A Good Book You Want to Share

A Good Book You Want to Share Something In the Shadows – Mary Mead This story revolves around twin boys in a family of odd circumstances. One of the sons enlists in the military. The other son dies at home. The deceased son begins to haunt the house. Whenever...

Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf, of fairy tale fame, learns to get along with others when he discovers the joy of reading and storytelling. Today on Story Time with Darlene, listen to the story “Wolf” written by Becky Bloom and illustrated by Pascal Biet. Follow along...

A Porcupine Named Fluffy

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...

Westerns

Rails Across the Ranchos by Loren Nicholson An Interesting history of the development of San Luis Obispo County. Visionaries, developers and businessmen saw the potential in this Central Coast area. They encouraged the Southern Pacific Railroad to lay tracks from the...

John Steinbeck

Subject John Steinbeck Flight, a short story For centuries Big Sur residents spoke of “The Dark Watchers.” John Steinbeck grew up in Salinas and spoke of them in this short story.  In the tale a teenage Indigenous Mexican American boy kills a man and is forced to flee...