Story Pirates

Something really awesome I found today...
A orginization called The Story Pirates.

The Story Pirates is a multimedia arts organization that believes that every child has a story to tell. Since 2003, we have been adapting stories written by children into sketches, songs and videos. Story Pirates was founded to celebrate the words and ideas of young people, to promote literacy as a vital part of early childhood education, and to preserve the spark of youthful creativity often lost in the transition to adulthood. Our programs have grown to reach hundreds of thousands of children each year in NYC and across the country. By focusing on the power of communication and self-expression, Story Pirates gives children the tools to become confident, literate students, and encourages kids to become more thoughtful and passionate writers and speakers— in and out of school.


Pretty awesome huh? So I ran across this video and it's based on a story written by 5 year old Alexander Abel.




Check them out on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/StoryPirates
or their website: http://www.storypirates.org/

One of the stories:
I Know Who I Am
By Mitchell Winter

I know who I am,
you know who you are,
but from you to me I don’t see what
you’ve done, but I know what I’ve
done, to know who we all are

I don’t know, but for me to know
who I am is a question with an
answer, I am one with a kind
personality, one with knowledge, one with
easy temper and shyness, but also one
with a breakable happiness, I know
who I am, you know who you are,
no two souls are the same one might
hate one might try to get even, or
declare peace to a war, to learn who
I am was easy, for you to know me
it takes a lifetime, no one is
a shadow or mirror for I know
and you might know.


It's about time people started doing things for the next generation.
Nuff said.

Peace, love and chicken grease :-P