The Popular Girl Who Was Actually a Tortoise/The Cat That Had a Trumpet

About this episode

Nimene tries to fix everyone’s car sickness with a new invention.

Nimene tries to fix everyone’s car sickness with a new invention. Featuring two new stories: “The Popular Girl Who Was Actually a Tortoise”, a story about tortoise who learns that life isn’t always easier when a tortoise witch turns you into a human popular girl, written by Jake, a 12 year old from Michigan, and “The Cat That Had a Trumpet”, a story about a cat who must choose between friendship and jazz-related fame, written by a 9 year old from Indiana named Preston. 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• invention
• car sickness
• friendship
• imagination
• storytelling

Keywords

• Nimene
• car sickness
• invention
• story
• kids

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Popular Girl Who Was Actually a Tortoise, The Cat That Had a Trumpet

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