Storybox Playlist
Storybox Playlist: How to Build a Nest – Stories of Different Family Models

Mom and Dad, single Dad, two Moms, only child, twins, adopted child, fostered siblings — it truly takes a village to raise a child. And a village with so many models!

Snow Candles

Martin, Sylvia, and friends discuss different types of families while enjoying the day making snow candles.

22 min

Eula the Penguin Chick

Eula the penguin chick has been raised since hatching by her father, and she has conflicting feelings after learning that her mother will be coming to take over her care.

13 min

Dooley the Dog's Two Homes

Dooley the dog and his owner Virginia, experience the separation of the family, and together they work through questions and emotions and find joy.

22 min

Mika and Mukki's Big Baby Brother

After a family of raccoons finds a lost baby bear, the kits begin to worry that their bear "brother" will find his family or want to leave them for a bear family of his own.

25 min

A Humble Pride of Lions: A Story of Gender and Identity

When two lion cubs struggle with doing what's expected of them as a boy cub and a girl cub, they realize that they might need to make change happen to be happy.

26 min

About the Author

David Sewell McCann

Story Spinner

David Sewell McCann fell in love with spinning stories in first grade – the day a storyteller came to his class and captured his mind and imagination. He has been engaged in storytelling all of his adult life through painting, film-making, teaching and performing. Out of his experience as a Waldorf elementary class teacher and parent, he has developed a four step method of intuitive storytelling, which he now shares through workshops and through this website.