Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret

by | Jul 1, 2024 | Story Time with Darlene

Ballet Cat and Sparkles the Pony are trying to decide what to play today. Nothing that Sparkles suggests—making crafts, playing checkers, and selling lemonade—goes well with the leaping, spinning, and twirling that Ballet Cat likes to do. When Sparkles’s leaps,...

The Worst Best Friend

by | Jun 17, 2024 | Story Time with Darlene

Mike and Conrad, Conrad and Mike are best, best friends. That is until Victor, a new boy, a big boy, a cool boy, arrives at school. Suddenly, Conrad turns into the WORST best friend and forgets all about his pal, Mike. But when Victor’s need to win leaves Conrad...

Papa’s Song

by | Jun 17, 2024 | Story Time with Darlene

It’s way past his bedtime, but Baby Bear is wide awake. Nobody, it seems, can come up with the right lullaby to soothe him. Not Granny Bear. Not Grandpa Bear. Not even Mama Bear. Luckily, Papa Bear instinctively knows just what “song” will do. Today...

New Tricks I Can Do

by | May 27, 2024 | Story Time with Darlene

Thirty-seven years after creating the breakthrough reader “Put Me in the Zoo,” Robert Lopshire has brought Spot back. This time, Spot must perform new and exciting tricks in order to convince the circus folks to keep him on. He changes colors, he breaks out in plaid...