Super Grandpa Vs. Frankenstein II
by Pratham, age 7
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by 826NYC
April 2010
He just heard the news: Frankenstein II was at it again...
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Just a Typical Day in Banana City
by Noemi, age 8
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by 826NYC
April 2010
Just another typical day in the Banana City Hospital. Banana Mom was sitting in her bed, wondering if her son would turn out to be a banana or an apple.
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Diet Coke and Mentos
by Khaled, Alex, Sebastian, ages 11, 10, and 12
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by 826NYC
April 2009
We close in on a king walking in the woods. He is singing.
KING
(singing)
The wheels on the bus go round and round...
He sees two jesters roasting marshmallows.
KING (CONT'D)
Pardon me, sirs, but I have come from my white castle. That travel has been very long, and I am very parched. Do you have any refreshments?
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Double Trouble
by Noah W., age 11
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by 826NYC
March 2009
Do you dare to read?
It's a cloudy day at 12:00 on the dot, when I get a call. It is Lieutenant Jones on the phone.
"Dark Eye, the mayor has been shot. But not to worry--it was a decoy!" His voice is eager with fear. I have been working with this Gee for some time now.
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The Sad Story of Carina
by Noemi, age 7
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Taught by 826NYC
February 2009
Just a typical day at Prospect Park. Carina waits for her friend Kate to play, then she goes to the bookstore to buy two books. Carina loves to read and hang out with her friend Kate. She is 16 and goes to school in Williamsburg. She is nice and sort of smart. Carina never gets anywhere on time.
What Carina really wanted more than anything else was to get married because when she had a boyfriend he dumped her. His name was Freddie Kruger. He wasn't very nice to her. He always got in fights with her and always picked her up after midnight. He dumped her because he found another girl. Carina felt like her pet had died. This was two years ago.
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Apeosauritis
by Jacob, age 10
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Elizabeth Bachner & Krista Ingebretson
November 2007
(Affects Ape and Ape-Men) Apeosauritis is a disorder that usually affects Ape-Men. It can occasionally affect Great Apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, etc.) The only thing that causes it is if an Ape-Man or Great Ape somehow mates with a reptile. An Ape with Apeosauritis is called an Apeosaur. A baby Apeosaur would grow scaly hands and feet. It would rest on rocks in the sun all day. It would also flick out its tongue like a lizard or a snake.
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Charlie's Mission
by Charlie, age 6
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Elaine Palucki
October 2007
Our spy has a name that doesn't look like a name. You wouldn't know it was a name. It looks like this: CWQhrtY. People call him Mr. C.
Our spy is 6 years old. He lives in Brooklyn. He has a cat.
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Live From Never Never Land
by Marina, Matthew, Matteo, Deja, ages 10-13
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Brian Donnelly & Chris Timmins
July 2007
Characters
Wendy Darling
Tick-Tock Croc
Barry James, reporter
Tinkerbell
Bob Skazinski, anchorman
Setting
After the duel between Captain Hook and Peter Pan. Barry James stands in front of the "camera" (audience) interviewing those close to the incident. All the characters are on stage holding their expressions in silence (Croc is disappointed he did not get the chance to eat Hook, Wendy is visibly upset, Tinkerbell is excited to be on camera)
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Law and Disorder
by Josh, Tiffany, Goeffrey, ages 10-14
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Brian Donnelly & Chris Timmins
July 2007
Characters
Cop
Mad Scientist
Judge
Setting
A police officer/cop brings a mad scientist into court for "illegal" time machine use. The police officer/cop soon learns that the mad scientist isn't the only "mad" person in court.
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The Best Kid That Helped the Whole World of Candyland
by David, age 7
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Jeffrey Kim and Bradley Kemp
March 2007
I lived in a place called Candyland
There was a pizza monster there
And a piggy and a pet named Pete
And an ice cream moster who was friendly
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Giant Mutant Dragon's Birthday Surprise
by Collette, Alex, Sebastian, Anand, Luke, and David, ages 6-8
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Diana Schoenbrum and Jeff Hong
January 2007
CHARACTERS:
AQUADOG
DEVIL DRAGON
THE DIVER
GIANT MUTANT DRAGON
ICE GENTLEMAN
SEACREATURE
IN THE DEEP DARK MURKY SEA OF THE WORLD OF UM, AQUADOG AND AN UNDERSEA DIVER ARE TALKING INSIDE A SUBMARINE.
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Help Me!
by Thomas, Lina, Laila, Yasmine, Aidan, Alegra, and Ian , ages 9-12
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Barbara Ensor
December 2006
The Story of the World
by Collette, age 7
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Martha Mihalick
November 2006
Dragons took over the world when they got to the Volcano of Doom. All the dragons in the world made a gigantic circle around the volcano and blew all their fire in the circle, and it closed the volcano to erupt. The dragons were fine because they were used to the fire. The dinosaurs were not, so they burned up.
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Revenge of the Bookeater
by Rafaello Adler-Abramo,
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by 826NYC
On the night of the transit strike, in the central branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, a neck-less mutant villain named BookMite is finally ready to take his revenge.
Originally, BookMite was your ordinary, run-of-the mill mad scientist named Barry Miller. You know, the kind you would see walking into the grocery store rubbing his hands together and cackling with glee over his brainstorm for self-peeling oranges.
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Cities on Skull Island
by Gabriel, Brandon, Victor, Sydney, Hildi, and Jared, Ages 6-9
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Melissa Giannini
July 2006
Aquarium
Beach
Openland
Blockbuster
Zoo
Church
Football Stadium
Hospital
Scary Parents Maze
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The Everything Song
by Sebastian, Nina, Nils, Isabel, Yasmin, Violet & Boone, ages 6-9
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Chris Deaner, Paul Ahern & Katherine Lam
June 2006
This is the everything song
It may seem long
We wrote it together
It took forever
Yeah, yeah, the everything song
Dun dun dun dun dun dun duh
Dun dun dun dun dun dun duh
One time a man was walking in the dark spooky forest
Then, suddenly, the moon was looking at him
Wherever he was going, the moon was staring at him!
(It was looking!)
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Reading Faces: A Guide
by Enrico, age 11
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by 826NYC
June 2006
If you have zits, you will rob a bank.
If you have beauty marks (by your mouth), you like to chew gum.
If you have moles, you have strength and agility.
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Reading Auras: A Guide
by Olivia, age 9
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by 826NYC
June 2006
Red: you are short tempered. You should try to be more patient and help people by being a teacher for small children.
Green: you love nature.
Pink: You are too scheduled. You should take more vacations. Don't go to bed without a piece of chocolate.
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Friends
by Jeremy (of the Meganigma Rockers), age 8
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Steve White, Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff & Jeff Bowen
May 2006
This is something about my friends
They always help me in some way
And that makes me like them
When I met them
They were still as cool as they are now
And I wouldn't have so much fun
If I didn't have them as my friends
And there's a lot of things I like doing with them
Ages
by Alegra (of the X-10 Dementors), age 9
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Steve White, Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff & Jeff Bowen
May 2006
When you're one you get a little toy drum
When you're two you get your shoes
When you're three you start eating happily
Get Offa My Back
by Marina (aka "Emzie" of Z 13), age 10
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Steve White, Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff & Jeff Bowen
May 2006
I look into the mirror
And I wonder
If my reflection will ever come to life
I need a friend who understands me
Because you come and pick on me all the time
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Supersonic
by Kaya, 7
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Lucas Anderson & Elaine Palucki
February 2006
Not to be confused with the Seattle basketball team of the same name, Supersonic is a hero with the powers of super speed, super hearing, and super sight. Her powers take her far in her quests To Stop Zander From Taking Over the World...which is actually her motto. Her supersonics don't just end with speed, sight, and sound; she is also quite an accomplished ice skater and swimmer.
Springville
by Abe Etkin, 10
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Darin Strauss
March 2005
In the happy town of Springville there lived a small spring named Tom. Now I must tell you that every spring in Springville looks exactly alike except every spring has a different shape at the bottom of his or her spring. But we must get back to the story at hand.
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Soaked from the Inside
by Will Lucas, 16
Written during a Radio Workshop taught by Daniel Ehrenhaft
January 2005
Joe Gallo hated the snow more than anything else he could think of. Ever since he was a kid he had lousy experiences with the snow. He'd caught pneumonia at least 3 times and those terrible ordeals seemed to consume all of his memory of being a kid. Joe was covered in snow and he felt like a idiot. Tripping into one of the last piles around, his new water proof boots were completely soaked from the inside. The scene kept replaying in his mind. At least 10 people he worked with that had seen him, Policemen, Detectives were all laughing at him. They were not being rude but it was clear that every one of them was poorly disguising some type of laugh.