🚀 Gabi says she has two dads, a mom who painted a dragon and outer space in her room — and a story she's trying to tell her class about her family. And a rocket, that flew with her mom's ashes. ✨

A gentle, funny, tender story about all kinds of families, about loss, about keeping going — with hot magenta favorite colors and love.

A story of creativity, imagination and resilience that welcomes LGBTQIA+ families, blended families, step-families, single parent families, chosen families and friendship, and a child finding beautiful ways to remember when her mother dies.

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Written by Sheila Cowley and performed by Eugenie Bondurant, John Huls, Fernando Chonqui, David Warner and Jay Hoff, directed by Jim Rayfield, with origami by Jennifer Ring.

Recorded live at St Pete Pride and the LGBTQ Resource Center at the Gulfport Library.

Made possible by the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance and the St. Petersburg Office of Cultural Affairs.

🚀 Gabi dice que tiene dos padres, una madre que pintó un dragón y el espacio exterior en su habitación — y una historia que intenta contar a su clase sobre su familia. Y un cohete, que voló con las cenizas de su madre. ✨

Una historia suave, divertida y tierna sobre todo tipo de familias, sobre la pérdida, sobre seguir adelante — con colores magenta calientes favoritos y amor.

Una historia de creatividad, imaginación y resiliencia que da la bienvenida a familias LGBTQIA, familias reconstituidas, familias reconstituidas, familias uniparentales, familias elegidas y amistad, y una niña que encuentra formas hermosas de recordar cuando su madre muere.

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🌍 Bilingüe: Español + English — para familias bilingües, niños aprendiendo un idioma y lectores con dislexia

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escrito y producido por Sheila Cowley

interpretado por Lillian Almodovar, J.L. Rey, Dora Arreola y Fernando Chonqui

dirigido por David Warner

traducido por Dora Arreola

Hecho posible gracias a la St. Petersburg Arts Alliance y la St. Petersburg Office of Cultural Affairs.

arte – Familia de Origami por Jen Ring

🥦 There's broccoli on your elbow. And a zucchini on your knee!

A silly and delicious story-poem about body parts and vegetables — and a celebration of gardening and eating veggies. 🌱

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written and produced by Sheila Cowley

performed by Fanni Green

feature image thanks to Robin Clemmons, with many thanks to the Edible Garden at Daystar Life Center – A Food Pantry Farm in St. Petersburg FL.

Made possible thanks to a grant from the St Pete Arts Alliance and the St Petersburg Office of Cultural Affairs.

🥦 Hay brócoli en tu codo. ¿Y ese guayaba? ¡Está en tu rodilla!

Un cuento disparatado y delicioso sobre las partes del cuerpo y las verduras — y una celebración de jardinería y comer verduras. 🌱

¡Perfecto para aprender vocabulario de la manera más divertida posible!

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🎧 Diseño de sonido inmersivo

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escrito y producido por Sheila Cowley

traducido y interpretado por Dora Arreola

con gracias al Jardín Comestible de Daystar Life Center – una Granja que Despensa de Alimentos en St. Petersburg FL

Hecho posible gracias a una beca de la St Pete Arts Alliance y la St Petersburg Office of Cultural Affairs.

Foto por Robin Clemmons y Daystar Life Center

She's always ready for emergencies that never come – and now there's a hurricane. Saving the day becomes helping her little brother feel safe as they evacuate (with his annoying pink bear Useless Joe), and when they come back to their damaged home.

A warm, funny, reassuring story about emergency preparedness, resilience, and the safety we find together.

With heart and humor, kids can safely listen to her family's real-life experience of having an emergency plan and a Save The Day Kit (Go Bag), evacuating to a shelter and camping out with other families in an elementary school classroom during the storm – then coming home to cope with their damaged home and a week without electricity, where they use her solar-powered star nightlight and visit the library and a museum.

A story to help families talk with children about their fears during hurricane season – and reassure kids that we don't know what will happen, but we do know that if something bad happens, kind people (with big trucks!) will be working hard to help.

 Real professional stage, film & TV actors

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written and produced by Sheila Cowley

performed by Vickie Daignault and Jim Sorenson

directed by James Rayfield

feature image by Aaron F. of CreativeClay.org, "Hero Bus"

🎒 Ella tiene una mochila de emergencia. Su hermanito se llama Milo. Y su osito rosado se llama Inútil Luis — que resulta no ser tan inútil después de todo.

Cuando llega el huracán y un árbol cae sobre la casa, esta familia descubre que la comunidad los rodea: vecinos con radio de onda corta, voluntarios, personas que siempre ayudan. Y después, plantan un nuevo roble. 🌳

Un cuento cálido y tranquilizador sobre preparación para emergencias, resiliencia y la seguridad que encontramos juntos.

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escrita por Sheila Cowley

traducida e interpretada por Dora Arreola

arte visual por Aaron F. de CreativeClay.org, "Autobús de Héroes"

🌊 Algae made the oxygen we breathe today on Earth. They grow on top of sea turtles, make three-toed sloths turn green, and sea otters wrap their pups in kelp so they don't float away. 🦦

An amazing STEAM story about ocean science, red tides, climate change — and the hope that algae might help save the world. Again.

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This story is a vital arts and science collaboration, illustrated by artists and by scientists!

written and produced by Sheila Cowley

performed by Vickie Daignault

directed by James Rayfield

photo of algae by Aaliyah Miller

Many thanks to the University of South Florida College of Marine Science, the USF Optical Oceanography Lab, The Oceanography Camp Especially For Girls and Creative Clay St Pete.

🌊 Las algas produjeron el oxígeno que respiramos hoy en el planeta tierra. Crecen encima de las tortugas marinas, hacen que los perezosos de tres dedos se vuelvan verdes, y las nutrias marinas envuelven a sus crías en kelp para que no se alejen. 🦦

Una historia STEAM asombrosa sobre la ciencia del océano, las mareas rojas, el cambio climático — y la esperanza de que las algas puedan ayudar a salvar el mundo. Otra vez.

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escrito y producido por Sheila Cowley

traducido e interpretado por Dora Arreola

Con mucho agradecimiento a la University of South Florida College of Marine Science, USF Optical Oceanography Lab, The Oceanography Camp Especially For Girls and Creative Clay St. Pete.

foto de alga por Aaliyah Miller

🐬 Dolphins on the left! But where is left? Ana finds a special trick for remembering left and right using something we all carry inside us – a beautiful memory. A story celebrating all kinds of learners, created in partnership with the Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center. 🌊

Perfect for learning spatial orientation — with immersive sound design that makes the ocean come alive around you.

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written by Sheila Cowley

performed by Beth Gelman and Jan Neuberger

directed by Vickie Daignault

photo thanks to Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center

visit the Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center at tbwdiscoverycenter.org

🌊 Cada dos respiraciones, una viene de los árboles y la tierra. La otra viene del mar. Eso significa que siempre estás cerca del océano, dondequiera que estés. 🌬️

Una historia bilingüe para la hora de dormir: flotar, nadar con delfines, sentir la luna mover las olas, y zoom para ver plancton y salpicar con ballenas.

Una meditación suave para cuerpos inquietos y mentes activas — perfecta para la hora de dormir.

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🎧 Diseño de sonido inmersivo

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🌍 Bilingüe: Español + English — para familias bilingües, niños aprendiendo un idioma y lectores con dislexia

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escrita y producida por Sheila Cowley

interpretada por Dora Arreola and Eugenie Bondurant

traducida por Dora Arreola

dirigida por Jim Rayfield

Inspirada por las creativas investigadoras marinas de la University of South Florida College of Marine Science, con muchas gracias a Makenzie Kerr y Dr. Mya Breitbart.

Como parte de una colaboración de Sparks con los increíbles artistas con discapacidades a Creative Clay St Pete y las científicas increíbles del University of South Florida St Petersburg's College of Marine Science.

Producido con el apoyo de the National Endowment for the Arts, Creative Pinellas, the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners y el estado de la Florida.