Storybox Playlist: Thanksgiving Travels
It’s estimated that 50 million people are planning to hit the road this Thanksgiving. If you’re one of them and you are traveling with small children — we see you, we feel you, we understand. We’ve created a Sparkle Stories Travel Playlist that will help keep your children quiet(ish) during the long car ride — you may want to bring some fun car snacks for back up, but we’ve got you covered there too!
This collection of stories is perfect for 3-6ers. You’ll find a little bit of Thanksgiving mixed with a lot of travel, family, and adventure in these tales, including two Martin & Sylvia multi-part selections. Safe travels on the road and remember to try and find a moment of delight in the peace and quiet in the car when you’re stuck in traffic. Happy Thanksgiving!
Listening Time: 5 hours 25 minutes
Granny and Gramps
Dish offers some wise advice that helps the whole family to turn their upside-down day right-side-up again.
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Short Way, Long Way, Right Way, Wrong Way
When Daddy proposes they take a new route while running errands, they all enjoy the magic that can happen when taking short ways,…
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The Junkyard Feast: A Story of Thanksgiving
Every year Sergeant misses the junkyard animals thanksgiving feast because he spends it with the warden’s family. But this year, the animals do…
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Graces
Littley Ty is reminded to be reverent during the the dinnertime grace after a willow tree trip to Scotland where they always say…
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Part One: Two Magic Words
In part one of three, Martin & Sylvia use the long drive to Grandma’s house to bring gratitude into every part of the…
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Part Two: A Whole House Full of Thanks
In part two of three, Martin & Sylvia and their cousins put on a play about Grandma’s house and an imaginative version of…
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Part Three: So Many Ways to Give Thanks
In the third and final Giving Thanks story, the family finds so many different ways to be thankful as they prepare and enjoy…
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Grandma’s Brownies
When Martin and Sylvia’s family travels south to Grandma’s House, Sylvia has one question – how many brownies can she have?
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A Quiet Festival
Not many of the Junkyard friends can attend this year’s Harvest Festival, so it looks like it will be quiet. Or will it?
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Part One: Let’s Go!
Part one of five: Martin & Sylvia create an Explorer’s Map in preparation for their trip from New England to California.
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Part Two: The Sandwich Fairies
In part two of five, Sylvia learns that using your imagination while traveling is a particularly fun part of the adventure.
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Part Three: Airport Vacation
In part three of five, Momma comes up with a fun way to pass the time in the airport during a travel delay.
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Part Four: At Home in the Clouds
In part four of five, Martin & Sylvia meet a new friend on the plane, and together they invent the most fun airplane…
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Part Five: The Train! The Train!
In part five of five, Sylvia helps the family to be patient and continue enjoying the vacation even though they are tired and…
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Suzanne Loring
Creative ContributorA New England girl at heart, Suzanne hails from the Green Mountains of Vermont where she rides boards and bikes, climbs rocks, and runs trails with her two boys, husband, and pup, Jango. She can usually be found reading a book or writing (and rewriting) her first novel.
