Secrets that Sparkle

Secrets that Sparkle ⭐️Kirkus reviews GET IT. A rhyming picture book for ages 5+ teaching children the difference between sparkle secrets and sting secrets. Feelings do.

Written by Joy Stephenson-Laws - advocate and mother. Rules don’t protect children from people they love.

09/06/2026

We tell kids not to keep secrets. Then we ask them to keep quiet about a surprise party. So the rule stops meaning anything.
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09/04/2026

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09/03/2026

✨ SPARKLE SECRETS = Surprises, gifts, “Grandma’s party!” (fun, temporary, share later!)
🌪️ STINGY SECRETS = Heavy, confusing, “Don’t tell anyone” (tell a safe grown-up NOW!)

08/30/2026

Your child is carrying something they don’t know how to say.
Maybe it is a secret that stings. Maybe it is a feeling they do not have words for yet.
You cannot make them tell you. You cannot fix what you do not know.
Stay close enough that when they are ready, you are the one they come to.
The act? Stay.
From Secrets That Sparkle (and Secrets That Sting). A read-aloud picture book that helps kids tell the difference between secrets that sparkle and secrets that sting.
Save this for the next time they go quiet.

08/25/2026

They tell you a little first to see what happens. If your face says this is bad news, there often isn’t a second sentence.
Say “Yes. I’m listening.” Then wait.

08/21/2026

Your child is learning whether it is safe to tell you the truth long before there is a terrible truth to tell. Every confession about a mistake or every uncomfortable question or small problem they bring you is information. They are watching what happens next. The goal isn’t to react perfectly. It’s to build enough evidence over time that when something matters they already know. I CAN TELL YOU.

08/17/2026

You wouldn’t run a fire drill during a fire. But most of us wait until something feels wrong before we ask our kids who they’d go to.
Ask at dinner instead, when nothing is happening and nobody is upset.
“If something ever gave you a funny feeling, who would you tell?”
Let them name three people. Write the names down together. Some of them won’t be you, and that’s the point.
A child who has answered that question once doesn’t have to invent an answer on the worst day of their life.
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