"Jack Tar's Brave Day" from the By Thistle By Thimble: Sample Stories collection
Sparkle Stories Podcast
Lisabeth Sewell
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
This week's featured story comes from the By Thistle By Thimble: Sample Stories collection.
It's called "Jack Tar's Brave Day."
Jack Tar is a tall figure in sea lore known for his bravery on the high seas. His bravest day, however, occurred on land when he was a boy: on his second day of school when he admitted what he really did know how to do. . . and what he did not.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sparkle Stories podcast, everyone. This is Elizabeth of Sparkle Stories. |
| 0:12.6 | And today I have picked a story that is near and dear to my heart because it was written for my younger son. |
| 0:20.7 | It is from the Bithistle by Thimble collection, and it is called |
| 0:24.8 | Jack Tars Brave Day. Do you know this story? It is really inspiring. This story was written for my son, |
| 0:33.2 | Finn. He is now 20 years old and just doing amazing things in the world. And this was a difficult moment |
| 0:42.0 | in his childhood that needed a story. He was struggling at school. And so David wrote a story just for him |
| 0:51.1 | about Jack Tar, who was known for his bravery on the high seas. But at this time, |
| 0:58.4 | in the story, he is a young child and he is struggling in school. And there's a day in which he |
| 1:04.1 | stands up and is honest about himself. And it changes everything for him as well as for his class. |
| 1:13.4 | And can I say, after David told our son this story, Finn stood up and was honest, |
| 1:21.6 | and it changed everything for himself and his entire class and their learning experiences. And now my child is one of the |
| 1:30.9 | bravest people I know. So Jack Tar's brave day. Are you ready? Listen in and see what it inspires |
| 1:40.4 | in you. But before I play the story, I want to encourage you to subscribe. Sparkle Stories |
| 1:48.1 | has over 1,500 original stories, all of them with a little seed of learning and inspiration |
| 1:54.0 | just like this one. It's easy and it's free. Just go to the Sparkle Stories website, SparklStories.com, and click the button in the top |
| 2:04.4 | right that says start free trial. Okay, now here we go. Jack Tar's Brave Day from the Buy Thistle, |
| 2:13.9 | Buy Fimble Collection. Enjoy. Jack Tar's Brave Day |
| 2:34.2 | The sea has many stories, |
| 2:40.5 | stories of exciting conquests, |
| 2:44.4 | discoveries of new lands, |
| 2:46.6 | of powerful fleets, |
| 2:48.3 | of ships fighting great battles, |
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