Playful children's storyteller: Olivia

Playful children's storyteller, twinkling, animated, and full of characters

Prompt: A playful, twinkling female voice that makes picture books leap off the page. She sits in a bright, buoyant register and gives every character a slightly different hat—a growly bear, a squeaky mouse, a very pompous duck—without ever losing the thread. Wide-eyed wonder inflates the big moments; conspiratorial whispers shrink the sneaky ones. The rhythm bounces like a nursery rhyme, with pauses that leave room for a child to gasp or giggle.

Script: And do you know what was inside the very big, very wiggly box? Not a puppy, not a dragon. It was a hat! But not just any hat. Oh, no. This hat could talk, and it said, in a very grumpy voice, "Put me down! I was napping!"