“Welcome to the LeapPad Learning System!” - LeapPad Storyteller, A Collection from the LeapPad Library
The LeapPad Storyteller (also known as the Narrator) is an offscreen voice who narrates the stories and speaks the prompts for LeapPad books. The narrator is mostly a male, sometimes a female, and always breaks the fourth wall to the players.
Narrators[]
| Storyteller's VA | Years | Notes | Voice Type |
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| Jim Marggraff | late 1999-2004 | Starting from Lil's Loose Tooth; narrator for over 35 books | Male |
| Whoopi Goldberg | 1999 | Lessons for Life | Female |
| David Bamber | late 1999-2006 | UK version | Male |
| Christiane Crawford | 2001-2003 | Starting from Leap's Big Day (shared with Julie Stevens), narration for 6 My First LeapPad books | Female |
| Julie Stevens | 2002-2004 | Starting from I Know My ABCs (shared with Christiane Crawford), and appears mostly for directing the English/Spanish games in the 2004 re release of Leap's Big Day), narration for 7 My First LeapPad books as well as various Little Touch LeapPad books | Female |
| Bob Ayres | 2002 | Disney Princess Stories, Amazing Bible Stories and Bob and Lofty Save the Day | Male |
| Michael Mendelsohn | 2002-2003 | Starting from Phonics Program; narrator for over 20 books, like the Smart Guide to Kindergarten, and the Smart Guide to 1st Grade; he was the narrator for the My First LeapPad book, Bob Saves the Porcupines | Male |
| Desiree Goyette | 2003 | Narrator for the Little Touch LeapPad books One Bear in the Bedroom and Rainbow Fish 1, 2, 3 | |
| Stan Lee | 2004 | Narrated The Amazing Spider Man | Male |
| Robin Smith
Michael Angelis |
2002-2006
2002 |
Starting from Thomas the Really Useful Engine; narrator for 20 LeapPad books, including the non Thomas related LeapPad book, Anna's First Ballet, and narration, and game guide for the My First LeapPad book, Thomas and the School Trip; he passed away on August 13th, 2022
UK narrator for the LeapPad book Thomas the Really Useful Engine, and the My First LeapPad book Thomas and the School Trip. He was also the original UK narrator for series 3-16 of Thomas and Friends in the UK; he passed away from a heart attack on May 30, 2020, at the age of 76
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| Elan Luz Rivera | 2005 | Additional narration for Dora the Explorer: A Gift from Big Sister Dora | Female |
| Morwenna Banks | 2003-2006 | Narration for 8 My First LeapPad books, UK version | Female |
| Michael Donovan | 2003-2005 | Narration for What Will You Be?, SpongeBob SquarePants: Salty Sea Stories, and guide for many LeapPad books like The Cat in the Hat (based off of the 2003 film), One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, (from the Plus Microphone) Hop on Pop (also from the Plus Microphone), and the Smart Guide to 2nd Grade, and narration for Shrek 2 and Madagascar. He also narrated for the My First LeapPad book, Disney Princess: Enchanted Counting Tales. | Male |
| Mark Atherlay | 2002-2007 | Guide for most Leapster games, narration for some LeapPad books, including Finding Nemo, Stanley Surprise Safari and Cars, as well as the guide for the LeapPad book Fox in Socks, and the My First LeapPad books Disney Princess: 2 Princess Tales and There's a Wocket In My Pocket. He was also the narrator for Fiesta in the... books, guide for The Lion King, 4th Grade History for the Quantum Pad, and guide for the Turbo Twist games, as well as the guide for the My First LeapPad book The Foot Book. | Male |
Quotes[]
- "Welcome to the LeapPad Learning System!" (LeapPad; 2001 original model)
- "Touch the green GO circle with your pen."
- "To turn up/change the volume, touch the triangles/(white) triangle that points up at the bottom of the page."
- "To play a game, touch a [unique icon] at the bottom of the page."
- "Touch a word to hear it spoken."
- "Try touching pictures to hear some sounds."
- "Let's play a game!"
- "To play again, touch the [unique icon] at the bottom of the page."