Explore every episode of the podcast Epic Stories with Eliana
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| Red Titan and the Runaway Robot | 02 Oct 2025 | 00:08:04 | |
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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| How to Train Your Dragon | 29 Sep 2025 | 00:07:29 | |
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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| The Magic School Bus Butterfly and the Bog Beast | 11 Sep 2025 | 00:15:56 | |
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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Avengers: Battle With Ultron | 08 Sep 2025 | 00:06:43 | |
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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| How to Start First Grade | 18 Aug 2025 | 00:05:48 | |
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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Little People Big Dreams: Frida Kahlo | 14 Aug 2025 | 00:06:57 | |
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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Winnie the Pooh: Owl's Reading Lessons | 11 Aug 2025 | 00:11:13 | |
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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| The Berenstain Bears: The Bike Lesson | 04 Aug 2025 | 00:08:33 | |
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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Disney Jr. Ariel: The Cuttlebaby Sitter | 01 Aug 2025 | 00:08:42 | |
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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Dreamers | 28 Jul 2025 | 00:04:18 | |
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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug | 21 Jul 2025 | 00:06:03 | |
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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Scooby Doo: Ski Trip Terror | 17 Jul 2025 | 00:07:08 | |
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 | |||
| How to Welcome a New Baby | 14 Jul 2025 | 00:05:24 | |
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 Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Paw Patrol: Mighty Power Pups | 10 Jul 2025 | 00:08:38 | |
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 | |||
| Disney's Frozen II | 07 Jul 2025 | 00:06:20 | |
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 | |||
| Spider-Man: The Great Race | 03 Jul 2025 | 00:08:43 | |
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 | |||
| Clifford’s First School Day | 30 Jun 2025 | 00:05:33 | |
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 the Hedgehog: Sonic’s Shoes Blues | 26 Jun 2025 | 00:15:06 | |
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 | |||
| Disney/Pixar: Toy Story | 23 Jun 2025 | 00:07:54 | |
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 | |||
| Snowmen at Night | 19 Jun 2025 | 00:05:31 | |
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 | |||
| Lyle, Lyle Crocodile | 15 Jun 2025 | 00:13:35 | |
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 | |||
| If You Give a Dog a Donut | 21 Nov 2024 | 00:04:45 | |
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 | |||
| Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis | 18 Nov 2024 | 00:05:46 | |
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 | |||
| Ballet Kids | 14 Nov 2024 | 00:06:36 | |
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 | |||
| Pigeon Has to Go to School | 11 Nov 2024 | 00:04:44 | |
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 Stories with Eliana | |||
| Disney's Peter Pan | 04 Nov 2024 | 00:10:16 | |
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 | |||
| Creepy Crayon! | 31 Oct 2024 | 00:09:08 | |
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 | |||
| Pirates Love Underpants | 28 Oct 2024 | 00:04:51 | |
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 | |||
| What Grandma’s Can’t Do | 08 Jul 2024 | 00:05:15 | |
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 | |||
| Fourth of July Mice! | 05 Jul 2024 | 00:05:08 | |
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 | |||
| Llama Llama Red Pajama | 27 Jun 2024 | 00:05:41 | |
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 | |||
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | 24 Jun 2024 | 00:05:03 | |
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 | |||
| Dragonboy | 21 Jun 2024 | 00:08:38 | |
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 | |||
| Peppa’s Magical Unicorn | 17 Jun 2024 | 00:06:48 | |
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 | |||
| Knuffle Bunny | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:06:05 | |
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 | |||
| What Was I Scared of? | 03 Jun 2024 | 00:06:15 | |
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 | |||
| Ralph Breaks the Internet | 02 May 2024 | 00:08:03 | |
Eliana wanted to read the follow-up to Wreck-It Ralph because she loves a story about a bad guy becoming good and helping his friends. This time, Ralph becomes an internet sensation! Adapted by Nancy Parent, Illustrated by Helen Chen, Designed by Tony Fejeran Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| I’m a Unicorn | 30 Apr 2024 | 00:04:17 | |
James and Eliana have a special request from Kelsey who loves reading. Funny enough, Eliana loves unicorns and rainbows. She even has unicorn clips to give her a colorful tail in her hair! Written by Mallory Loehr, Illustrated by Joey Chou Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Dragons Love Taco Tuesday | 26 Apr 2024 | 00:04:51 | |
Do you celebrate Taco Tuesdays? Eliana and James read a story about a little dragon and his family who LOVE it! Written by OM Wolf, Illustrated by Danico Publico Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Disney's Beauty and the Beast | 18 Apr 2024 | 00:10:36 | |
James and Eliana read another classic tale like Snow White. This time we picked the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast! Written by Disney Books Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Gossie & Gertie | 15 Apr 2024 | 00:05:21 | |
Eliana has a very special treat today… Her reading her first full story! She practiced so hard to make sure she was ready. We hope you love it! Written by Olivier Dunrea Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Good Night with the Very Hungry Caterpillar | 11 Apr 2024 | 00:06:51 | |
It’s about time for Eliana to head to bed. We read a good night story for her to share with everyone! Written by Gabriella DeGennaro, Published by World of Eric Carle Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| The Berenstain Bears and the Sitter | 08 Apr 2024 | 00:07:56 | |
Sometimes children (and bears) have sitters when their parents leave together. The Berenstain Bear cubs learn that Mrs. Grizzle (or Griddle like James wants to call her) is not so bad after all! Written by Stan & Jan Berenstain Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Every Night Is Pizza Night | 04 Apr 2024 | 00:11:20 | |
Eliana and James love pizza… but should they eat it every night? NO! Written by Kenji J. Lopez-Alt, Illustrated by Gianna Ruggiero Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| The Story of the Guardians (of the Galaxy) | 01 Apr 2024 | 00:06:35 | |
Eliana watched all three Guardians movies in the past month and loved them! She wanted to read a story about their adventures. Written by Tomas Palacios, Illustrated by Ron Lim and Marcelo Pinto Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Snow White | 28 Mar 2024 | 00:10:36 | |
Eliana loves the Disney version of the Snow White story but we read a slightly different version to talk about how stories can change or be retold over time. Written by Rebecca Bondor, Illustrated by Jeannine Petty Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type | 25 Mar 2024 | 00:06:35 | |
The cows have demands of the farmer in this story where Eliana and James try to figure out how a cow can type! Written by Doreen Cronin, Illustrated by Betsy Lewin Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| The Story of Babar | 21 Jan 2024 | 00:09:35 | |
Babar the elephant has been read to children for nearly 100. Eliana just thought it was funny to have an elephant in fancy clothes driving a car! Written by Jean De Brunhoff Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Paw Patrol: Pirate Pups | 18 Jan 2024 | 00:06:41 | |
Eliana brought a special guest with her today who just happens to be in the story… Chase! He loved listening to the pups solve a pirate mystery. Written by Fabrizio Petrossi and Nickelodeon Publishing Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||
| Olivia | 17 Jan 2024 | 00:05:21 | |
Olivia is certainly an opinionated young pig with big thoughts and ideas. It certainly sounds like a lot of children! We had to rush a bit to wrap up the episode before the heat turned on but enjoy the story! Written by Ian Falconer Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana | |||