Meet David: The Storyteller Behind Sparkle Stories’ Best-Loved Characters

Meet David, Sparkle’s co-founder and the storyteller behind our screen-free audio stories for kids.

David’s process usually starts outside: birds overhead, cicadas humming, maybe a deer watching from the treeline. That’s where every story starts. He looks at what’s right in front of him, then lets his imagination take it from there. Where did they come from? Where are they going? Who do they know?

That’s how characters like Martin and Sylvia, the Junkyard animals, and the Willowbee Tree children came to be, right alongside older favorites like the How to Be Super superheroes, the Dory Horde family, and the Windward Ho pirate crew. Press play above to hear David talk about where his characters come from, in his own words.

Sparkle Stories is screen-free, Waldorf-inspired audio storytelling for kids ages 3 to 9+.

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