Episodes
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"Part One: The Thinning of the Veils" from the Martin & Sylvia's Halloween collection
This week's featured story comes from the Martin & Sylvia's Halloween collection. It's called "Part One: The Thinning of the Veils." The stories follow the events that unfold over the few days before Halloween as the creative brother and sister prepare for their annual Fairy Ball. Part One:"The...
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"The Magician and the Knight" from the By Thistle By Thimble collection
This week's featured story comes from the By Thistle By Thimble collection. It's called "The Magician and the Knight." This story is about Ellie and Arnold, two six-year-old twins who share a wonderful idea: what would happen if all the children suddenly turned into their Halloween costumes? What...
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"Sudden Story" from the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! collection
This week's featured story comes from the Martin & Sylvia: Saturdays! collection. It's called "Sudden Story." During a visit to Grandma's, brother and sister are inspired by some street performers who create a "flash performance" in the park. They too want to tell a story publicly — and suddenly…
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"The Orchardman and the Scarecrow" from the By Thistle By Thimble collection
This week's featured story comes from the By Thistle By Thimble collection. It's called "The Orchardman and the Scarecrow." There is a mystery at Kamwell's apple orchard. How is it that every morning he finds all the ripe apples neatly picked and lying on the soft grass? When he looks around and...
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"Part One: An Introduction" from the I Am Marvel (How I Became Super) collection.
This week's featured story comes from the I Am Marvel (How I Became Super) collection. It's called "Part One: An Introduction." 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…
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"Episode One: Periwinkle's Parrot" from the Windward Ho! Fore & Aft (Book One) collection
This week's featured story comes from the Windward Ho! Fore & Aft (Book One) collection. It's called "Episode One: Periwinkle's Parrot." In this first episode of Windward Ho! book one, Periwinkle "Wink" Mackenzie excitedly waits to purchase the next book in her favorite series, The Windward...
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"Mr. Salamander" from the Back to School Stories collection
This week's featured story comes from the Back to School Stories collection. It's called "Mr. Salamander." "Mr. Salamander," from the So Many Fairies series, is about a little girl named Cami who is starting school for the very first time. She does not want to leave her home and magical backyard…
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"Being Yourself" from the The Willowbee Tree collection
This week's featured story comes from the The Willowbee Tree collection. It's called "Being Yourself." It is summertime, and the Willowbee children are enjoying a visit from their cousins. Piper and Little Ty love how their cousins like to play rowdy, noisy games, but Clancy does not. He tries to...
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"The Cool House" from the Junkyard Tales collection
This week's featured story comes from the Junkyard Tales collection. It's called "The Cool House." It is hot in the Junkyard, and the animals are worried about Mr. Flinch, the old possum. They know that the intense heat is not good for him, so they devise a plan to create a cool house under the...
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"Camp Over The Hills And Far Away" from the By Thistle By Thimble collection
This week's featured story comes from the By Thistle By Thimble collection. It's called "Camp Over The Hills And Far Away." Frances has a particular camp that she wishes to attend — the only problem is that everyone tells her that it doesn't exist. But one morning at the library, she finds a…
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"Paddling to Treasure Island" from the Martin & Sylvia: More Adventures! collection
This week's featured story comes from the Martin & Sylvia: More Adventures! collection. It's called "Paddling to Treasure Island." When Daddy suggests they paddle to "Luck Island" which had recently been made into a public park, brother and sister are at once excited and filled with questions:...
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"Part One: A New Kind of Adventure" from the Libby & Dish: Adventures of the Finder's Club collection
This week's featured story comes from the Libby & Dish: Adventures of the Finder's Club collection. It's called "Part One: A New Kind of Adventure." Libby, Juan Paco, and Morgan's weekly adventure hike in the park has reached an impasse. Libby likes the path they always take, but Morgan wants to…
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"Part One: Looking Out the Window" from the Libby & Dish: Dish's Inside-Outside Adventure collection
This week's free story comes from the Libby & Dish: Dish's Inside-Outside Adventure collection. It's called "Part One: Looking Out the Window." Dish enjoys his cozy life in the apartment — his regular meals, his warm spots in the sunshine, his snuggles with Libby. But when Libby and her mom head...
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"The Strawberry Farm" from the So Many Fairies collection
This week's featured story comes from the So Many Fairies collection. It's called "The Strawberry Farm." Billy Wilkins is bored: bored with his house just outside of the city, bored with his little room, and bored with his big sister. His parents think that a summer with his grandparents at the...
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"Now That's a Camp!" from the Junkyard Tales: All Together Now collection
This week's featured story comes from the Junkyard Tales: All Together Now collection. It's called "Now That's a Camp!" Ben wants to create a summer camp for the mice, but he isn't sure how to do it. Sally gives him advice and encourages him to enroll the other Junkyard animals — but Ben knows…
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"Short Way, Long Way, Right Way, Wrong Way" from the Martin & Sylvia: More Adventures! collection
This week's featured story comes from the Martin & Sylvia: More Adventures! collection. It's called "Short Way, Long Way, Right Way, Wrong Way." It is a few days before their big trip to California, and Daddy has some errands to run. Brother and sister reluctantly come along, but hope the trip…
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"Spy Team" from the Martin & Sylvia collection
This week's featured story comes from the Martin & Sylvia collection. It's called "Spy Team." Martin's friend Julian is coming over and Sylvia knows that he loves to play spies. Sylvia likes spies too but she really wants to be on Martin and Julian's team - not by herself. When Julian suggests…
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"Backyard Water Park" from the At Home with Martin & Sylvia collection
This week's featured story comes from the At Home with Martin & Sylvia collection. It's called "Backyard Water Park." It is hot, and Martin and Sylvia want to cool off. "Can we go to a water park?" asks Martin hopefully. "I don't think we have a water park around here," answers Momma. But Daddy...
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"Flemming the Otter" from the Sparkle Sleepytime collection
This week's featured story comes from the Sparkle Sleepytime collection. It's called "Flemming the Otter." Flemming wants to be chief of the sea otters one day, just like his Uncle Colum. Unfortunately, he thinks that being a chief means being strong, confident and really bossy. But being strong,...
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"So Much Kale" from the Martin & Sylvia: More Adventures! collection
This week's featured story comes from the Martin & Sylvia: More Adventures! collection. It's called "So Much Kale." Martin and Sylvia discover that their garden is filled with kale ready to harvest. This begs the question - what do you do when you have so much kale? If you enjoyed that story…
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"Morning with Momma" from the At Home With Martin & Sylvia collection
This week's featured story comes from the At Home With Martin & Sylvia collection. It's called "Morning with Momma." After a long soaking rain, Sylvia is excited about joining Momma on an early morning adventure — foraging for mushrooms in the woods next to the Town Lake. When the morning comes,...
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"Kings and Queens of the Forest" from the Martin & Sylvia's Nature School collection.
This week's featured story comes from the Martin & Sylvia's Nature School collection. It's called "Kings and Queens of the Forest." When Martin leaves for Wilderness School, he can't help but feel envious for Sylvia's project with Daddy: preparing for May Day by building a huge bonfire and…
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"The Bookmender's Helper" from the So Many Fairies collection
This week's featured story comes from the So Many Fairies collection. It's called "The Bookmender's Helper." The bookmender works alone. He has always worked alone. And he has been happy enough over the years. But one day, a bedraggled girl with a very old and valuable book arrives at the door to...
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"The Magic Birthday Candles" from The So Many Fairies collection.
This week's featured story comes from the So Many Fairies collection. It's called "The Magic Birthday Candles." Sarah Jane's friends love all her fancy toys and her big playroom, but she would rather play "Hide-and-Seek" or "Explorers", or tag — and not cars or dolls. On her sixth birthday,...
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"Wood Elves" from The Martin & Sylvia: More Adventures! collection
This week's featured story comes from the Martin & Sylvia: More Adventures! collection. It's called "Wood Elves." Martin would like to be an elf — specifically, a wood elf. He wants to climb trees, use sticks for magic wands, speak in the magical wood elf language, and ride squirrels from tree to...
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"The Spring Festival" from the Junkyard Tales collection
This week's featured story comes from the Junkyard Tales Collection. It's called "The Spring Festival." It is time for the Junkyard Spring Festival, and all the animals are doing their part. Ben is given the responsibility of hiding the egg treats for the mice. But while he is hiding them, he…
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"Spring Cleaning" from the Martin & Sylvia collection
This week's featured story comes from the Martin & Sylvia Collection. It's called "Spring Cleaning." It's Spring Cleaning Day in Martin and Sylvia's house! But Martin and Sylvia would much rather get in the way than help. A little springtime fun with Sasha and Jonathan turns the tide and provides…
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"The Rat Catcher's Son" from the By Thistle By Thimble collection
This week's featured story comes from the By Thistle By Thimble collection. It's called "The Rat Catcher's Son." The role of rat-catcher may not be respected in the old stone city where Bern is employed, but he is very good at what he does. The son learns from his father that the skills of...