Story Pirates

Welcome back to Season 7! When last we saw the Story Pirates, they jumped into a magical picture frame to...who knows where! Today, we find out where. Featuring two brand new stories: “The Completely Normal Frog,” a song that is in no way weird, we swear, written by Wyatt, a 10 year old from Vermont, and “The Laughing Landline,” the story of a town that learns a valuable lesson from fading technology, written by a 12 year old from Canada named Fia.

Grownups, you can access the ad-free version of the show by visiting storypirates.com/creatorclub, or subscribing right in Apple Podcasts.

Today’s new story, written by 9 year old Silas from Pennsylvania, is about following your dreams. Even if your dream is to be a hamster that plays college football.

We’re off this week getting ready for Season 6, so here’s a taste of a series we’ve been releasing on the Creator Club feed. It’s called Idea Storm, and in it we give you ideas to try out in your own writing! Today’s idea is about how to introduce an exciting problem in your story. When you finish your stories, we’d love to see what you come up with! Grownups can submit stories at storypirates.com. And remember, we respond to every single story we receive!

Show Notes: If you want to listen to any of the stories we played clips of today, go to Season 5, episode 11 for the story “The Dangerous Plumbers,” Season 5, episode 19 for the story “The Town of Snake Therapists,” and Season 5, episode 6 for the story “The Magician’s Accidents.”

Have you ever heard of a ‘parody’? It’s a kind of storytelling where the writer takes something from the real world, and then they imitate it while making some of the details bigger, funnier or exaggerated. Today’s new story, by two siblings from Canada named Bohdi and Rose, is a perfect example.

In today’s brand new story by 8 year old Orion in Colorado, a boy reflects on his relationship with his own reflection.