Sparkle Stories Podcast

This week's featured story comes from the Junkyard Tales collection.

It's called "A Dip in the Pond."

Cats don't swim. This is what Ben Thompson, clever cat, says to his junkyard friends when they propose a dip in the junkyard pond. But then Mr. Flinch, the old possum, accidentally falls into the pond, and Ben quickly realizes he might be wrong.

If you enjoyed that story, there are hundreds and hundreds more where that came from. T...

This week's featured story comes from The Celestial Club: After School with Aliens and Friends collection.

It's called "Chapter One: Where is Everyone?"

Zooks! It’s time for an after-school club! Life in Greenhorn can be tricky, what with all of the expected (and unexpected) residents from around the universe. Willie Grey invites the listeners to an after-school club as a way for celestials and friends to get to know each other. Re...

This week's featured story comes from the Life as a Martian collection.
It's called "Chapter One: The Anomaly in Greenhorn."

When the Nebraska family lands in Greenhorn, there’s a lot they don’t know — including the fact that they are Martians sent to Earth as undercover researchers. As they become accustomed to their new town, they study the local culture and even shuttle their youngest son to a podcast camp where he hosts a new s...

This week's featured story comes from the How to Be Super: The Violet Crown (Book One)collection. It's called "Part One: The Welcome Wall."

In which we are introduced to Dante and his single mother and learn that on the morning of his twelfth birthday, he experiences something incredible: he is struck by lightning. He is fine, but it begins a series of events that leads him to the neighborhood welcome wall where he receives a messa...