Lee blows off steam in the ship’s simulroom. Featuring two new stories: “The Poisonous Butterfly,” a story about a bold scientist who has to save the town, written by Vivian, an 8 year old from Colorado, and “Cartwheel Girl,” the tale of a very happy girl with a very strange condition, written by a 6 year old from Arizona named Gabriella.
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Jun 2020
The Night I Started Sharing a Room With My Sister/Dogs With a Secret
Meghan starts a film festival on the ship and the Story Pirates flex their cinematic muscles. Featuring two new stories: “The Night I Started Sharing a Room With My Sister,” a homage to Alanis Morissette about a big life change, written Amelia, an 8 year old from Texas, and “Dogs ... Show More
28m 56s
Jun 2020
The Girl Who Wanted To Eat The Sky/The Dice That Didn’t Want To Be Rolled (feat. Aneesa Folds)
Rolo gets a puppy and learns some hard lessons about pet ownership in space. Featuring two new stories: “The Girl Who Wanted To Eat The Sky,” an uplifting song about a girl (Aneesa Folds) with an appetite as big as the heavens, written by Olivia, a 5 year old from California, and ... Show More
32m 19s
Oct 2023
The Three Spinsters
All aboard the Story Train with your friendly conductor, Birdie, as we chug through the magical Rainbow Tunnel and into a tale of flax, fate, and three peculiar spinsters! In this episode, we weave through "The Three Spinsters," a story where a daydreaming girl, bound by the thre ... Show More
11m 8s
Apr 2024
The Cleverest Person in the Room
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vanessa Aspillaga (Dora Saves the Snow Princess, Leave the World Behind) stars in this Puerto Rican and Chilean tale about baby basil, cuddly kittens, and how two heads can be better than one.</span></p>
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25m 51s
Jan 2022
Tap dancing Twizzlers, cockroach warriors, and fairy tales! Oh my!
Two collections of short stories, both alike in playfulness in our fair podcast. The first is with Gwen Kirby whose debut collection of short stories is called, hilariously, Shit Cassandra Saw. It ranges from radioactive cockroaches to tapdancing Twizzlers. Kirby told NPR's Mary ... Show More
16m 51s
<p><br></p><p>Tonight’s story was wished for by <strong>Grace and Georgie</strong>, <strong>7-year-old twin girls</strong> from <strong>Perth, Western Australia</strong>. They sent us a voice message asking for an epic adventure where <strong>Mega Charizard escapes from his Pokém ... Show More
