"Springtime Fun and Foolery" from the Martin & Sylvia collection

Sparkle Stories Podcast

Lisabeth Sewell

Audio, Kids & Family, Stories, Stories For Kids, Children, Kids

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

This week's featured story comes from the Martin & Sylvia collection.
It's called "Springtime Fun and Foolery."

It's the first week of spring and the house is abuzz with fun and foolery. Martin makes a treasure hunt for his sister that has a suspicious treat at the end. Sylvia and Daddy dress up like each other and fool Martin. But at the end of the day, Momma surprises everyone at dinnertime!

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, it's Elizabeth of Sparkle Stories. Welcome to the Sparkle Stories
0:11.4	podcast. I am so excited to be back for another spring week and a favorite story from one of
0:19.1	our listeners. Today's story is both a spring story and a
0:22.9	delightful funny one. So you're going to get a good laugh out of today's. It comes from Noelle.
0:28.2	She lives in New Jersey and she's 10 years old. And I'm going to let her tell you the rest.
0:35.4	But before Noelle tells you her favorite story, I want to encourage you to
0:39.2	subscribe. If you're not already a Sparkle subscriber, just go to the Sparkle Stories website,
0:45.2	SparkleStories.com, and click the button at the top that says start free trial. Everyone
0:50.7	starts for free. And as a subscriber, you can listen to our entire library of
0:55.0	stories as much as you like, as often as you like. Anytime you like, it's all there for you.
1:01.1	1,500 plus original stories that are just as delightful as the one you're about to hear.
1:06.9	Okay, here is Noelle.
1:10.2	Hi, my name is Noelle, and my favorite story is Springtime Fun and Foolery from the Martin and Sylvia Collection.
1:17.8	I like this story because it's full of exciting surprises and silly jokes.
1:22.6	Everyone gets to be in on the fun. I hope you enjoy it. Springtime Fun and Foolery
1:47.0	Martin and Sylvia live in a tall house with lots of windows.
1:52.0	From their second-story loft bedroom, they can see their entire backyard,
1:58.0	with the rushing brook to the back and budding lilac trees on either side.
2:05.2	Spring had arrived in Martin and Sylvia's yard. There were signs everywhere. The
2:11.2	forcythia bushes were starting to yellow. There were crocuses pushing out of their garden,
2:17.2	and the yard was beginning to shimmer with bright spring green.
2:22.3	And then, poking a corner here and a corner there were a number of purplish sheets of paper hidden about the yard.
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