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Storybox Playlist

Immerse yourself in thematic storytelling with Storybox Playlist. Explore curated collections of stories that fit into a specific theme or mood, offering endless inspiration and entertainment.

Storybox Playlist: Stories for Taking Care of Yourself

It is a busy time of year — there are many expectations of ourselves and others and what we often forget is how to prioritize self care. Here are a few stories that encourage self care and then give practical ways on how to do it.

Storybox Playlist: Stories for Cultivating Festival Life

Here are some stories that will help mark the seasons, big events, and traditions in your family.

Storybox Playlist: Stories for Embracing Change

Some children love change — they throw themselves into new environments and meet new people with enthusiasm and curiosity. But, many children are not so easy with change — in fact, they dread it. Here are some stories about meeting a threshold with anxiety, fear and resistance — and how they break through.

Storybox Playlist: Stories for Halloween

We have put together a playlist of stories that are all about the wonder and delight of Halloween — and also how to be with the fear.

Storybox Playlist: Stories to Help You Feel Better

Feeling out of sorts? Ever wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Feel anxious, irritable, grumpy or just... off? We all have days like those and there are many ways (and stories) to help turn your day around and feel better. Here are just a few that we'd like to suggest to help your or child feel better.

Storybox Playlist: Stories for Understanding Your Child

The story is only the beginning — and that is uniquely the case with stories that help us understand each other. Stories that build empathy, stories that model different personality types and stories that give us a window into why people behave the way they do.

Storybox Playlist: Stories of Fairy Magic

These stories will help children enter the magic of the natural world, encounter fairy folk, and meet questions of ecology and sustainability with their imaginations.

Storybox Playlist: Stories About Dragons (and Navigating Big Emotions)

These are our best stories for kiddos with big emotions, all featuring dragons!

Storybox Playlist: Stories of Wilderness Stewardship

Here are a few stories that model true stewardship of the natural world — and will inspire your child to tread more lightly and with more respect through the world's wilderness.

Storybox Playlist: Stories of Birthdays and Gifts

We hope these stories can help open your next birthday party up to new ideas and traditions.

Storybox Playlist: Stories that Model True Leadership

Here are a few stories that model leadership based on compassion, empathy, courage, and possibility.

Storybox Playlist: Stories of Social Inclusion

Nowadays, social inclusion needs to be taught — how to notice exclusion and then how to include others in a socially acceptable and effective way. Here are some stories that can help.

Storybox Playlist: Stories of Superheroes

Some of the stories this week feature the superheroes of everyday life, while other stories help us find the true superhero in each one of us.

Storybox Playlist: Stories for Back to School

In the northern hemisphere, we are enjoying our last summer adventures while gathering supplies for the school year ahead! Here are several stories to help build excitement, focus, and anticipation — and mediate nervousness — about the first day of school.

Storybox Playlist: Stories of Kindness

These stories effectively counter that tendency towards fear controlling actions by encouraging small kindnesses – planting flowers, anonymous gifts, kind words, and indeed building connections, rather than divisions.

Storybox Playlist: Stories for Returning Home

These stories are all about "coming home" and the gifts that home can uniquely bring us all.

Storybox Playlist: Stories for Exploring Big Parks

These stories all feature "big parks" that your family can visit — and learn something new!

Storybox Playlist: Stories for Exploring Local Parks

Neighborhood parks, picnic areas, lakes, rivers and green spaces are a central part of every town. These stories all celebrate the civic gift of local parks and all the magical opportunities they give to the people who live there!

Storybox Playlist: Stories for Exploring Your Own Backyard

Whether your yard is hundreds of acres or an alley with flowerpots, there is always something to discover and explore. These are stories of the amazing and delightful discoveries that happen when you pay attention and open yourself to surprises!

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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