Sparkle Stories Blog

Tomorrow is the annual Junkyard Ring Game, and the Junkyard friends can't find the special ring!

When he hears the magical sound of the Hermit thrush, a bored king remembers what he truly loves to do.

It is blueberry season and when Nanni and Poppi come to visit, Poppi teaches Sylvia that there are four different kinds of blueberry pickers. Which kind are you?

After seeing a magician, the whole family is inspired to perform magic tricks... who will be the best magician in the family?

Goldwater the turtle learns a lesson from his grandmother that doing things well can often have better results than doing them quickly.

A nice old man who mops floors and serves lunches to kids at the baseball park wishes to keep the secret of his baseball fame in order to teach the kids the most important skill in baseball.

Sergeant needs some "quiet time" without his puppy friend. But then she takes her own "quiet time," and there's a Junkyard-wide search.

How does Mitzie Niegel, the mysterious mouse from the far side of the Junkyard, know the secret and surprising things she knows?

Martin & Sylvia have fun organizing their school supplies to prepare for the year ahead.

A bumper crop of apricots inspires poetry!