Storybox Playlist: Stories for Summer Travels
Summer Vacation! Summer Break! Summer Holiday! What defines this precious time of year? Newness, adventure, experimentation, long days, unstructured play, and yes - Travel! These stories are designed to make summer adventures more inspiring for kids, while giving their parents some needed time off. This Playlist is comprised of Collections rather than individual stories - because we know you'll need lots of stories for those long drives!
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Stories for Kids Ages 3+!
Martin and Sylvia's Summer Adventures
This Collection is a long "Martin & Sylvia" story divided into three parts. The story follows the delightful events of a summer adventure to the Thousand Islands for a family reunion, a celebration of imagination, and a hunt for Mermaids!
Martin & Sylvia: Travel!
Join Martin and Sylvia's adventures as they travel from New England to California - in car, plane and train! In the five stories of this Collection, the family brings imagination to each step of the way, and creates delight wherever they are (even delayed in the airport)!
Together these stories make nearly two hours of traveling fun and inspiration.
Sparkle Car
You've got a family car trip ahead, and it may be a long one. What to do with the little ones? "Sparkle Car"! This monthly series features hour-long collections of original stories mixed with traveling verses, songs and fun car games. We know excellent audio stories can make family travel times fun (and so much easier).
Stories for Pleasant Journeys
Traveling in the car is a privilege of the modern age — but when young children are involved, it might feel more like a burden than a privilege. Being strapped in and needing to stay put is not their happy place. So what to do? Maybe add some stories to the mix! Listen to these Sparkle favorites for a pleasant journey.
Stories for Kids Ages 6+!
Windward Ho! Fore & Aft (Book One)
When seven young girls win a day-long journey aboard the great pirate ship "The Windward" — a real-life model of a fictional ship — they never suspect the true Halloween adventure that awaits them on October 31. Nine-year-old Periwinkle “Wink” Mackenzie finds herself in need of all the information she has learned from multiple readings of her favorite book series, The Windward Chronicles. Tasked unexpectedly with leadership as the ship’s captain, Wink overcomes her shyness and learns to draw out the strengths of each girl in order to achieve their common goal: to return home safely.
Stories for Kids Ages 9+!
How to be Super: The Violet Crown
"The Violet Crown" is an epic tale of powerful heroes who defy the ambitious gods of that land. They are stories of discovery, friendship, battle and betrayal. And they all take place in modern day downtown Austin, Texas. At the center of the Violet Crown stories is Dante Lee, a misfit 12 year old from the Crestview neighborhood in Austin TX, who discovers that he is actually one of 5 initiates into a secretive band of superheroes called the Violet Crown.
About the Author
David Sewell McCann
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.
