Eliana and James met Jennifer, the author of Eggasaurus, at a local book and author event. She was sweet and generous to Eliana that we wanted to share her story about a dinosaur egg delivery service to a larger audience!
Written by Jennifer Wagh, Illustrated by Hallie Bateman
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Eliana didn’t quite want to let Halloween go, so we chose The Nightmare Before Christmas. We found the Golden Books version, so that we could read it for all our listeners. Hopefully all of you are enjoying the candy and treats!
Written by Matthew J. Gilbert
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Eliana really enjoyed hearing the Legend of Spookley so much after her teacher read it that she watched the movie with her mom and read the book for one of favorite holidays. Happy Halloween to all our listeners! Have fun and be safe!!
Written by Joe Troiano, Illustrated by Susan Banta
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Most of the books Eliana and James read have pictures, but not today… Eliana (not from the podcast) & her sister, Dala, requested a book that finally allows James to do voices and everyone to be silly!
Written by B.J. Novak
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Eliana and James didn’t know much about Ryan or his Red Titan superhero, but we did enjoy reading it as a request for Rafael! It is a wonderful introduction to comic books for children.
Written by Ryan Kaji, Illustrated by Patrick Spaziante
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Eliana and James received another well-timed request from Lukas and Cohen for How to Train Your Dragon. There is a newer live action version movie out now along with many other books, movies, and even a tv show! Hope you enjoy the story of Hiccup and Toothless showing how humans and dragons can work together!
Written by Devra Newberger Speregen, Illustrated by Denise Shimabukuro
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What a timely request from James and Connor! Eliana has a surprise that is very related to the story that is happening at our house at the end of the story. She also started watching the Magic School Bus immediately after we read this!
Written by Scholastic Books
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We received another superhero story request for Vidhun. He really loves Spiderman and Venom, but we had a bit of trouble finding one with Venom. Since we found one at the end of the Avengers story, hopefully we will get a second one out for you. Enjoy!
Adapted by Chris “Doc” Wyatt, Illustrated by Andrea Di Vito and Rachelle Rosenberg, Based on the Marvel comic book series The Avengers
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By a wonderful coincidence, Eliana and James received a request from Lucy for How to Start First Grade. Ellen starts First Grade tomorrow as well! While the summer is ending for the kids, a new exciting year of school is just beginning!
Written by Catherine A. Hapka, Ellen Titlebaum, and Ellen Vandenberg, Illustrated by Debbie Palen
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Eliana and James received a lovely message and repost of Leif listening to Epic Stories with Eliana! He wanted to hear the story of Malala Yousafzai in the Little People Big Dreams series. While she has a wonderful story about her advocacy for women’s education, we had trouble getting it from our library. We chose the Frida Kahlo edition of the series. Hope you enjoy it, Leif!
Written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
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After hearing a story for his dad, Eliana’s cousin Jayden requested a story about Winnie the Pooh! Since we read stories on Epic Stories with Eliana, Winnie the Pooh: Owl’s Reading Lessons made perfect sense to read for his request.
Written by Catherine Hapka, Illustrated by the Disney Storybook Artists
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Eliana picked a very special book for our… 100th EPISODE!!!! She was very surprised to learn that James would read these when he was a child, so it was exciting for him too. Thank you so much for listen to 1 or 100 episodes with us. We appreciate everyone’s support and requests!
Written by Stan and Jan Berenstain
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We have a short but wonderful request from Eliana’s friend, Vera! It is a book that is meaningful to her and her family. Hopefully, it can add a bit of meaning to our listeners or at least get them to go to their local library!
Written by Yuyi Morales
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Eliana’s uncle, Nene, has been waiting for this request for a long time. It was the promise from when he brought Eliana a storybook full of Ariel’s stories. While this isn’t a story from that book, hopefully he still enjoys it!
Adapted by Michelle Meadows, Based on the episode written by Maria Escobedo, Illustrated by Character Building Studio
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Eliana really enjoyed this request from Rory in Canada! She thought Tiny T. Rex was adorable, and she loved how hard he worked to show his love for his friend. James thought this was a great request from RAWR-Y!
Written by Jonathan Stutzman, Illustrated by Jay Fleck
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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