Since reading aloud is one of the best things kids and their caregivers can do together, we send out a new story or chapter to our readers each week. Don’t worry if you miss one! Complete stories are always available free on our storyblog.

Heya <<First Name>>,

This week, we’re sharing the first few chapters of a new story called “The Island of Slippery Souls.”

The story starts below, but if you can’t wait to find out what happens with Clara, the king, the dung beetle, and all those souls, you can order a physical copy of the book and see how it ends.

Otherwise, no worries! We’ll be sharing the entire story over the next few weeks.

Happy reading,

Jeff and Bob
Co-founders, 320 Sycamore Studios

The Island of Slippery Souls

A note to the reader

Is a person a body?
Is a person a soul?
Is each part a part
of a greater whole?

Maybe we’re neither,
it’s hard to be sure.
Maybe we’re both.
And maybe we’re more.

Chapter 1: A fit of fidgets every Sunday

The fidgets started first with Clara Lightbody.

On this Sunday evening, just like every Sunday evening, the feeling began like a flock of butterflies in her belly and finished with her toes twitching and tapping.

When the belly butterfly flutterby was done, Clara opened her eyes, smiled, and watched the three guests at her big maple table finish their own fidgets. She waited, excited to learn who they were this week.

It was Sunday afternoon on the Island of Slippery Souls, and Sunday afternoon was the time souls left one body and entered another. …

Read the rest of part 1 on our storyblog >

As you can see, some of the creatures from our book “Ooh Odd Zoo” have begun showing up on face masks. Aww!

Get yours! (Who doesn’t look good in axolotl?)

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