"Ready to Swim" from The Willowbee Tree collection

This week's Free story comes from the The Willowbee Tree collection. It's called "Ready to Swim."   It is back to school time for Piper and Clancy, the two older Willowbee children. Clancy is sad about leaving kindergarten and worried about what first grade will bring. The willow tree seems to understand this and takes the Willowbees to an island in the American south where an alligator, a white ibis and several ghost crabs show them something miraculous: the moment when a little loggerhead turtle makes the difficult and courageous journey to the sea.   Come join us as a Sparkle subscriber! Just visit sparklestories.com/summertime and find all of our best stories for summer - plus fun activities, crafts, and recipes to go along! Use the code SPARKLEAUGUST for a month-long free trial.   Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions?  Ideas?  Requests? Email us!  [email protected] Enjoy!