LeapPad Storyteller

The LeapPad Storyteller 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
Jim Marggraff	late 1999-2004	Starting from Lil's Loose Tooth; narrator for over 35 books	Male
Whoopi Goldberg	1999	Lessons for Life series and Leap's Friends from A to Z only	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	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 also the narrator for the My First LeapPad book, Bob Saves the Porcupines.	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. 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.	Male Male
Morwenna Banks	2003-2006	Narration for 8 My First LeapPad books, UK version	Female
Unknown	2003-2005	Narration for 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.	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 book 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