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For the Grown-Ups Supporting Sensitive Children: Stories for Big Feelings
Highly sensitive children experience the world more intensely — but their sensitivity is also their superpower. As a parent, stories are one of the most powerful tools you can use to help them feel supported and understood.
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Storybox Playlist Storybox Playlist: Tales of True Friendship
There's something quietly magical about true friendship, isn't there? These six stories from our library celebrate the friendships that hold us, shape us, and remind us we're never truly alone in this world.
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Sparkle Holiday It’s Valentine Season at Sparkle: Collections and Stories for All The Ways We Love!
Your one-stop-Sparkle-shop-for-all-thing- Valentine's-Day! February is a month for love, friendship, and kindness — and at Sparkle, we celebrate these themes with stories that warm the heart and nurture connection.
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Helping & Healing Teaching Children to Trust Themselves
In a world full of voices telling our children what to do, how to be, and what to think, one of the greatest gifts we can give them is the ability to trust themselves. In this article we highlight eight ways to start instilling self-trust in your children today.
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For the Grown-Ups Love Is Coming For You.
A love letter from our CEO, Lisabeth, on all the ways love in coming for you. Not someday. Today. In this moment. Right now. Read on to feel into all that love.
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Helping & Healing 20 Simple Ways to Regulate Right Now (Because Everything Else Depends on It)
A regulated nervous system isn't selfish self-care—it's foundational maintenance that helps you respond instead of react, benefiting everyone around you. Here are 20 Simple Ways that can help you stay regulated.
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Storybox Playlist Storybox Playlist: Our Very Best Stories for Soothing in Times of Deep Stress
In times of uncertainty and grief, we all need moments to pause, breathe, and find our center again. Whether you're processing difficult emotions, struggling to sleep, or simply need a quiet refuge from the weight of the world, these stories are for you.
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Storybox Playlist Sparkle Favorites: Our 12 Most Popular Stories (as Voted By You!)
Our 12 most favorite Sparkle Stories as voted by YOU, Dear Sparklers!
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Storybox Playlist The Sparkle Stories Originals: Four Sparkle Classics
We're celebrating 15 Years of Sparkle by revisiting four original Sparkle tales that started it all! We hope you enjoy them.
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This is a photo of the Sparkle Stories December 2025 Story Calendar, which contains a story a day with an associated craft or recipe for the month of December.
Story Extras December 2025 Story Calendar
Do we spy snowflakes? A glimmering star, a fragrant pine tree, a steaming mug of hot chocolate? All these things and more sparkle up our days and nights as we bound joyfully into December, exploring the delights of all things winter and holiday. We’re diving deep into our audio Advent calendars and counting the days ... "December 2025 Story Calendar"
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