You’ve found the Forest Gate

Welcome to
the Wilds

Science, wonder, and stories that help children trust their light.

A living world of stories, science, humor, and questions waiting to be discovered. Here, every creature matters. Every voice matters. And every light—including yours—has a place.

Mission One

Log Your Sparksism

A Sparksism is a question about something so ordinary that nobody remembers to wonder about it.

1Look around.2Notice something familiar.3Ask a question you have never asked.
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Mission Two

Log Your Grossest Recipe

Invent something squishy, surprising, suspiciously green, or just gross enough to make Sparks ask for seconds.

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The Wilds are waking up

More paths are opening soon

Story Hollow, Teacher’s Grove, the Research Lab, the Heart Tree—and places Sparks has been specifically asked not to investigate.

Keep wondering around.