"The Birthday Book" from the Martin & Sylvia collection
Sparkle Stories Podcast
Lisabeth Sewell
4.4 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
This week's featured story comes from the Martin & Sylvia collection.
It's called "The Birthday Book."
Martin ponders what to get Sylvia for her birthday. He knows that what she likes more than anything is playing games with her friends and her family. After considering many options he envisions the perfect gift.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Sparkle Stories podcast. This is Elizabeth of Sparkle Stories. |
| 0:13.0 | And I'm so glad you're here as we continue our year of your favorites. This year's |
| 0:20.3 | podcast features listener favorites. Today comes from |
| 0:24.5 | Homewood, Illinois, and AJ, who just turned 15 years old. AJ has shared her favorite story, |
| 0:33.1 | but before I tell you what it is, I'm going to tell you that she's been a long time listener. |
| 0:39.2 | Her mom thinks that she and her family have been listening since the very beginning of Sparkle |
| 0:44.4 | Stories, which is so delightful. AJ has just had a birthday. She's just turned 15, |
| 0:52.0 | which is why it's particularly sweet that today she recommended |
| 0:56.2 | the birthday book to us. Do you know this story? Oh my goodness, so many people love the story. |
| 1:03.5 | We've heard it over the years that this is a story that you particularly enjoy. And that's because |
| 1:08.3 | it's really delightful, of course, but it inspires such creativity |
| 1:11.8 | and thoughtfulness in gift giving. AJ's mom says that she loves the connection and tenderness |
| 1:18.8 | between the kids, and AJ loves the creativity and the personalized nature of the birthday gift, |
| 1:26.2 | and it's apparently inspired some pretty sweet |
| 1:29.0 | gift giving in their house. So listen in and see. If you know the story, I'm hoping you're doing a little |
| 1:35.9 | silent. Yay! And if it's new to you, I hope you're just as inspired as many people are. |
| 1:42.4 | Okay, now on to the story, the birthday book from the Martin and Sylvia |
| 1:46.9 | collection, AJ's recommendation. Enjoy. Martin and Sylvia and the Birthday |
| 2:08.6 | Martin and Sylvia live in a tall house with lots of windows. |
| 2:14.6 | From their second-story loft bedroom, they can look over the railing |
| 2:19.4 | to see their kitchen, living room, and the big fireplace in the middle. For several mornings now, |
| 2:27.0 | Sylvia, who was five, had been waking up and asking either Mama or Daddy if it was February |
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