Storybox Playlist: Celebrating Our Grandparents & Elders
The longer you live, the more stories you hold in your heart — and we here at Sparkle are all about stories. So let’s spend some time honoring the grandparents and elders in our lives. If you can, ask them to tell you stories — young children can draw stories out of elders in a special way! Let them show you where they’ve come from and what they’ve come through to be here now. And to stoke the fires of inspiration, listen to our favorite Sparkle stories about enjoying and appreciating grandparents and elders! You’re just a few steps away from those magical words, “When I was young…”
Part Six: Nanni’s Story
Nanni tells a story about how she used to go along with her father, a veterinarian, and sing to the horses while he…
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The Strawberry Farm
Billy is bored. When Billy’s parents send him to his grandparent’s farm for the summer, he is not prepared for the magic he…
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Granny and Gramps
Dish offers some wise advice that helps the whole family to turn their upside-down day right-side-up again.
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Putiri the Pangolin Pup
When a nocturnal pangolin pup turns out to be afraid of the dark, this causes difficulty — but a spontaneous adventure and conversation…
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Grandma’s House
As the family goes to Grandma’s to help her pack up her big old house and move, the kids worry she will have…
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Risky Rabbit
Ricky Rabbit, Lil Mamma’s grandkit, is not the only adventurous rabbit in the Junkyard…
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Family and Friends
As Libby’s mom wrestles with one Thanksgiving dinner mishap after another, Libby finds ways to help.
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Snow Possums
It’s a snow sculpture spectacular at the Junkyard, and even old Mr. Flinch jumps in.
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Grandma’s Brownies
When Martin and Sylvia’s family travels south to Grandma’s House, Sylvia has one question – how many brownies can she have?
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Ann Boyd
Literary Editor and Continuity DirectorAnn is a writer, editor, homeschooling mother, voracious reader, full-fat baker, and musician. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two daughters and chronicles the journey at Boyds’ Nest News.
