👫 Sovelo Stories · Friends
Secrets and Surprises
A friend says, "Can you keep a secret?". Read it together, at your pace. Every page is written in your child's voice.
1. Sometimes a friend says, "Can you keep a secret?" There are two kinds of secrets, and they are very different.
2. Some secrets are happy surprises. A birthday gift. A surprise party. Surprises feel fun, and they have an ending day when everyone finds out.
3. Some secrets feel bad, heavy, or scary. Maybe someone got hurt. Maybe someone is being unkind. Maybe the secret makes my tummy feel wrong.
4. Bad-feeling secrets always get told to a trusted adult. Always. That is not tattling. That is keeping people safe.
5. If a secret feels too heavy, I can tell my friend the truth.
6. Happy surprises end with a party or a gift. Heavy secrets end when a trusted adult helps. Either way, I do not have to carry big things alone.
✦ Practice this story interactively — free in the Sovelo app
In the app, your child can choose what happens next, rehearse lines out loud with Spark, and try different endings — including hearing a kind "no" and being celebrated for respecting it. Parents can also create fully personalized stories.
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Sovelo Stories are original social narratives, written for neurodivergent kids and reviewed against strict guardrails: no eye-contact training, no masking, no mind-reading — and "no" is always a complete answer. Evidence-informed preparation, not a treatment. © Ezra Brown.