Sparkle Stories Blog

In honor of Ian Maclaren and so many other deeply compassionate humans, we offer this collection of stories to inspire your compassion and empathy.

This week we are honoring the sensitive child. It's important with sensitive children to have a tool kit of words and actions that can help them navigate big energy and big emotions.

This week we meet Ben Thompson! If you haven't met Ben, he's the Junkyard cat. He is kind and mindful of what others need. He's adventurous and cautious at the same time. In this playlist, we get to know him better and we get to see just what kind of awesome cat he is.

This month we are exploring one character from a different series each week, and this week is all about Libby from Libby & Dish.

Books. It is one of life's great pleasures to sit on a lazy afternoon with your favorite beverage by your side reading a great book. Or to snuggle with your little ones and read their favorite picture books as they ooh and ahh for the hundredth time, wanting to hear the story again and again with endless enthusiasm.

Some of the most important skills a child can learn center around social and emotional control and recognition. (Many adults can use a refresher on these topics, too.) We've rounded up five stories for you that will help your child navigate this issue if they are having trouble.

July can be so hot! In some areas of the country the temperatures move into the triple digits and stay there day and night. When the days are hot and the nights are hot, it's time to find a way to cool off.

Sibling challenges can be hard for both parents and kids, so we've rounded up a few stories to guide you through examples of managing sibling squabbles and help you find a good way to work them out.

There are so many kinds of fathers. We hope these stories bring you joy and cultivate appreciation for your own father or father figure.

The first step in the sustainability of our home and natural world is connection. The more you find yourself connected to nature and its systems, the more you will naturally want to care for it. Start here with these five stories that we've chosen to help inspire you on your next step.