Storybox Playlist: Stories for Inspiring Service

We are busy – we are overwhelmed – emotions are running high and there is so much already scheduled. What is the best way to ground – to slow down – to enjoy the holiday season? Often, it is to shift our attention from ourselves and place it on others.

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5+
Junkyard Tales: All Together Now

Kind Favors

Ben needs help with his home. From there, a delightful series of kind favors spread across the Junkyard.

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20 MINUTES
Fall

4+
So Many Fairies

The Lantern Prince

The Lantern Prince spies a poor beggar woman in the streets and his life is never the same again.

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24 MINUTES

6+
By Thistle By Thimble

The Gentle Woodsman and the Final Fall Phoebe

Tobias has always believed he would never marry, and found fulfillment in his work. Until, one day he follows a migrating phoebe bird…

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30 MINUTES
Fall

4+
Martin & Sylvia

Helping Out

When Momma takes a sick day from work, the children recognize the value and delight of letting go of plans and helping out…

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13 MINUTES

6+
By Thistle By Thimble

The Barber King

Old Fisher, the barber of Elkhorn, is always available to offer up friendship and wisdom, but the townspeople don’t give him much business.…

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22 MINUTES

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About the authors

  • David Sewell McCann

    David Sewell McCann

    Story Spinner

    David 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.