Storybox Playlist: Stories for Staycations

Summer Vacation has begun and while some children are going to camp, traveling to see grandparents, and adventuring to new places – most children are staying home. “There’s nothing to do” is heard ’round the country – but if they all allow themselves to slow down and see what is under their noses, they will discover the magic of “Staycations.”

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How to Be Super: I Am Marvel (Collection)

One Saturday morning, a seemingly ordinary husband, father and elementary school teacher learns that he has the “mark” of a superhero. The moment he decides to rediscover lost superpowers from his youth, his eyes are opened to community of curious local folk who teach him How To Be Super.

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4+
Martin & Sylvia

A Fine Town

When vacation is over too soon, Momma and Daddy help the children see their own town with fresh eyes.

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16 MINUTES
Spring
5+
Junkyard Tales: All Together Now

A Real Adventure

Harriet Hawk is on the way to Mexico, and some of the mice want to join her on her beach vacation.

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18 MINUTES
Fall
3+
The Willowbee Tree

The Right Spot

Piper and her brothers are having trouble deciding where to plant a new blueberry bush until some animals in Mexico show them that…

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21 MINUTES
Summer
4+
So Many Fairies

Song of the Orange Day Lily

How does a small girl know how to mix such beautiful bouquets? The fairies tell her! But the day lilies, too, have a…

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19 MINUTES
Summer

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.