Hey everybody, it's Lee from Story Pirets. Welcome to a very special bonus episode of

the Story Pirets podcast. It's springtime and love is in the air so we wanted to share

with you a story that we love called I Love. This story is really special because we've

never shared a recording of our live theatrical show before. This was recorded in front of a

live studio audience at Sirius XM Studios in Washington, D.C. and it was written by a second

grader named Michaela. Michaela's story is a list of things that she loves. Here's the

original story that Michaela sent into us. I love my mom and dad, a fish, a gold, a dog,

a cat, a heart. Now before we get to the Story Pirets adaptation of Michaela's story,

I want to tell you a little bit about something that's going on right now in our world. Story

Pirets is in the very last week of our big spring campaign, which means we're raising

money for in-school writing programs at Title I schools and we really need your help. If you

like this podcast, you can probably imagine how impactful our in-school programming is. We

bring innovative writing workshops to classrooms and we turn kids stories into an awesome show

for the whole school to enjoy. You can help us bring the magic of Story Pirets' literacy

programs to more deserving kids by going to Story Pirets.org slash support today and it's

all tax deductible. This year's campaign is benefiting some really deserving schools like PS15

and Manhattan, PS81 and Brooklyn, PS116 and Queens, PS182 and Harlem, PS277 and the Bronx, PS314

and the Bronx, Brooklyn landmark, Grant Avenue Elementary, El Marino Elementary and Culver

City, California, El Rincone Elementary and Culver City, Ferrogate Elementary School and Culver

City and Linwood E Howe in Culver City. They're all amazing schools that really really deserve

these programs. Thanks to everyone who's already donated and if you haven't, please consider

going to Story Pirets.org slash support today. Even small donations make a huge difference.

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