This week’s Story Pirates episode features a story with one of the longest titles we’ve ever encountered! Check out “The Early Years: 16 - Melissa the Superhero Who Can Lift Up a Chair and She Makes Your Day Feel Special” by then-five year old Sofie Dikkers. In this episode’s author interview, Sofie shares how she came up with her awesome title and her favorite things about first grade!

This week’s Story Pirates episode features a story with one of the longest titles we’ve ever encountered! Check out “The Early Years: 16 - Melissa the Superhero Who Can Lift Up a Chair and She Makes Your Day Feel Special” by then-five year old Sofie Dikkers. In this episode’s author interview, Sofie shares how she came up with her awesome title and her favorite things about first grade!

The award-winning Story Pirates Podcast takes stories written by kids and turns them into sketch comedy and songs. Made up of talented comedians, songwriters, and frequent celebrity guests, the Story Pirates inspire kids to create, bringing laughter to kids and grownups of all ages with hilarious sketches, catchy original songs from all genres, and interviews with the creative geniuses behind the stories… kids!

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The award-winning Story Pirates Podcast takes stories written by kids and turns them into sketch comedy and songs. Made up of talented comedians, songwriters, and frequent celebrity guests, the Story Pirates inspire kids to create, bringing laughter to kids and grownups of all ages with hilarious sketches, catchy original songs from all genres, and interviews with the creative geniuses behind the stories&hellip; kids!
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Story Pirates is a group of world-class actors, comedians, improvisers and musicians who adapt stories written by kids into sketch comedy and musical theater.

Story Pirates

This week’s Story Pirates episode features a story with one of the longest titles we’ve ever encountered! Check out “The Early Years: 16 - Melissa the Superhero Who Can Lift Up a Chair and She Makes Your Day Feel Special” by then-five year...

The Early Years: Melissa the Superhero Who Can Lift Up a Chair and She Makes Your Day Feel Special

Meghan and Rolo meet a theater maker (Elyse Myers) who changed the world. Featuring two new stories: “Fashion Snail”, a song about the world’s newest and slowest fashion model, written by Robin, a 9 year old from New Zealand, and “My Impossible Vest”, a story about a talking vest who is just trying to make it to the altar on time, written by an 8 year old from North Carolina named Margot. Peter and Lee also read more stories written by kids in the latest installment of Story Love. 

Grownups, today’s special guest Elyse Myers’ debut book and New York Time Bestseller is out now - That’s A Great Question, I’d Love to Tell You is available for purchase everywhere books are sold. 

Check out a longer, more awesome version of Story Love on YouTube!

Submit kids’ stories at storypirates.com/submit-a-story

Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at storypirates.com/about-story-quest

Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love

Meghan and Rolo meet a theater maker (Elyse Myers) who changed the world. Featuring two new stories: &ldquo;Fashion Snail&rdquo;, a song about the world&rsquo;s newest and slowest fashion model, written by Robin, a 9 year old from New Zealand, and &ldquo;My Impossible Vest&rdquo;, a story about a talking vest who is just trying to make it to the altar on time, written by an 8 year old from North Carolina named Margot. Peter and Lee also read more stories written by kids in the latest installment of Story Love.&nbsp;
Grownups, today&rsquo;s special guest Elyse Myers&rsquo; debut book and New York Time Bestseller is out now - <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/elysemyers">That&rsquo;s A Great Question, I&rsquo;d Love to Tell You</a> is available for purchase everywhere books are sold.&nbsp;
Check out a longer, more awesome version of <a href="https://youtu.be/yx-ZVVoDIYc">Story Love on YouTube</a>!
Submit kids&rsquo; stories at <a href="http://storypirates.com/submit-a-story">storypirates.com/submit-a-story</a>
Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at <a href="http://storypirates.com/about-story-quest">storypirates.com/about-story-quest</a>
Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at&nbsp;<a href="http://storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love">storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love</a>

Meghan and Rolo meet a theater maker (Elyse Myers) who changed the world. 

Fashion Snail/My Impossible Vest (feat. Elyse Myers)

DJ Squirm-a-Lot, the world’s greatest DJ who also happens to be a worm, reveals his plan for the greatest party of all time while sharing a slammin’ mixtape for your Spring Break.

DJ Squirm-a-Lot, the world&rsquo;s greatest DJ who also happens to be a worm, reveals his plan for the greatest party of all time while sharing a slammin&rsquo; mixtape for your Spring Break.

DJ Squirm-a-Lot's Spring Break Mixtape 2026

Meghan learns to drive. Featuring two new stories: “The Kid That Has a Bad Name,” a story about what life is like when your name is ‘Do You Like Hotdogs?’, written by Emet, a 9 year old from California, and “CatsNews”, a peek behind the scenes of the #1 source for up to the minute news about cats, written by a 6 year old from Massachusetts named Autumn. Peter and Lee also read more stories written by kids in the latest installment of Story Love. 

Check out a longer, more awesome version of Story Love on YouTube

Submit kids’ stories at storypirates.com/submit-a-story

Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at storypirates.com/about-story-quest

Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love

Meghan learns to drive. Featuring two new stories: &ldquo;The Kid That Has a Bad Name,&rdquo; a story about what life is like when your name is &lsquo;Do You Like Hotdogs?&rsquo;, written by Emet, a 9 year old from California, and &ldquo;CatsNews&rdquo;, a peek behind the scenes of the #1 source for up to the minute news about cats, written by a 6 year old from Massachusetts named Autumn. Peter and Lee also read more stories written by kids in the latest installment of Story Love.&nbsp;
Check out a longer, more awesome version of <a href="https://youtu.be/59cvxk0FXAQ">Story Love on YouTube</a>
Submit kids&rsquo; stories at <a href="http://storypirates.com/submit-a-story">storypirates.com/submit-a-story</a>
Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at <a href="http://storypirates.com/about-story-quest">storypirates.com/about-story-quest</a>
Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at <a href="http://storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love">storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love</a>

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