The Library Adventure

immersed in books, like really becoming immersed in books, like going into books, and not

just any books, weird books, coming up after a few words for the grown-ups. I love story pirates. It just filled me up with joy. My mom loves the jokes. Yo, yo, my joke.

It's maybe very proud of my fighting. I love to write stories. I definitely think I can be more creative now. I'm the champion. The Solid Pirates.

“Oh, hey everyone, how have you ever read a book that you wish that you could live inside?”

What about a nonfiction book on an esoteric subject? Well, in today's story, you can experience just that. Here's the author to introduce it. Hi, I'm Arneca. I live in Maine in I'm six years old.

This is my story to the library adventure.

Wow, Abby and Lulu, I can't believe I could spend this afternoon doing what I love most. Visiting foul-mouth elementary library with my two best friends. Hey, kid, you guys. Hey! Hey!

I can't wait to play tag, uh, I mean, re-books. Totally. We definitely aren't going to play tag the moment we step foot in that library. I know you both love running around and working up a sweat, but I'd love it if we could spend time doing my favorite library activity.

We're reading non-fiction. Totally. Yeah, libraries are about books and not tag. Let's head in. Wow, the library.

It smells like adventure. Come on, girls.

Let's head to the reference desk.

“I put a book on hold that's just the number pie written out.”

Tag, you're at Lulu, get back your Abby. So much for showing interest in my passions. I guess I'll enjoy this pie book all by myself. Excuse me, librarian. I put a book on hold under the name "Lotty."

I guess pie uncovered if you can believe it. It actually hasn't been brought back yet. Today is not my day. If you're interested in pie uncovered, you may want to take a look at this book, too. A regular wind patterns of the Atlantic ecosystem sounds promising.

It's mostly just graphs and charts, but... I'll take it. Thanks librarian. I'm going to find a quiet corner in the stacks and a lock-in. Enjoy!

Hmm. Where to read my awesome new book? Here's an interesting section. Books about obscure topics that double as portals to other worlds. I'll give it a shot.

Wait a minute.

“Why is the back of this book glowing purple?”

It must be a portal to another world. Well obviously, I have to go through it. I better leave the girls a note. Alright, here goes nothing. Into the portal.

One, two, three. Oh! Tag! You're happy! Hey!

Where's Lottie? I guess we should find her. We've been playing tag for 45 minutes. After we explicitly promised we wouldn't. Let's make it up to her.

Lottie! Lottie! Glow! This is a library. There's no yelling.

Kind of where do you let us play tag though? We, Librarians, have to pick our battles. Have you seen our friend, Lottie? She's seven years old, passionate about nonfiction. Last I saw she was headed into the section labeled, books about super obscure topics that

double as portals to other worlds. It's next to the cookbooks. This library has portals to other worlds. That is what I keep trying to tell people, but no! But he's just at the library for the free Wi-Fi.

And the icy cold water fountains? I mean, seriously, the water here is bone-chilling. Enough chatting about the many great attributes of the public library. We gotta go find her friend. If I know Lottie, she probably went through a portal to prove a point about us being

more supportive of her passions. We've gotta find that section. There it is. Books about super obscure topics that doubles portals to other worlds. Now we just gotta figure out which book Lottie went into.

Ah, this is gonna take forever. I can't believe I'm actually inside a book. Well, this is clearly an Atlantic ecosystem. It's just water for miles.

It must be going from that cave over there.

Let me just crawl inside.

“It's certainly a spooky in here, so many shadows.”

That shadow is moving closer. Wait a minute. It's not a shadow at all. It's a... Uh...

(Gasps) (Gasps) Lulu! I feel like I just heard Lottie's voice coming out of one of these books. That must mean whatever portal she traveled through is close by.

We know our friend. What book would Lottie want to enter? What about this one? Family, faith, and fortune. A woman's guide to having it all by 40.

Hmm, I don't know. I kind of feel like Lottie already has it all. It's worth a shot. Come on.

Hop in the portal and have a quick look around for Lottie.

Jump! (Gasps) (Gasps) (Gasps)

“And we're back in three, two, one action.”

(Gasps) (Gasps) Welcome back to Family, Faith, and fortune. I'm Gail Wentworth, and I'm here to show you ladies how to have it all by 40.

Excuse me, Gail. Oh, great. A small child derailing my entire book. What is it? We're looking for a friend about Yehy, brown hair, adventure spirit

that can't be crushed. Children aren't allowed in my book, and that includes you, too. (Gasps) Quick, back through the portal. (Gasps)

(Gasps) (Gasps) Back in the library.

Oh, hey, well Lottie definitely wasn't in that book.

How about this one? 1,200 different types of train whistles. This does seem like something Lottie would like. Nothing you do would find out. (Gasps)

(Gasps) (Gasps) Well, I sure didn't expect that portal to drop us off right in the middle of the train tracks. I don't see any sound of Lottie, but I do see a giant steam engine

barreling towards us. It really does have a distinct whistle. It's true, you're fairer tone. Enough about the whistle. We gotta get back through the portal.

(Gasps) (Gasps) Well, that was a close one. Puno train whistles could be so dangerous. Where could our friend be?

Let's think about her interests. Uh, adventures, uh, nature, uh, books with no pictures. What about this book? A regular wind patterns of the Atlantic ecosystem. Well, it's gotta go in purple portal on the back of it too.

And a sticky note. Hey, Abby and Lulu. Not to brag, but I went through this book portal. Looks like obscure books are more fun than tag after all. Okay, okay, it definitely sounds like she's annoyed with us.

Lottie, hold tight. Your besties are coming to get you. Jump! (Gasps) Lottie, where are you?

Lulu and I are here to save you from the super intense wind or whatever this book is about. I'm gonna make an educated guess that she's probably in that cave over there. Come on. Ugh, it's all gross and drippy in here.

Lottie, Lottie, I'm here. Help, I need help. I can't quite see, but it looks like she's being attacked by... An unbelievably cute litter of baby puffins in its momma and by attacked. I mean cuddle.

Lottie, why are you yelling for help? Because... I need help cuddling these unbelievably cute baby puffins. I only have two arms and there is so much love to give and receive. Lead love to help you in the cuddle department.

Come on, Lulu. (laughs) Wow, this is so much fun. I'm sorry we were so resisted to exploring books that interest you, Lottie. Yeah, we promised to show more interest in your passions.

Hey, that means a lot. Now, how about we head back to the library? I think my book on Pies should be returned by now. What do you say? I say...

Dad, you're in Abby! Oh, come on, Lulu, that was too fair. Well, I spend! And now, Lee speaks with the author. So, Anika, you wrote the library adventure.

Yeah. Do you like to go to the library? There's a coloring space where I like to tell her and I like to find capture books that I want to read. That's cool.

“Do you remember the last book that you checked out from the library?”

I'm reading a book called Puppy Place. Right now, it's about a kitten and a puppy. The puppy is named Maggie and the kitten is named Max. Sounds like you are a fan of animals. Yeah, I am.

Well, Lottie from your story seems like she is a fan of animals too. Did you learn anything about puffins before you put them in your story? Yeah, I get it. They can fly and then they die under water to get fish.

Then they fly again and go get fish.

“And they swallow some and then they give them to their babies.”

You know, I love your story because in your story, there's like literal portals in the books that take you to another world. But isn't reading itself even in real life kind of like being taken to another world? Yeah, and I love to write stories. That's another way to transport yourself.

If you could choose any of your books to have a portal itself, that would take you into the world of the book, which book would you choose? What about mermaid? What would you do in the mermaid world? Go visit the Pacific Ocean and see squid and octopus.

Oh, yeah, cool. The mermaid could help you see wildlife because you love animals. Yeah, I do. Do you have any pets yourself? No, but I'm going to get one hamster. Oh, that's cool. When are you getting the hamster?

Probably next week.

“Oh, wow. That's soon. You must be excited.”

Yeah, I am. Very excited. Awesome. Thank you so much for letting us perform your story, Anika. Thank you. Bye. Bye. We'll be right back after a few words for the governor. Welcome back to Story Love, where we read stories written by kids,

and then we talk about them. And by we, I mean Peter and myself. We are those people, Peter and the other is you. We, Lee are those people. We, and those guys.

Today's first story comes to us from a 12-year-old in Colorado named Elsie.

An Elsie story is called stuck in the hamper. Oh, no. If that's ever happened to you, you know, this is a very serious topic. This is a story about a mammoth, but it's not going to rhyme. Oh, a few. Once upon a time there was a mammoth named John.

One day when John was doing laundry, he got stuck in the hamper. He was more round than square, so it was hard to get out. He tried to suck in his stomach, but that didn't work. He tried many different things, but he still couldn't get out. He was stuck for three hours before he remembered he had his phone.

Ooh, he could call for help. Do you decide to call his best friend, Jeff? Hi, Jeff. It's a John. Hey, John. What's up, Sir Jeff? I'm stuck in the hamper. Say no more. I'll be there in a jiffy.

A few minutes later, Jeff was there and had brought a chainsaw. Oh, Jeff used the chainsaw to get John on stuck. You broke my hamper, Sir John. You're a mammoth. You don't need clothes, Sir Jeff. Oh, yeah. Sir John.

Piant. Whoa, that's a twist I did not see coming. I'll tell you what, like a mammoth being surprised that they're stuck anywhere. I'm like, come on. Come on, John. You're going to get stuck in a hamper if you're a mammoth.

It's in the name. Yeah, you're mammoth. By hamper do we mean just like a laundry basket or like one of those like drawers that you open? My grandparents had a laundry shoot. Ooh, which was great. Now we're talking to send some GI Joe's down.

Oh, I love laundry shoots. Man, that's fun. Well, I love this friend, Jeff. He's a great friend. He saves his power, but he also tells him the truth. Yeah, which is a really important part of friendship. He's like, I don't know how to tell you this, but you're a mammoth and you don't wear clothes.

I love that Jeff as a character comes in in this way where you're like Jeff, you are unreasonable.

“You're maybe, you know, you should think and then he has the most sound advice.”

Because he comes in with a chainsaw, which is not prudent. No, I'm not into using the chainsaw to get someone out of anything. It is very rare that a chainsaw is the solution. I love an axe. I love chopping wood. Sure. Well, a chainsaw is like an axe times 12 times 12.

I'd argue every little tooth on that chainsaw is the multiplier. Maybe we need some chainsaw scientists on this show, Pronto.

We can get one. Great job, Elsie. Amazing.

Lee, this next story comes to us from a six year old from Canada named Arthur. When Arthur's story is called Grill and Pill. Great title. The last story promised no rhymes. I have a feeling this story will be different. It's possible. Mrs. Grill and Mrs. Pill are twins. They live in a sketchbook.

Their job is to build stuff. One day, they made a house. There was an earthquake and all the houses broke so they were fired. They felt sad. They asked politely to come back with their boss said, "No!" They walked in and walked until they found another place to build houses.

who was a pumpkin called Pitch. Pitch was scary as he had so many eyeballs. There was also a ghost who was perfectly normal, but he has arms. Surprise! Kritsch was a witch and turned the houses into ghost pumpkin. Mrs. Grill and Mrs. Pill decided to call the police. The police forgot, so Kritsch and Pitch arrested the police.

During this Mrs. Grill and Mrs. Pill built a jail around them all with,

"You will never go anywhere because I'm so strong, glue."

The end. Fantastic strategy from Grill and Pill here to just build a jail around the entirety of their problem. Just build a big jail around everything and then you get everything in their Kritsch, Pitch, the police. I love Kritsch and Pitch. You know, that's when the story really took off for me is that they built their building houses for a human named Kritsch who had a friend who's a pumpkin named Pitch who was scary because they had so many eyeballs.

For some reason, I just really can see Kritsch and Pitch. Yeah. They're awesome. They're kind of like you who can really see his Pitch. Yeah, that's true. Let's just remember. They live in a sketchbook. That's true. All of this took place in a sketchbook. That's true. And there's an earthquake. The jobs have built stuff. They made a house. There's an earthquake. All the houses broke.

Wow. So, if they live in a sketchbook, all of this is our drawings. And so was the earthquake like somebody coming up and picking up the sketchbook and maybe ripping

“out a few pages. And it was chaotic within the sketchbook. Right. It's, yeah, I think you can see the”

hands drawing it as the story goes. It's like that old loony tins. Oh, yes, you know, talking about. Yeah, where they daffy ducks, daffy ducks, gets a race. Is the race in drawing my friends? Yeah, it's a classic. We love it. Great work, Arthur. Amazing story. All right, here's our last one. It's from Luna, aged seven in Maryland. And it's called Tim. Tim. Once upon a trash can,

there was a fly named Tim. And he always had lived in the trash can. But one day he got tired of

all the stinkingness and rotten apples. So one night he told his mom, I'll be back by dinner. And he left to go see the world. He went to the living room and he watched some TV. He ran out of wifi because he went outside because the window was open. He said, "Wow, he flew to the tree. He made friends with some bees." He liked them. He flew back to his trash can and a moldy soup for dinner and melted popsicle for dessert.

The end and they lived happily ever trashed her. Wow. There's a whole world outside your window. But there's no place like home. There's no place like home. Where you can get your moldy soup. You know right away that this is a rebellious teenage fly when he says, "I'm tired of stinkingness

“and rotten apples." I think it's, you'd be hard pressed to find a fly that felt the same way.”

Most flies like that stuff. But I also would argue that Tim likes that stuff too. It's very clear to me when he eats the ghost home and it has moldy soup and melted popsicle for dinner and dessert that those are comfort foods. Right? Like Tim, I'm really glad Tim got out that he met some bees. He used friends with them, etc. But he came home again. I also love that he ran out of wifi. Yeah, well that's the only reason anyone would ever go outside, isn't it?

It's like a wifi's out. Guess I'll go experience nature's wifi? I love when my phone is dead or suddenly there's no wifi and then I'm, I suddenly look at the bookshelf and pull a book out like it's an ancient tome, tome, and I go, "What is this? Knowledge within." And then you learn a spell. And then I learn a spell.

That brings the wifi back. Yeah, and then I never read the book again.

That book was called The Router Maniwans. It was, uh, reading manuals. Luna, I would prefer to read your story over a manual any day. To read all today's

“story-love stories, just head to storypires.com. And remember, you can watch an even longer version”

of story-love on the story pirates YouTube page with help from your grown-up. grown-up skint submit stories at storypires.com. And remember, we respond to every single one. That's it for today's episode. Thanks to today's author, Anika, and we'll be back next week with another brand new one for ya. Until then, stay creative and stay kind. Bye! The storypires podcast is a production of storypires studios, executive produced by

Peter McNerni, Leo Vertree, and the Brittany Stahl. Recording sound design and mixing

“by Sam Bear at the relic room in New York City, additional production by Brett Toven,”

theme song by Bobby Lors. Musical scoring by Ericerson and Jack Mitchell.

Our head writer is Peter McNerni. Staff writers are megnoneal and Alexis Simpson.

“The library adventure was adapted by Rachel Gerowsky, episode artwork by Camilla Franklin.”

This episode features performances by Craig Barnett, Michelle Chan Bennett,

Jake Ballon, Peter McNerni, and Tom Marida, Megano Neal, and Brittany Stahl.

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