LLS Story Time: Recent Episodes
Wickliffe High School Learn. Lead. Serve.
The students of Learn. Lead. Serve. have read your favorite stories for you to listen to and enjoy. LLS loves books!
Author: Arnold Lobel
Read by: Maddi Rempe
The fourth of five funny stories about best friends Frog and Toad. It was October and leaves were falling off of trees everywhere. Frog decides to go over and surprise his friend Toad by raking all of his leaves on his lawn. Toad has a surprise of his own!
Author: Joanna Cole
Read by: Au'Zanne Johnson
When Ms. Frizzle, the strangest teacher in school, takes her class on a field trip to the waterworks, everyone ends up experiencing the water purification system from the inside.
Authors: Jan Slepian and Ann Seidler
Read by: Maddi Rempe
A hungry thing comes to town and wants shmancakes, tickles, hookies, and gollipops to eat. The town people try to figure out what he means till a wise little boy catches on to the monster's nonsense words.
Author: Eric Carle
Read by: Maddi Rempe
A rude, angry ladybug doesn't want to share its food. It then asks many other creatures, “Do you want to fight?” for no reason except that the ladybug is grumpy.
Author: Paul Goble
Read by: Maddi Rempe
The tale of a woman who loved wild horses so much that she became one with them.
Author: Arnold Lobel
Read by: Maddi Rempe
The second of five funny stories about Frog and Toad. Frog and Toad are caught in the rain on a cold, gray day. Toad thinks the day has been ruined. But Frog has tea and cake to share, along with a wonderful story to tell Toad about finding spring......and corners!
Author: Steven Kroll
Read by: Maddi Rempe
Desmond and Clayton must work together to win the Biggest Pumpkin competition, in this popular bestselling picture book.
Once there were two mice who fell in love with the same pumpkin....Desmond the field mouse wants to carve the biggest jack-o'-lantern in the neighborhood with his pumpkin. Clayton the house mouse wants to win the Biggest Pumpkin contest with his. But when they discover that their choice of pumpkins are actually the same one, Desmond and Clayton decide to work together to grow the biggest pumpkin ever!
Author: Lane Smith
Read by: Maddi Rempe
You've never seen pets like these before!
An enormous cat that can fly to the stars
A hamster big enough to saddle up and ride
A snake that can twist itself into a jungle gym!
Author: Mary K. Brown
Read by: Maddi Rempe
Sally's room is so messy that it decides to show up at her school to demand that she do something.
Author: Alice McLerran
Read by: Maddi Rempe
A hill covered with rocks and wooden boxes becomes an imaginary town for Marian, her sisters, and their friends.
Author: Eve Bunting
Read by: Maddi Rempe
It's Mother's Day and the three mouse brothers, Biggest, Middle, and Little, have only a short time to get their presents.
Author: Julia Simon-Kerr
Read by: Maddi Rempe
It has been so long since Kong has seen another ape that he has forgotten what they look like, so he doesn't recognize himself in the huge statue he and Ann find at the bottom of a chasm.
Author: Arnold Lobel
Read by: Maddi Rempe
The third of five funny stories about best friends Frog and Toad. One hot summer day Frog and Toad sat by the pond. Toad thought it would be nice to surprise Frog with some ice cream. While he is gone,a big noisy brown thing covered in leaves and sticks, and with two horns comes by. What on earth could it be?
Author: Paulette Bourgeois
Read by: Au'Zanne Johnson
In this Franklin Classic Storybook, Franklin can't wait for his best friend Bear to come over for their first sleepover. However, when it's time for bed, Bear begins to miss his own room -- until Franklin comes up with an idea to make Bear feel more comfortable.
Author: Arnold Lobel
Read by: Maddi Rempe
Frog gets Toad to go outside to sled, urging him to see how wonderful winter is. As they speed down a hill, Frog is thrown off the sled. So long as he thinks Frog is with him, Toad has a great time. But once he realizes that Frog is not there, Toad freaks out and crashes the sled. Despite Frog’s encouragement, he heads home, preferring his warm bed to the pleasures of sledding.
Author: Mark Teague
Read by: Maddi Rempe
A beguiling dog laments his fate at obedience school through a series of hilarious letters home.
Authors: Harry and Wende Devlin
Read by: Maddi Rempe
Grandmother's cranberry bread was very special and Maggie took care that no one stole the recipe.
Author: Norman Bridwell
Read by: Maddi Rempe
A trip back in time, "Puppy Days" is Clifford the Big Red Dog as a puppy, when he was the tiny runt of his litter. His owner, Emily Elizabeth, watches as he explores all his curiosities and learns about playing fair, being a good friend and sharing.
Author: Norman Bridwell
Read by: Maddi Rempe
Pangs of jealousy prompt Clifford, the big red dog, to compete for Emily Elizabeth's attention when she takes in a stray kitten.
Author: Arnold Lobel
Read by: Maddi Rempe
The fifth of five funny stories about Frog and Toad. On Christmas Eve, Toad cooked a big dinner, and decorated the the tree. Frog was late and Toad began to worry. What if something had happened to Frog? It was up to Toad to rescue his best friend!
Author: Verna Aardema
Read by: Madisyn Rempe
A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.
Author: Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Read by: Sabrina Slattery
The lower case letters climb up the coconut tree, until the weight causes the tree to bend. This causes them all to fall out of the tree. The capital letters come to help them, and then each letter describes each letter's injury.
Author: Terry Border
Read by: Grace Bittence
First days of school are tough, and making new friends is even tougher. Milk’s dad gave her a sparkly new backpack and told her that she was the creme de la creme, but most of the other kids don’t seem to agree. In fact, some of her new classmates think Milk is just little a bit spoiled. . . .
Author: Jared Lee
Read by: C.J. Kulchock
You won't believe why the Old Lady swallowed a cow, some hay, a pig, a duck, a horse, a sheep, and a fiddle!
Author: Jared Lee
Read by: Kelly Ponzani, Samantha Telisman, and Isabella DeVincentis
You won't believe why the Old Lady swallowed a cow, some hay, a pig, a duck, a horse, a sheep, and a fiddle!
Author: Kes and Claire Gray
Read by: Samantha Telisman, Kelly Ponzani, and Isabella DeVincentis
Drog decides that he doesn't want to sit on a log, and he definitely does not want a dog to sit on a frog! So he changes the rules. Now, sofas sit on logs, and cats sit on gnats!
Author: Mac Barnett
Read by: Isabella DeVincentis, Samantha Telisman, and Kelly Ponzani
Annabelle had extra yarn for everyone and made many things. An archduke tried to steal it, but wasn't able to get it.
Author: Tim McCanna
Read by: Samantha Telisman, Kelly Ponzani, and Isabella DeVincentis
Farm animals have their instruments and are ready for the show, all except Cow. The only thing Cow can do is moo.
Author: Jared Lee
Read by: Ashley Price
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow. I don't know why she swallowed a cow but she did it somehow!