Soothing Stories for Kids

Back-to-School Crazy? Here's Calm.

Stories for worries. Stories about making new friends. Stories about the first day. Let's make school-time sweeter!

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Our Best Back-to-School Stories

Libby & Dish: What Is School Time?

Libby & Dish: What Is School Time?


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Gentle Stories for Young Ears
Let Sparkle Help Bring Peace to Your Home

Sparkle Stories has been producing delightful children's stories since 2010. Our magic: we are slower, kinder, and gentler than most children’s media.

Our listeners tell us weekly - the stories make a difference in their home!

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Stories just for Back-to-School

Audio Stories for the Win
Stories just for Back-to-School

Back-to-school can make kids feel shaky. We’ve got audio stories to help! Create a cozy storytime, and just press play.

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I used your back to school post with my third grader as he started at a new school. He came home after the first day and said with confidence and pride, “Mama, I was brave today. I talked to the kids at my table.”
Jessica, Minneapolis

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Our Most Soothing Stories

Stories in your Schooldays

When to Listen
Stories in your Schooldays

Best listening times? The commute to school, an after-school rest time, part of your bedtime routine, and more!

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I don't have the words to tell you what you have offered to our family. It's a steady rhythm of calm. . . .It's a language of kindness I hear repeated in my children's words. . . . It's an escape and a place to reset.
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Our Best Back-to-School Content

Sparkle Stories Back to School Guide Printable

With school starting again, we've rounded up all of our best back-to-school content in one place. We’ve gathered some of our best stories along with helpful guides on how to use them for parents and teachers. You’ll also find some of our favorite back-to-school projects, recipes, and crafts.

Audio Stories Can Help
Inspiring Kids to Grow

Press play and inspire a wide range of positive qualities in children. If kids need help with:

  • courage
  • grit
  • peace
  • creativity, and more!

...then Sparkle is at the ready. Our testimonials show it: when a child walks through a story experience along with the main character, their imagination is captured and their mind is opened to new ways of being.

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So Many Soothing Stories

1500 Stories for Ages 3-9+
So Many Soothing Stories

Often all it takes is a cozy listening spot and some quiet listening time. Choose one of our stories, and press play!

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