It’s Disney storytime at YouTube and everyone is invited! Disney has started a new series on the channel that will feature a friendly face from the Disney family reading their favorite stories. Ashley Eckstein joins the fun today reading The Galaxy Needs You.
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What’s happening:
- With most of the United States stuck inside for a while, the official Disney YouTube channel is bringing a little storytime fun to fans.
- As part of today’s Storytime with… segment, Ashely Eckstein reads a new Star Wars book, The Galaxy Needs You. Check it out below:
More Ashley Eckstein:
- Eckstein is best known to Disney and Star Wars fans as the voice of Ahsoka Tano in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels series.
- In addition to being an actress, she’s also the founder of the fashion company Her Universe, and the author of It’s Your Universe: You Have the Power to Make it Happen.
- There’s more! Eckstein worked as a Cast Member at Walt Disney World and she’s guest starred on Disney Channel shows:
- That’s So Raven playing Muffy for the first time in, “Don’t Have A Cow”
- Phil of the Future as Grace in the “Stuck in the Meddle with You”
- Sofia the First as Mia the Bluebird
More Disney books for kids, and tweens:
- Calling all Spider-Man fans! Jason George read a Marvel short story about Peter Parker and Miles Morales.
- John Stamos joined the fun reading, A Kiss Goodnight by Disney Legends Floyd Norman and Richard Sherman.
- Officer Giggle McDimples herself, Ally Maki, read A New Purpose to audiences on Disney’s YouTube channel.
- Yvette Nicole Brown kicked off the Storytime With… series on March 24th with Elena and the Secret of Avalor.
- Older readers who love the world of Percy Jackson can dive into the new adventure Race to the Sun, part of the Rick Riordan Presents banner.
- There’s a new original Mulan story featuring characters from the upcoming live-action movie. Read Alex’s review of Mulan Before the Sword.
- And for those kids who like to make people laugh, Disney just released Onward: Ian & Barley’s Magical Book of jokes, Puns, and Gags.
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