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4 year-old Eliana and her much more than 4 year-old dad, James, read stories multiple times a week for you and your kids to enjoy.
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Welcome to a fun, child approved story podcast! 4 year-old Eliana and her much more than 4 year-old dad, James, read stories multiple times a week for you and your kids to enjoy. Please join us by subscribing to our feed on your app of choice! Drop by our Instagram and say hello or leave a suggestion: @epicstorieswitheliana Hosts: James and Eliana
Fast Facts
- Audience
- Ages 2–7
- Network
- Epic Stories from Eliana
- Format
- Listen in any order
- Typical length
- 7 min
- Episodes
- 120
- Topics
- Stories
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Episodes
120 episodes
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How to Catch an Elf
6 min 25 December 2025Reading how to catch a unicorn reminded Eliana how much she enjoyed other books in this series. Her personal request for her Christmas story is How to Catch an Elf! Thank you so much for listening to us throughout the year. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of our listeners! By Adam Wallace & Andy Elkerton Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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The Christmasaurus
9 min 22 December 2025Eliana and James received a repeat request from Vidhun for The Christmasurus. It is a very timely request for the week of week of Christmas to hear a unique take on who helps Santa deliver presents! Written by Tom Fletcher, Illustrated by Shane Devries Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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Go to School Little Monster
5 min 11 December 2025Eliana has loved monsters and creatures for as long as we can remember. Go to School Little Monster combines monsters, rhyming, and reassuring words for children heading to school. It’s been one of her favorites for a long time. Written by Helen Ketteman, Illustrated by Bonnie Leick Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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No David!
5 min 10 December 2025Eliana taught James that No David is what the author David really did as a child! It is a story that James hadn’t read but had heard good things about it. Enjoy Eliana describing the pictures and James say NO! Written By David Shannon Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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How to Catch a Unicorn
5 min 4 December 2025Eliana and James received a request for Sophie for How to Catch a Unicorn. We LOVE requests and who can pass up one to read a book about unicorns and rainbows! They are magical after all! By Adam Wallace & Andy Elkerton Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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Sonic the Hedgehog: Fighting Shadow
19 min 1 December 2025Eliana and James have received so many requests and comments for more Sonic stories! While we would love to read some of the movie adaptations, they are usually longer and a bit older than story time allows. We did find one we could read where Sonic slips under Dr. Eggman’s control. Will Shadow be able to help Sonic defeat Eggman?? Written by Jake Black, Illustrated by Ian McGinty with Alo Covarrubias, Tabby Freeman, Axur Eneas Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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Turkey Trouble
7 min 27 November 2025Another request from Eliana to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! She is sharing stories that she enjoyed from her school and teacher. We are thankful for all of you listening to our podcast and requesting stories for us to read. Whether you are eating turkey (or ham like us), we hope you have a wonderful day celebrating with friends and family! Written by Wendi Silvano, Illustrated by Lee Harper Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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A Unicorn, a Dinosaur, and a Shark Walk into a Book
6 min 24 November 2025Our adult listeners may recognize this joke format, but it works for children as well! Hopefully, the punch line pays off for your children! Written by Jonathan Fenske Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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Creepy Carrots!
6 min 20 November 2025Finishing out our creepy week is Creepy Carrots! We had a request for this one on our Sportify account, so hopefully our listener who requested it enjoyed the episode. We love requests, so keep them coming! Words by Aaron Reynolds, Pictures by Peter Brown Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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Creepy Pair of Underwear
8 min 17 November 2025Welcome to the… Creepy Week! We have done Creepy Crayon, and Eliana really wanted to read Creepy Pair of Underwear. Stay tuned for our next “Creepy” episode later in the week. Words by Aaron Reynolds, Pictures by Peter Brown Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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Eggasaurus
6 min 6 November 2025Eliana 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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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I am Jack Skellington
7 min 3 November 2025Eliana 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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin
8 min 30 October 2025Eliana 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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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The Book with No Pictures
6 min 27 October 2025Most 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 Send us a voice message or request at Epic Stories with Eliana
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Red Titan and the Runaway Robot
8 min 2 October 2025Eliana 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
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How to Train Your Dragon
7 min 29 September 2025Eliana 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
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The Magic School Bus Butterfly and the Bog Beast
16 min 11 September 2025What 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
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Avengers: Battle With Ultron
7 min 8 September 2025We 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
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How to Start First Grade
6 min 18 August 2025By 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
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Little People Big Dreams: Frida Kahlo
7 min 14 August 2025Eliana 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
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Winnie the Pooh: Owl's Reading Lessons
11 min 11 August 2025After 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
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The Berenstain Bears: The Bike Lesson
9 min 4 August 2025Eliana 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
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Disney Jr. Ariel: The Cuttlebaby Sitter
9 min 1 August 2025Eliana’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
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Dreamers
4 min 28 July 2025We 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
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Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug
6 min 21 July 2025Eliana 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
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Scooby Doo: Ski Trip Terror
7 min 17 July 2025James 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
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How to Welcome a New Baby
5 min 14 July 2025One 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
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Paw Patrol: Mighty Power Pups
9 min 10 July 2025Another (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
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Disney's Frozen II
6 min 7 July 2025We 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
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Spider-Man: The Great Race
9 min 3 July 2025Eliana 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
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