. Now Pharrell Williams brings his beloved song to the youngest of readers in photographs of children...

Historical Fiction

The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner San Francisco, 1906, forms the backdrop for this story where life does not unfold as expected even before a devastating earthquake rocks the region. An unlikely trio of women are forced to unite to navigate the perils of...

I’ll Never Let Your Go

A tender and heartfelt story with reassuring words offering a message of unconditional love, and illustrations bursting with exuberance, warmth and humor. Today on Story Time with Darlene, listen to the story “I’ll Never Let You Go” written by Smriti Prasadam-Halls...

Biography or Memoir

Biography or Memoir I Never Met a Story I Didn’t Like: Mostly True Tall Tales by Todd Snider Singer-songwriter, Todd Snider, tells what he calls a “mostly true” story of his fun andeventful life with humor and kindness. Todd performed at many venues across the...

The Big Slide

Little Pup isn’t as little as he used to be, and he’d love to try out the playground’s big slide. Day after day he eyes it, but he just can’t seem to work up the courage. Fortunately, he meets someone in the same boat–Little Duck–and the two provide each...