Broadcasting together since 1990, radio personalities Robin MacBlane and Larry Whitler, better known as Robin And The Giant, host this podcast featuring conversations and interviews about books, music, and entertainment of all types for children and young readers.
Eric and Susan, ten and eight years old respectively, along with their mother, visit their great-grandfather in the nursing home. Great-Grandfather was a songwriter in his younger days. The children …
In this bonus episode of Storybook Railroad, we showcase the event that kicks off the holiday season in Ocala, Florida. It is called "Light Up Ocala." 2018 marked the 35th anniversary of this annual …
A popular television physical fitness program has come to Randy and Max's elementary school. The children are all very excited about the program and about meeting the stars of the show, Galaxy and Ja…
On this bonus episode we take a field trip to the Silver Springs State Park for a very popular event called Ocali Country Days. We spoke to several guests including author and boat Captain Connie Man…
When Sal and his son, Anthony, discover that they have no more of Grandpa's secret pizza spices, they decide to create their own recipe. As they experiment with the ingredients Sal tells Anthony that…
A young girl named Amy lives in a rural home with her family. She loves the country life but is also intrigued by the city. So whenever her mother has to go downtown she rides along. Impressed by the…
Mr. Grimm loves playing his tuba for the giraffes at the zoo. He is a volunteer at the zoo and one day, after playing his tuba, he discovers that someone has stolen it. Mr. Grimm learns that it is be…
This is a bonus podcast. Instead of a story, today we visit the Lubee Bat Conservancy in Gainesville, Florida. It was the day of the Florida Bat Festival and it was a fun event to attend. There were,…
A girl and a boy, named Millicent and Daniel, spend the day at the beach and let their imaginations take them away to an adventure on the seas with a ship of pirates. The vivid images the children en…
We originally recorded our Halloween Special in the summer of 2007. For that special we wrote and produced stories and songs and, of course, our signature dialogue. In this podcast we feature three o…
A king is very protective about the role he plays in his kingdom and refuses to let anyone learn his skills. But when he learns of his brother's illness, and is reminded of his own mortality, the kin…
Twin boys learn about their grandfather's childhood and discover that time is precious and life is short. This story has a melancholy element that serves to underscore the message. Written by Robin M…
This is a bonus podcast on Storybook Railroad that features our visit to Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida to listen to a concert by the Gainesville Community Band. Joining us is Robin's mothe…
A young boy named Steven imagines that when he grows up he will fly space-taxis taking passengers to the moon and back. His father, however, thinks it would be better if he would have more realistic …
A young girl named Andrea, out shopping with her mother, sees another young girl behaving poorly when she is told she can't have a stuffed toy animal that she wants. The resulting conversation betwee…
In this bonus episode of Storybook Railroad, we take a field trip and visit Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. We visited the park called "The Magic Kingdom" and then the area called "Disney Spri…
A young boy with a very vivid imagination takes his bicycle for a ride to the park and imagines he is on a heroic mission to save a family trapped from the ruins of a bombing during World War II. In …
A young girl named Angelina looks enviously at the bigger and more expensive homes on the other side of a concrete wall in her neighborhood and she wishes she had been born into a family with more mo…
Robin And The Giant had heard an old legend that claimed a wish would come true if it was written on the tail of a kite and that kite was flown high into the clouds. Robin wished she had a dog and so…
In this bonus episode of Storybook Railroad, we take a cruise on the St. John's River in Florida aboard a paddleboat from the St. John's Rivership. Robin's mother, Beverly, joined us for this adventu…