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Giveaway: $180 audio package from Sparkle Stories

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This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!

Welcome to today’s giveaway–sponsored by Sparkle Stories.

From Lisabeth of Sparkle Stories:

“Sparkle Stories produces original audio stories for children and families around the world. Our stories are simple, delightful and filled with a sense of wonder. They inspire children to play, to marvel, to laugh, and to be kind.

The New Sparkle Stories Streaming Service & App is Here!

And we are so excited to announce that now, the entire universe of Sparkle Stories’ award-winning children’s content is just a few clicks away!

Bring creativity and learning into your home, starting with bedtime stories, stories during meal time, and moving into crafts, recipes, and enriched family time with our new unlimited streaming service!!

You can now search by story or character and find the perfect story for the perfect time, whether you are traveling, dealing a particular worry or just need something to bring your family together.

All 800+ Sparkle Stories are now available anytime, anywhere for just $15 per month on your computer or mobile device. Head to our website to learn more.”

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The prize

Today one lucky Simple Homeschool reader will win a $180 prize package from Sparkle Stories — that’s one full YEAR of stories!

How to Win

This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!

To be entered for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post answering the question: How old are your children and what is their favorite holiday story?

(Note: This giveaway IS open internationally–yay overseas readers!)

(If you’re reading this via email or reader, you must click here to leave your comment on this post at Simple Homeschool. Comments or emails left elsewhere don’t count as entries.)

For an extra entry, “Like” Sparkle Stories and Simple Homeschool on Facebook. Then leave another comment here letting me know you’ve done so!

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Special Offer

Sparkle Stories is offering a FREE ten day trial of the new Sparkle Stories streaming service to all readers!

Just go to sparklestories.com to get started.

This giveaway has ended, and the winner is Liz M, who wrote: “My kids are 8 and 5. I would guess that their favorite Christmas story is the Grinch.”

About Jamie C. Martin

Jamie is an introverted mom of three, who loves books, tea, and people (not always in that order), and avoids answering the phone when possible. She co-founded SimpleHomeschool.net in 2010 and began IntrovertedMoms.com in 2020.

Jamie is the author of four books, including Give Your Child the World (reached #9 on Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers list), and her latest release, Introverted Mom (an ECPA bestseller). Her work has been featured by LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow, the Washington Post, Parents, Today Parenting, and Psychology Today.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  6. Kirsten

    My kids are 7, 5 and 3 and this year they discovered the genius of Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

  12. Audrey

    I have homeschooled over 20 years and would love to hear this stories. Currently I am thinking of my 12 year old daughter. We are just finishing up Heidi.

  13. Naomi

    My kids are 12 months and 3 years. They love the stories
    “God’s Christmas Promise” and “A Wish To Be A Christmas Tree”.

  16. Abby

    My kids are 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1. Their favorite holiday story is An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott.

  17. Ashley

    Liked Sparkle Stories and Simple Homeschool on FB. Thank you for offering this wonderful giveaway!

  18. Chantal

    My kids are 8, 5 and 2. Their favourite Christmas story is the nativity story from the book of Luke which tells of the birth of Jesus.

  21. Meredith

    Our troops are 12, 9 & 5.
    They have been raised on Sparkle stories! We really enjoyed the holiday tales in Junkyard Tales. Those critters along with the Thistle By Thimble got us through a very long very hard year. Thanks Sparklers!!

  22. Katy

    My little crewmates are 6, 2, and newborn. They love the Nativity story, and the oldest is also a fan of the sparkle stories Martin & Sylvia audio Advent calendar.

  23. Joni

    My children are 12, 9, and 4. They love Sparkle Stories! We have so many favorite Christmas stories but one is “The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey.”

  24. Melissa D

    My kids are 10, almost 8, and 6… they love a bunch of books we have by Hilary Knight — The Twelve Days of Christmas, A Firefly in a Fir Tree, and more. Just delightful illustrations!

  26. Liz

    My kids are 2 and 4, and at the moment they like the Animals’ Santa by Jan Brett. And we love Sparkle Stories, but can’t quite afford the full subscription, so we would be happy to win one! Thank you!

  41. Erica

    My kids are 4, 7, and 9. They love the 12 days of Christmas. They also enjoy the Christmas story from the Bible. 🙂 We listen to Sparkle Stories every week!

  43. Chris

    My children are 11, 8, 6, 3, and 3. They love anything that has to do with Christmas, especially the story of the beloved ballet, The Nutcracker.

  44. Jamie Carbone

    My kids are 4 and 8 and their favorite holiday story is the 12 days of Christmas! Thank You!

  49. Val

    My boys are 5, almost 4, 2, and newborn. The current favorite at our house is Mortimer’s Christmas Manger, followed by Itsy Bitsy Christmas. Apparently, we have a thing for stories featuring rodents!

  51. Jenn Ramsdale

    My children are 8. and 20 months and their favourite seasonal story right now is One Winter’s Day.

  53. jen

    We have been enjoying Sparkle Stories very much in our home. Sometimes, bedtime can get a little tricky with 5 young kids when my husband isn’t home. These stories are lovely and make the night time transition calm and quick!

  54. Pamela R

    Thanks for the chance. My kiddos are 13, 10 and 6. We have so many favorite stories, but the Little House Chapters about Christmas and the Noisy Village chapters about Christmas are read each year.

  57. Michelle

    Hello and Merry Christmas! My kids are 11, 9, and 6. We love A Christmas Carol and find new glimpses of Christ’s redemption of His beloved people as we read, listen to, or watch it each year.

  67. Megan toro

    Our boy is 18months, and our girls are 4years old and 6 years old. They like Rudolph the Red nose reindeer.

  69. Bethany Jennings

    My kids are 4, 3, 1.5, and 6 months, and we don’t have a lot of Christmas books amassed yet (working on it!)…so they like the actual Christmas story of Christ’s birth.

  70. michele

    My five kids range from 16 down to 6. Favorite story, hands down, is Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree. But could I ever stop with one story? It’ll be hard, because we have a ton of them!

  71. Rebecca

    My kids are 7 and 4. My oldest is really loving the Sparkle Stories Advent series and my youngest is enjoying some of Jan Brett’s books (Who’s That Knocking on Christmas Eve?, Home for Christmas, Gingerbread Baby).

  74. Nicola

    We adore Sparkle Stories! Mine are just turned 8 and 11 and their favorite holiday stories are Jan Brett stories and a specific version of Winter Wonderland. They also love Martin and Sylvia.
    Nicola’s latest post: My brown mouse

  78. Charissa

    Our kids are 8, 6, 3, and 2 months. We have lots of favorite holiday stories! A couple that come to mind are The Polar Express and A Christmas Carol.

  80. Casey

    My kids are 13, 11 and 3. Boy, it’s hard to say – their favorites are so many! The Grinch, Polar Express, The Christmas Magic, A Pussycat’s Christmas…

  81. Debbie

    My boys are 8 and 9yrs old. They loved Martin and Sylvia All World Easter which was listened to with cousins while on holiday.

  84. Sarah M

    My kiddos are 7, 5, & 3. We just read Letters from Father Christmas by Tolkien and I’m pretty sure it is their new favorite–they wouldn’t let me close the book!

  92. Meghan

    We love Sparkle Stories!! We listen to Martin and Sylvia every day. Our current favorite books are Elsa Beskow stories

  105. Gina

    My boys are 8, 5, and 2 and their favorite Christmas story is How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
    I have liked both simple homeschool and sparkle stories although I did it so long ago and enjoy following you both on Facebook ????

  106. Tanya W

    My kids are 15, 10 and 7. We have so many Christmas favourites! The Family Under the Bridge was our fave read-aloud from last year along with many of Jan Brett’s Books. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  108. Rebecca

    My Daughter is 5 and has been looking forward to reading “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, she has even planed a grinch party for our family.

  109. Jodi Nairz

    My children’s ages are 8 and 5. Their favorite Christmas Story is How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

  111. Crystal C

    My boys are 9, 8 and 7. They LOVE Sparkle Stories Junkyard Tales! Their favourite Christmas story (randomly picked from our many favourites!) is Mortimers Christmas Manger by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman. We always read it the night we set up our nativity sets.

  112. Steph J

    My kids are 7, 3, and 4 months. They have many favorites but have recently enjoyed reading different tellings of A Christmas Carol. They also enjoy the stories they hear from the bible for our Jesse Tree each year.

  114. Elizabeth

    My kids are 7, 5, almost 3, and 10 months. They love the story of the Nutcracker right now, as well as simple illustrated versions of the Nativity. Thank you for this giveaway!
    Elizabeth’s latest post: Breath

  116. Addie

    My children are 10, 8, 5, 4, and 23 months and their favorite Christmas story is The Polar Express!

  117. Wendy

    My boys are 7 and 3 and they love the book “Christmas Tree Farm”. We all love Sparkle Stories, too–thanks for the chance!

  118. Shannon

    Our kiddos are 5 and an infant and we LOVE Sparkle Stories! Our eldest says her favorite Christmas stories are new ones she makes up and our youngest loves anything read aloud while sitting in a comfy lap.

  122. Taya

    11, 10, 5 and 3.
    We’ve just finished reading Patricia St Johns’ “Treasures of the Snow” which they absolutely loved. We also come back regularly to “The Gift of the Magi” though as well.

  125. Amanda

    My boys are 6 and 3 1/2. They love all different kinds of stories. Right now we’re reading a lot about Christmas and different holiday traditions. They love to learn about how people celebrate!

  128. Vanessa Foster

    My kids are 3 and 1 (both with birthdays coming up in February) and they love The Snowman Storybook”.

  136. JenT

    My kids are 4, 7 and 9 and love the Sparkle stories that they have heard. As far as favourite Christmas stories go… My 4 year old has a pop-up Surprise Santa book that she loves (and honestly, I love looking at the pop-ups too!) My 7 and 9 year olds really like Tolkein’s Letters from Father Christmas

  139. Amanda B.

    My children are 8,5,4, and 2. They like the Christmas story out of Luke 2 and also the Christmas passages from the Little House books.

  150. Hilary & Charlie

    My boys are 6.5, 9.5, and due in March. 😉
    Their favorite Christmas stories are Jesus’ birth and the time my oldest broke a bone.

  157. Stephanie

    Aloha and Happy Holidays!

    Our boys are four and six. During the festive holiday season we read Christmas In The Forest by Jan Wahl. A lovely simple book written in the late sixties with beautifully detailed drawings. A holiday staple!

  158. Lynette

    My kids are 16, 13, 11, 8, 6, 4 and 2. We all really love The Jesus Storybook Bible, which we are reading through for advent again this year.

  161. Becky

    My kids are 10 & 6 and they love The Legend of the Candy Cane and Polar Express. I’ve liked both pages- Thank you!

  162. Danielle

    My kids are infant, 5, and 8. We have too many favorites! Apple Tree Christmas, Mr. Willoughby, This is the Stable… but they most love going through The Advent Book by Jack and Kathy Stockman.

  163. Laura Aiuto

    My kids are 4 and almost 6 and WE LOVE SPARKLE STORIES!!! Our favorite holiday story right now is probably Jan Brett’s Gingerbread Baby, which I suppose is more Winter, but it’s what we’re reading again and again!

  166. Lourdes

    My kids are 10 and 7. We have many favorite Christmas stories, but this year A Christmas Carol is a big hit. And we also love Sparkle Stories! Thank you for this opportunity!

  174. Michelle Turner

    Our children are 5, 3, and 2. We are currently really liking our Twelve Days of Christmas book.

  176. Valerie

    My children are 3 & 5, and picking just one favorite book is much too difficult…a Christmas tree for pyn, an orange for Frankie, fletcher and the snowflake Christmas,

  178. Clara S

    Our kids are 12,10,8,6,4, and 3 weeks old and as a family our favorite Christmas book is The Tapestry but certain children would probably say their favorite is The Grinch.

  183. Katherine

    My kids are 8, 6, 3 and 15 months. Their favorite holiday story, right now (for the 3 year old, at least), is Mooseltoe – a story about a Moose who forgets to buy the family Christmas tree 🙂

  187. Kristi Wilson

    My children (still at home) are aged 17, 12, 9, 7, 5,and 3. Our favorites are The Story Baby Jesus, Polar Express and Frosty the Snowman.

  188. Jillw

    My kids are 11,8,4 we love Polar Express, Jothams Journey, Tabithas Travels and The best Christmas Pageant ever.

  190. Melanie

    My daughter is 8 and we just read “The Lion, the With, and the Wardrobe” She loved it! It’s a Christmas story of sorts—Narnia was in winter with no Christmas until Aslan returned! We liked Sparkle Stories and Simple Homeschool—great blog! Thanks for this chance to make more memories sharing stories!

  193. Micha

    My son is 8 and his favorite this year is the Martin and Sylvia Advent stories. We love Sparkle Stories

  196. Jenifer S.

    9, 2, and 4 months. Frosty the Snowman, because of all the snow! We don’t get much where we live, so the 9-year-old loves reading about it and making plans for all the fun things we’ll do when it does finally snow.

  199. Ambre

    8,6,3,8 months. They love to hear the story of the year their Grandpa miraculously lived through Christmas in answer to a five year olds prayer. 🙂

  214. Lindsay

    My kiddos are 11 & 7. We love Sparkle Stories…especially Martin and Sylvia! Our favorite Christmas story, it so hard to choose just one, would probably be The Polar Express. We already like Sparkle Stories and Simple Homeschool on FB. 🙂

  215. Nikki T

    Our five and seven year old daughters love Jan Brett’s Christmas Treasury. Her illustrations are mesmerizing. The Nutcracker is another favorite.

  216. Mariana

    My kiddos are 7 & 9, they like The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ( Narnia Chronicles #1 ). I like Sparkle Stories & Simple Homeschool on FB already!

  217. Natasha

    My kiddos are 10, 8, 6, 4, and 18 months. They love Mortimer’s Christmas (hope I remember the title right :)).

  224. Olivia W.

    My son, Jack is six… oh my goodness I mean seven! And Jude is three. Both decided The Grinch is their favorite holiday story 🙂 And then the Polar Express. We love stories over here.

    I’ve heard of Sparkle Stories before! But I haven’t jumped in, I’m really glad you posted this today, I hear nothing but good things. I think I’ll start the free trial today 🙂
    Olivia W.’s latest post: Meal Planning Monday

  225. Rachel

    My boys are 5 and 8 and every year they love reading our advent storybook that follows a little Bear following the star to Bethlehem. Each day he meets a new character on his journey (animal or person) who reveals a bit more to him about the Christ Child.

  228. Sarah H

    My boys are 5, 7, and 10. It’s so hard to pick a favorite holiday story, but one they love is The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

  230. Brittany Bushaw

    My kids are 3, 18months, and 6months in uterine. 😉 we love The book Santa is coming to Minnesota.

  231. Christy

    My children are 8, 6, and 8 mos. Our favorite Christmas picture book is currently anything by Jan Brett, and we are also enjoying reading “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” as a read-aloud. We also LOVE Sparkle Stories. Thanks for a great giveaway!

  233. Susan

    My kids are 8, 5 and 1 and they listen to a lot of Magic Treehouse CD’s from the library. Their favorite read aloud is story of the world.

  235. Alison

    Our children are ages 6, 11, and 13 and we like to read Clement C. Moore’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.

  239. Liz

    My children are 7, 4 & 2. The older two love How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We are also enjoying some new-to-us books this year – “Holly & Ivy” & “Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect.”

  241. Melinda Westervelt

    My kids are 5 1/2 and 3 1/2, and their current holiday favorite is “Advent Storybook”.

    I also “Liked” Sparkle Stories and Simple Homeschool on Facebook! 🙂