Shimmer & Glimmer’s New Home / An audio story about separation and divorce

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About This Story

Shimmer & Glimmer's New Home, by Becca Lane

Shimmer and Glimmer live with their fishy parents in a rocky cove in the sea. One day, a big storm comes to the cove and causes it to change. Now it is two rocky coves instead of one, with each parent on a different side of the cove. Thankfully, there is still a long path connecting the two coves. One of the first things the fishies do in their new home is gather some soft seaweed and make a cozy bed nestled in the rocks. Now they have a place to sleep in both coves.

Shimmer and Glimmer love their fishy family
They live together in a cove by the sea.
Each and every night when it’s time to go bed
They crawl into their cozy seaweed bed.

Shimmer and Glimmer love their fishy family
They share two homes in a cove in the sea.
Each and every night when it’s time to go bed
They crawl into their cozy, cozy seaweed bed.

Make a Finger Puppet

You and your child can sew simple fish finger puppets to go along with the story.
Check out the complete instructions for hand-sewing finger puppets.

Enjoy a puppet show of this story.

Watch the puppet show version of Shimmer & Glimmer’s New Home and see the simple finger puppets in action.
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Watch a puppet show of Shiimmer & Glimmer’s New Home.

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