Epic Stories with Eliana

James and Eliana love Scooby Doo, so we were excited when we got a listener request from Austin for a new Scooby Doo story. The gang solves a mystery while on a ski trip, and James had to try hard to avoid using his Scooby Doo voice! Written by John Sazaklis Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

One of our listeners, Gemma, is ready (or maybe not) to welcome a new baby into her family. Hopefully, she can learn some tips from this story. So many children have younger babies that change the family dynamic. While we don’t have that with James and Eliana, we wanted to help any of our other listeners! Written by Jean Reagan, Illustrated by Lee Wildish Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epi...

Another (different) Nora request today for a Mighty Pups story. When the Paw Patrol pups get special powers, they become the… Mighty Pups!! We hope Nora and all our other listeners enjoy hearing about the Mighty Pups adventures saving Adventure Bay from Mayor Humdinger. By Hollis James, Illustrated by Fabrizio Petrossi Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

We will have to come back and do the original frozen, but we are skipping to Frozen II because we have a request all the way from Spain! Thank you, Bruno. We hope you enjoy Frozen II. Adapted by Nancy Cote Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Eliana and James had requests from Sophia for MORE SPIDER-MAN! We chose a more traditional (but still great) Spider-Man from the 5-Minute Marvel Spider-Man Stories: The Super Villains to show off a different villain… the Lizard! Written by Alison Lowenstein, Illustrated by Todd Nauck and Hi-Fi Design Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Nora is about to start her first day of school soon and her parents requested a story to help get her ready. Elaina and James wish Nora and all the other kids starting school soon the best of luck! Written by Norman Bridwell Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Sonic has been one of our most very popular stories, and we had a request from Dominic and Luka to hear more of them! We found a new one for both Eliana and James to read for our two listeners! Written by John Michlig, Illustrated by Art Mawhinney Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Another request from our listeners, Isaac and Phoebe! They sent such a sweet video to ask for Eliana and James to read Toy Story for them. We hope we got the right one for you! Written by Kristen L Depken, Illustrated by Ben Butcher Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Having a little fun with Christmas in June with Snowmen at Night even if it might be a little too warm for snowmen! We were so happy to do this as a request for Eloise and to have Eliana read another story for us! Written by Caralyn Buehner, Illustrated by Mark Buehner Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Eliana and James took a loooooong break, too long! With some requests in hand, we started with one of Eliana’s favorites, Lyle, Lyle Crocodile. This one goes out to one of our listeners, Clara. Hope you enjoyed Eliana’s pick for you! Written by Bernard Waber Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

So many requests from listeners lately! This time, Shepherd’s mommy requested a story from the “If You Give a Mouse…” series. Eliana had not read this one yet, so she was excited as well!  Written by Laura Numeroff, Illustrated by Felicia Bond Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Eliana missed her dog, Danny, more than usual the past week or two. We decided to read a dog book that is a little bit silly to remember him.  Written by Dav Pilkey Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Eliana is a bit of a ballet kid, maybe just dance in general. She enjoyed the story Sofia requested quite a bit. It also made James do some research on how to pronounce some of the French ballet terms. We hope you enjoy it, Sofia! Written by Holly Sterling Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

A special request today from inside Eliana and James’s house in this episode from MOMMY! She requested that not only we read the story about Pigeon going to school, but also for Eliana to read it and show off her reading skills. Eliana is a lot like Pigeon starting school this year with all the feelings that come along with that. Written by Mo Willems Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic St...

While we have read a Jake and the Neverland Pirates story on the podcast, we haven’t read the actual Peter Pan story. Some of the terms are a bit dated, but it is still a fun story of fantasy, pixie dust, sword fights, and pirates. Adapted by Addison Leigh Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Eliana still loves everything Halloween. We found a kid-friendly scary story with a bunny and a crayon who can help him get good grades on all his projects. Why is that so creepy?? Happy Halloween from Eliana and James! Written by Aaron Reynolds, Illustrated by Peter Brown Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Eliana received a special request for new episodes from a new friend all the way in Australia, Reeves! We will take a pirate ship ride across the ocean on a quest for golden underpants!  Written by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

With grandma and grandpa visiting us last week, Eliana really wanted to read a book about grandparents. Interestingly enough, this is the same illustrator as the Fourth of July Mice! Written by Douglas Wood, Illustrated by Doug Cushman Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Eliana and James are a day late on their 4th of July story, but we hope you had as much fun as the mice on the holiday! Written by Bethany Roberts, Illustrated by Doug Cushman Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

To wrap up the rhyming week of stories, James and Eliana read the firs in the Llama Llama series. If you liked this one, there are so many more to enjoy. You will have to let us know if there is a Papa Llama story in the series! Written and Illustrated by Anna Dewdney Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

James thought this story was the song boom chicka boom... Instead, it is a fun rhyming story to teach the alphabet! Written by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault, Illustrated by Lois Ehlert Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

The second request this week is for Bennett! His mother shared one of his favorites about a little boy who wears a dragon costume and goes on adventures. Now, Eliana wants to read more of the Dragonboy series. Thank you for sharing your favorite with us!  Written by Fabio Napoleoni Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Our first request of the week is for Lucy! Her mother requested a fun story about Peppa Pig. Eliana thinks Peppa and her friend are correct that unicorns are more exciting than horses! Adapted by Lauren Holloway and Cala Spinner Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Eliana lost a stuffed animal when she was about the Knuffle Bunny’s little girl’s age. Fortunately, this story has a happier ending. Enjoy James making baby noises! Written by Mo Willems Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana

Eliana and James read another Dr. Seuss  request from one of our listeners… Vera! Generations of children love hearing his stories! Written and Illustrated  by Dr. Seuss Send us a voice message or request at ⁠Epic Stories with Eliana