Sparkle Stories Podcast

This week's free story comes from the So Many Fairies collection. It's called "The Dusty Dirty Gnome." Buddy has a dirty room. His room is so dirty and dusty that he has trouble finding his clothes, his toys, and his games. And a dirty, dusty, cluttered room is the perfect spot for a Dusty Dirty Gnome to take up residence! After Buddy loses his favorite stuffed animal, Moosie, he has a dream about the Dusty Dirty Gnome who gives him a hint about where Moosie might be hiding. He wakes...

This week's free story comes from the Martin & Sylvia collection. It's called "The Sit Spot." After a day at Wilderness School, Martin tells his sister and Daddy about finding a "sit spot" or personal spot in the woods. Sylvia is inspired to find one herself, as is Daddy — but Momma is feeling she needs to focus on getting the house ready for guests. But in the final moments before the guests arrive, she decides to find a "sit spot" and has the most magical moment of all. If you...

This week's free story comes from the The Willowbee Tree collection. It's called "Feeding the Storm." Clancy is mad. His day has not gone well at all and instead of saying anything to anyone, he has only gotten more and more upset. But then the willow tree takes him to the coast of Newfoundland, Canada where a wolf shows him how the storm inside needs to be expressed and fed in order to pass. If you enjoyed that story, there are hundreds more where that came from. Try a Sparkle...

This week's free story comes from the By Thistle By Thimble collection. It's called "The Goldsmith Who Knew How to Fish." Wren has a happy life in the city with the exception that he doesn't have time for his favorite activity. When his work as a goldsmith starts to suffer, his wife and his boss encourage him to take a week off and go fishing. He agrees and brings his little daughter to a nearby fishing river — and remembers why fishing is so important to him and his work as a jewelry...

This week's free story comes from the Libby & Dish: The Feel Guide collection. It's called "Part One: Aunt Cecily’s Sister Time." As Libby’s mom packs to leave, Dish helps Libby sort through all of the emotions she’s feeling: sad to say goodbye to her mom, and a bit worried — but also excited — about her grandmother’s visit. When her beloved aunt arrives, Libby can see she’s not the only one feeling big things! She starts to dream of a “Feel Guide” to help everyone navigate so much...

This week's free story comes from the At Home with Martin & Sylvia collection. It's called "Playdate." It's a beautiful morning, and brother and sister want a playdate. Momma agrees to call their friends Jonathan and Sasha, but Martin and Sylvia can't agree on what to play. They insist on their own ideas until Momma gives them a challenge: find a way to incorporate everyone's wishes into one inclusive activity. How do you combine bike riding, imaginative play, drawing, and botany? The...

This week's free story comes from the By Thistle By Thimble collection. It's called "Horse at Play." A young racehorse seems destined for greatness — and boy is she fast! But as soon as she hits the racetrack, her force of motion dwindles. It takes an enlightened trainer, a surprising jockey, and a magic ingredient for this young horse to show her gifts in the ultra-competitive world of horse racing. And that magic ingredient? Play. The story you’re about to hear is 1 of over 1,400...

This week's free story comes from the Libby & Dish's So Many Loves collection. It's called "What is Valentines?." Libby and her mother have never been in the habit of celebrating Valentine’s Day, but when Libby’s almost-uncle Theo asks their advice about a special Valentine’s Day surprise for Aunt Cecily, Libby’s curiosity is piqued. Why the paper hearts? Why the chocolate? And what is a “valentines,” anyway? As Libby begins to ask around, she learns a lot from all of her friends —...

This week's free story comes from the It's a Martian Holiday! collection. It's called "December 1: The Daily Postcard Extravaganza." What do Christmas, Hanukkah, and other winter holidays on earth look like through the eyes of a real-life Martian? Johnny Boy Nebraska, podcast host and bonafide Celestial being, shares his experience — and invites us into a December postcard exchange! The story you’re about to hear is 1 of over 1,400 original stories at Sparkle Stories. You can explore...

This week's free story comes from the Libby & Dish's Good-Deed-A-Day Club collection. It's called "The First Good Deed (Libby's Mother)." On the first day of December, Libby receives some holiday wisdom from her cat Dish and her neighbor’s dog Chad. They teach her what comes to be known as the “dog trick,” or the powerfully positive effect of doing nice things for others. When Libby describes this to her friends Morgan and Juan Paco, suddenly a new adventure is born: a Good-Deed-a-Day...

This week's free story comes from the The Castlechanter Fairy Audio Advent Calendar collection. It's called "Story One: 'Where to Start'" December has finally arrived — Oscar Grimmson’s favorite month. As he begins dreaming about the upcoming winter festivities (including his own birthday), Oscar and his sister receive a surprise invitation to explore a new feature of the enchanted land of Hillwyn: the fairy advent spiral walk. The story you’re about to hear is 1 of over 1,400...

This week's free story comes from the At Home with Martin & Sylvia collection. It's called "Home-Grown Thanksgiving." For as long as either Martin or Sylvia can remember, they have gone to their grandparents' home to celebrate Thanksgiving. But this year, their parents have decided to host the event at home. And not only is the traditional location changing, but Momma and Daddy have proposed to cook a Thanksgiving meal with only local ingredients — which means that everything they eat...

This week's free story comes from the Martin & Sylvia's Halloween collection. It's called "Part One: The Thinning of the Veils." The stories follow the events that unfold over the few days before Halloween as the creative brother and sister prepare for their annual Fairy Ball. Part One: "The Thinning of the Veils" While Martin and Sylvia wait for the invitations to arrive for their annual Halloween Fairy Ball, Sylvia spies something curious sticking out of the toy shelf in their...

This week's free story comes from the Libby & Dish collection. It's called "Our Costume Party." Libby needs to do some important research: what will Morgan's costume party be like? Libby finally works up the courage to ask her friend about her party ... and the answer is a surprise for everyone. The story you’re about to hear is 1 of over 1,400 original stories at Sparkle Stories. You can explore them all now for free. Go to sparklestories.com and click the button at the top that says...

This week's Free story comes from the Windward Ho! Fore & Aft (Book One) collection. It's called "Episode One: Periwinkle's Parrot." In this first episode of Windward Ho! book one, Periwinkle "Wink" Mackenzie excitedly waits to purchase the next book in her favorite series, The Windward Chronicles, early on the morning of its release. She never suspects that receiving the new book will be only the beginning of an unforeseen adventure. The story you’re about to hear is 1 of over 1,400...

This week's free story comes from the So Many Fairies collection. It's called "The Apricot Tree and the Robin." Oobst is a fruit fairy who watches over an orchard. In this orchard, under the care of Oobst, is a very young and nervous apricot tree. The tree is so nervous that Oobst knows she must do something to help. She enlists the help of a young Robin couple, and finds a magical way to offer the apricot tree a source of peace and strength. The story you’re about to hear is 1 of...

This week's free story comes from the The Willowbee Tree collection. It's called "The Clay Pot." In the backyard of an ordinary house on an ordinary street in an ordinary town, there was once a most extraordinary tree. It was an enormous Willow tree. In the middle of its trunk there was a hole. And if you found yourself near that willow tree with a certain wonder stirring in your heart, you might notice a colorful sparkle coming from that hole. And what was that sparkle? An invitation to...

This week's Free story comes from the The Willowbee Tree collection. It's called "Ready to Swim." It is back to school time for Piper and Clancy, the two older Willowbee children. Clancy is sad about leaving kindergarten and worried about what first grade will bring. The willow tree seems to understand this and takes the Willowbees to an island in the American south where an alligator, a white ibis and several ghost crabs show them something miraculous: the moment when a little...

This week's free story comes from the Stories about Sibling Rivalry collection. It's called "Tilde the House Tomte." Tilde the House Tomte loves a challenge. When a mother with two children marries a father with two children — right under her own roof — she gets her challenge. Not only do the siblings bicker, but now the step-siblings have arguments as well. When the mother must be away for an entire week, Tilde helps the children see each other anew: with love and empathy. Come join...

This week's Free story comes from the Martin & Sylvia: More Adventures! collection. It's called "The Rainbow Table." After Sylvia enjoys a picture book about a feast shared by all the colors of the rainbow, she enthusiastically suggests that they hold a Rainbow Table potluck! Each of the guests are to bring a dish that is a one of the colors of the rainbow. She worries that, as it is early spring, many of the guests will bring Green - but she is in for a surprise! Come join us as a...