StoryPirates.org: Channel Your Child's Inner Writer

Do you ever wonder what your kids will be when they grow up? A lawyer? Doctor? Teacher? My husband and I swear (hope?) that one day our girls will use their creative talents. We both work in marketing, and grew up with a strong appreciation for art and literature. At five, my oldest loves reading, drawing, playing the drums and putting on shows. At one, my youngest already exhibits creative abilities and has painted several mini-Picassos.

Our little family also enjoys music. The hubs is a big Avett Brothers fan, and I love Billy Joel and Ryan Adams. However, in the car, we often give into our oldest's request to listen to Kids Place Live (KPL), channel 78 on SiriusXM. One of the featured vignettes that we like best is the Story Pirates.

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WHY WE LOVE THE STORY PIRATES

The Story Pirates are an acting troupe based out of New York City that encourage young writers to write and they also perform for children. On KPL, they take real stories that have been submitted by kids (for kids) and act them out during the Absolutely Mindy Show. We all enjoy the stories ... wow, the imaginations that some kids have! I just love it.

I think this quote sums them up best:

“The Story Pirates teach kids a love of creative writing.  It helps kids to see that their words and ideas are really important.  I believe that what the Story Pirates are doing is helping America, nay, humanity – helping humanity itself. It’s crazy entertaining.”
- Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

OUR RECENT STORY PIRATES SUBMISSION

I'm proud of my daughter's imaginative story and am grateful that we can share it with you via Lehigh Valley Family Fun. My hope is that you'll be inspired to sit down with your little one and ask them to tell you a story ... any story ... while you write it down or record it on your smartphone to transcribe later. So, without further ado, I give you The Giant Onion, as told to me by my five-year-old aspiring writer: 

THE GIANT ONION BY AVA

Once upon a time, there was a onion that got thrown into the woods. Every year, when it rained and sunshined, it grew and grew. One morning a little girl woke up and looked outside her window. She saw a giant onion.

Giant onion illustrated by Ava's Mom

She went outside her front door and saw the giant onion walking around the town and destroying the place. Her dad and mom woke up and they saw it too. The onion was destroying all of the grocery stores!

They were afraid they'd have no food left. The family walked to find the farm. The farm was not there, but the onion was. The onion smashed the farm! So, they got a giant rope and lassoed the onion. They spun the onion around and around until he spun into outer space and landed on Onion planet.  

Everyone was now safe and they lived happily ever after. 

Are you interested in submitting your little author's story? Here is the link to send it to the Story Pirates. I hope that some child from the Lehigh Valley is featured on the air and that we all get to hear it!