Learn to Read at the Storybook Factory

**Learn to Read at the Storybook Factory** is the fifth in the LeapFrog video series. It was released on September 20, 2005 by Warner Home Video and later on May 17, 2011 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

## Plot

Tad is seen holding the script while wearing wolf ears, but he gets nervous and lets his so-called love affair Dot play the role of the wolf, while Parker steps in complaining that his tail is curly. Mr. Websley arrives out of his limousine to pick up his daughter Della, then notices the kids are doing a play. From there, Mr. Websley gets an idea of capturing the magic of reading.

Mr. Websley takes Leap, Lily, Tad and their friends to the Storybook Factory to play the Three Little Pigs. Along the way, they are greeted by Trixie the makeup robot, invented by Professor Quigley. Tad is the narrator of the story, Casey, Della and Dan play as the Three Little Pigs, Mr. Frog plays as the pigs' mother, the brickman, the lumberman, and the hay man, Dot plays as the Big Bad Wolf, Lily is the director, Tim handles the sound effects, Leap is in charge of the special effects and Parker helps Trixie put on the actors make-up.

Professor Quigley tells Tad that words are grouped together to make a sentence. He also tells him about punctuation: a period means full stop, a comma means a pause, an exclamation mark means a shout, and a question mark means a question.

When Dot takes the role of blowing down the brick house, Leap brings in a huge fan. When Tim accidentally turns the switch to VERY HIGH, the fan causes a twister, also known as a tornado to go into the factory, with Mr. Websley saying that a tornado is NOT in the story and that it’s from *The Wizard of Oz*. Then Leap turns the fan off, causing the set to be a mess and a soccer ball to land on Parker's head. Lily becomes so depressed that they have to quit, until Tad has the script. After they clean up the mess, the story continues. Dot uses a Dot doll to go down the chimney, and land in a pot of boiling water. The Dot doll jumps out of the chimney, falling down to the stage, and the pigs live happily ever after.

Quigley fixes all the mistakes and publishes it in a Talking Storybook. After the final song, Mr. Websley thanks everyone for helping, but no one shows up. The video ends with Tad directing a play based on Jack and the Beanstalk.

## Characters

* Leap (voiced by Cindy Robinson)
* Lily (voiced by Kate Higgins)
* Tad (voiced by Nika Futterman)
* Casey (voiced by Cindy Robinson)
* Dan (voiced by Cindy Robinson)
* Della (voiced by Cindy Robinson)
* Dot (voiced by Julie Maddalena)
* Parker (voiced by Doug Boyd)
* Tim (voiced by Cindy Robinson)
* Mr. Frog (voiced by Doug Boyd)
* Mr. Websley (voiced by Doug Boyd)
* Professor Quigley (voiced by Doug Boyd)
* Trixie (voiced by Julie Maddalena)

## Trivia

* This is Doug Boyd's first time voicing Mr. Frog, Mr. Websley and Professor Quigley.
* This is Cindy Robinson and Kate Higgins's first time voicing Leap and Lily, respectively.
* This is Nika Futterman's first and only time voicing Tad before Julie Maddalena took over.
* Two of the voice actors are credited under pseudonyms as the video was not approved by the Screen Actors Guild. Kate Higgins is credited as Kate Davis and Nika Futterman is credited as Zephyr Banks.