This week's Free story comes from By Thistle By Thimble It's called Halloween Wonder In a sweet little town, there is a very particular three-story house that is the center of the town's annual Halloween celebration. Each year, the mysterious couple that lives there transforms their wrap-around porch into something new and fantastical and wows the entire town. The neighbors talk about it all year long! This year, however, it is an 8-year-old girl named Margaret that does something at once surprising and gracious which changes the town's Halloween tradition forever. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

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"Halloween Wonder" from By Thistle By Thimble

This week's Free story comes from Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Collection It's called Silly Song Speaks. Brother and sister attend a songwriting workshop with a visiting children's musician and even though Martin is at first resistant, they both learn the silly way she writes songs. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

Silly Song Speaks from Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays!

This week's Free story comes from The Storying Project Collection It's called The Harbormaster. Firtha MacGill serves as the harbormaster of Tullyport, Maine, keeping the harbor town safe and secure against the wilds of the world. But Firtha is getting on in years, and it is time to choose a new harbormaster as her apprentice. Rambunctious little Ooley doesn’t seem like he would be well-suited to the job — until danger approaches and the town comes to see his true skills. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

The Harbormaster from The Storying Project

This week's Free story comes from the So Many Fairies Collection. It's called Iron Riders of Courage. In a home for the elderly, two people meet. Amos is confined to a wheelchair and Catherine cannot speak. Though they have never been introduced before, they each recognize something familiar about the other, and Amos is determined to find out what it is. A photograph of his childhood home takes them to a time long ago when powerful magic rose up and embraced them both, magic that exists for them still. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

Iron Riders of Courage from So Many Fairies

This week's Free story comes from the Martin and Sylvia: Learning Days Collection. It's called A Breathing Day. The first day of school arrives for Martin and Sylvia and they are ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work. But before they jump into their school subjects, Momma and Daddy ask to discuss one more thing first: breathing. But wait — what needs to be learned about breathing? With a bit of practice, Martin and Sylvia discover the wonders of breathing … all day long. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

A Breathing Day from Martin & Sylvia: Learning Days!

This week's Free story comes from the At Home with Martin & Sylvia Collection It's called A Map of the Year It is the first week of school and in Martin and Sylvia's house, which means transforming the dining room table into the homeschool work table. Everybody is excited about new books, new materials and, indeed, new subjects to learn. This year, Martin is nervous that he will not learn the same things as his friend Sasha who attends the neighborhood school. Momma and Daddy suggest they make lists of all the things each family member wants to learn this year. They compile all of the lists into something like a map: a Map of the Year! Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

A Map of the Year from At Home with Martin & Sylvia

This week's Free story comes from the Back to School Collection. It's called The Schoolmaster. In the By Thistle By Thimble story "The Schoolmaster," a boy named Micajah is looking for a teacher. His family has moved many times: from Concord, New Hampshire to Buffalo, New York to Rapid City, South Dakota to Denver, Colorado and finally to San Mateo, California. In California, he attends the one-room school house of a teacher named Master Simon. Master Simon enraptures the class with a magical geography lesson that draws Micajah into the fold, and brings a sense of belonging to the whole class. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

The Schoolmaster from By Thistle By Thimble

This week's Free story comes from the "The Willowbee Tree" 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 loggerhead turtle makes the difficult and courageous journey to the sea. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

"Ready to Swim" by The Willowbee Tree

This week's Free story comes from the Life as a Martian Collection It's called Chapter One: The Anomaly in Greenhorn When the Nebraska family lands in Greenhorn, there’s a lot they don’t know — including the fact that they are Martians sent to Earth as undercover researchers. As they become accustomed to their new town, they study the local culture and even shuttle their youngest son to a podcast camp where he hosts a new show ... and reveals their true identity. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

Life as a Martian: Chapter One: The Anomaly in Greenhorn

This week's Free story comes from The Storying Project It's called "The Spanish Moon Moth" Emma and Janey may be sisters in the same family, but they are very different. While Emma observed the world around her with curiosity, Janey preferred living out adventures through reading books. It seemed like nothing would ever change — until one day, Janey’s books unexpectedly came to life in the world Emma was inhabiting. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

The Storying Project: "The Spanish Moon Moth"

This week's Free story comes from "The Storying Project" It's called "How the Animals Got Their Colors" Once upon a time, when the animals of the world were without any colors on their beautiful coats, they asked for help from their leader. Grandmother Lion listened carefully to their requests and found wonderful solutions, even for those animals who acted foolish and silly. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

The Storying Project: "How the Animals Got Their Colors"

This week's Free story comes from The Storying Project and Windward Ho! It's called A Pause Before Tea. In a moment of impulse, Fiona Murphy tries something risky: traveling to the pirate world she sometimes inhabits, but this time without the company of her Windward friends. When she lands on an unfamiliar pirate ship, she discovers that the crew has been afflicted by the strangest of ailments. Can she aid them with her herbalist skills? A poignant memory of her mother gives Fiona the clue she needs to equip these ailing seafarers. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

"A Pause Before Tea" A Windward Ho! Story

This week's Free story comes from the Libby & Dish Collection. It's called The Mystery Box Inviting Juan Paco to join Libby and her mother for a walk in the park seems unconventional, but Libby determines it will be worth the risk. As soon as Juan Paco arrives at their door, Libby senses that he is exactly the right person to transform their ordinary walk into an exciting adventure. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

Libby & Dish "The Mystery Box"

This week's Free story comes from the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! Collection It's called A Hunting Morning Laura is visiting the Browns next door and Martin and Sylvia are invited over for buttered popovers. Mr and Mrs. Brown then decide to set up a 'popover treasure hunt' for the three children where they need to use their noses to find them. When the hunt begins, however, they are surprised to find they are not the only ones doing the hunting! Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! "A Hunting Morning"

This week's Free story comes from the Martin & Sylvia Collection. It's called "Goose Eyes Wilderness School" Martin is looking for more adventure in his days: he wants to live in the woods, hunt for his own food, and fashion a sword with his own hands. When Momma and Daddy enroll him in a local wilderness school, Martin has the opportunity to experience adventures in the wild — both unexpected and satisfying. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

Martin & Sylvia "Goose Eyed Wilderness School"

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