Panda Pants

A hilarious battle of wills when a young panda tries to convince his father why pants make perfect sense.  Today on Story Time with Darlene, listen to the story “Panda Pants” written by Jacqueline Davies and illustrated by Sydney Hanson. Follow along...

Dino-Soccer

Dinosaurs face off in prehistoric sports competitions―from baseball to wrestling and every sport in between! Will the plant-eaters become the champions? Or will the meat-eaters be victorious? Today on Story Time with Darlene, listen to the story “Dino-Soccer” written...

Food

Subject: Food Fast and Delicious Mexican Meals by Alice Guadalupe Tapp and California Soul by Keith Corbin Our reader remembers tasting the most glorious fresh corn tamales in San Diego in 1975. He has been hunting for them ever since. His search led him to these two...

Bunny’s Noisy Book

One sunny morning, in a bright and busy meadow, Little Bunny wakes up. What does he hear? From the fluttering of birds’ wings to the buzzing of bumblebees, the sounds of Spring are all around him. Today on Story Time with Darlene, listen to the story Bunny’s...

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. ...