Storybox Playlist: How to Build a Nest – Stories of Different Family Models
Mom and Dad, single Dad, two Moms, only child, twins, adopted child, fostered siblings — it truly takes a village to raise a child. And a village with so many models!
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Snow Candles
Martin, Sylvia, and friends discuss different types of families while enjoying the day making snow candles.
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Eula the Penguin Chick
Eula the penguin chick has been raised since hatching by her father, and she has conflicting feelings after learning that her mother will…
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Dooley the Dog’s Two Homes
Dooley the dog and his owner Virginia, experience the separation of the family, and together they work through questions and emotions and find…
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Mika and Mukki’s Big Baby Brother
After a family of raccoons finds a lost baby bear, the kits begin to worry that their bear “brother” will find his family…
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A Humble Pride of Lions: A Story of Gender and Identity
When two lion cubs struggle with doing what’s expected of them as a boy cub and a girl cub, they realize that they…
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David Sewell McCann
Story SpinnerDavid 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.
