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Here is a menu of all special features and alternate formats for Aaron Shepard’s books, stories, and scripts. Use this to quickly find any and all materials related to specific works. The listing is alphabetical by title.
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The Adventures of Mouse Deer: Tales of Indonesia and Malaysia
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Early Reader | Folktales on Stage
Poster #1: Mouse Deer and Tiger
Poster #2: Mouse Deer and Crocodile
Poster #3: Mouse Deer and Farmer
Poster #4: Mouse Deer
More About the Stories
Hear the Music (7 seconds)
Hear Meaningful Occupation Project (Exeter): Mouse Deer and Tiger (6 minutes)
Hear Meaningful Occupation Project (Exeter): Mouse Deer and Crocodile (4 minutes)
Hear Meaningful Occupation Project (Exeter): Mouse Deer and Farmer (6 minutes)
The Baker’s Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Reader’s Theater (Spanish) | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Readers on Stage | Folktales on Stage
Poster #1: Van Amsterdam
Poster #2: The Old Woman
Poster #3: Saint Nicholas
About the Story
More About the Story
Recipe: Saint Nicholas Cookies
Hear Aaron Read (2 minutes)
The Battle of Song: A Finnish Tale of Magic
The Boy Who Wanted the Willies
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Folktales on Stage
About the Story
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Endings
Fun With Writing
The Calabash Kids: A Tale of Tanzania
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Folktales on Stage
About the Story
Photo: The Calabash Kids in Sculpture
Hear the Names
The Christmas Truce
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Storytelling
About the Story
Hear Lakes Area Theatre (11 minutes)
Watch the Chamber Readers (11 minutes)
The Crystal Heart: A Vietnamese Legend
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
Poster: Mi Nuong
About the Story
More About the Story
Hear the Names
Hear the Music (14 seconds)
Hear Aaron Read (2 minutes)
The Dance of the Sea King
New title: The Sea King’s Daughter
E-F-G
The Enchanted Storks: A Tale of Bagdad
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
AUDIO—Wisdom and Luck, by Sarah Saulter
Poster: The Calif
About the Story
Hear the Names
Hear Aaron Read (3 minutes)
Hear Sarah Saulter Tell (17 minutes)
Forty Fortunes: A Tale of Iran
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
AUDIO—Wisdom and Luck, by Sarah Saulter
Poster #1: Ahmed
Poster #2: The Forty Thieves
About the Story
More About the Story
Fun With Writing
Hear the Names
Hear Sarah Saulter Tell (13 minutes)
Watch the Chamber Readers (12 minutes)
The Four Puppets: A Tale of Burma
ONLINE—Story
The Giant Who Was More Than a Match
New title: More Than a Match
The Gifts of Wali Dad: A Tale of India and Pakistan
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
AUDIO—A People With One Heart, by Mike Pinder
Poster #1: Wali Dad
Poster #2: The Peris
About the Story
Hear the Names
Hear Aaron Read (3 minutes)
Hear Mike Pinder Read (12 minutes)
H-I-J-K
Help! Hilary! Help!
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater
The Hidden One: A Native American Legend
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Folktales on Stage
How Frog Went to Heaven: A Tale of Angola
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese)
About the Story
Hear the Name
Hear the Music (8 seconds)
How Violence Is Ended: A Buddhist Legend
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
King o’ the Cats
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book
Story Handout (1 page)
Poster #1: The King and the Bishop
Poster #2: Peter, Father Allen, and Tom
About the Story
More About the Story
- A King o’ the Cats Bookshelf
- Watch Aaron Read! (11 minutes)
Kings for Breakfast!: A Hindu Legend
ONLINE—Story
L-M
Lady of Marvels: A Celtic Tale of Magic
The Lady of Stavoren: A Dutch Legend
Note: “The Most Precious Thing in the World” is the shorter version of this story.
ONLINE—Story | Story (Shorter)
Poster #1
Poster #2
Hear the Names
Hear the Name (for “The Most Precious Thing in the World” only)
Lady White Snake: A Tale From Chinese Opera
ONLINE—Story
BOOKS—Picture Book
VIDEO—Lady White Snake, Pan Asian
Poster #1: Lady White, and Blue
Poster #2: The Battle
About the Story
About Chinese Opera
Hear the Names
- A Lady White Snake Bookshelf
- Lady White Snake (Fan Site/Links Page)
The Legend of Lightning Larry
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
BOOKS—Early Reader | Picture Book | Readers on Stage | Stories on Stage
Story Handout (1 page)
Poster #1: Lightning Larry
Poster #2: Evil-Eye McNeevil
Fun With Writing
Hear Aaron Read (2 minutes)
Hear Aaron Read—Whole Story (7 minutes)
Watch the Chamber Readers (8 minutes)
The Legend of Slappy Hooper: An American Tall Tale
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
AUDIO—The Legend of Slappy Hooper, and Other Stories, by Cindy Killavey
Poster #1: Slappy Hooper
Poster #2: Michael
About the Story
Fun With Writing
Hear Aaron Read (2 minutes)
Hear Cindy Killavey Tell (10 minutes)
Lohengrin
ONLINE—Story
The Magic Brocade: A Tale of China
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
Poster #1: The Widow and Chen
Poster #2: Li-en and Sun Palace
About the Story
Hear the Names
The Magic Flyswatter: A Superhero Tale of Africa
Note: “No Sons!” is the shorter version of this story.
ONLINE—Story | Story (Shorter)
BOOKS—Mini-Novel
Poster
About the Story
Hear the Names
Hear the Names (for “No Sons!” only)
The Magic of Mushkil Gusha: A Tale of Iran
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater
The Maiden of Northland: A Hero Tale of Finland
The Man Who Knew Everything
New title: Forty Fortunes
The Man Who Sang to Ghosts: A Japanese Legend
ONLINE—Story
BOOKS—13 Scary Ghost Stories, edited by Marianne Carus
Master Maid: A Tale of Norway
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
Poster #1: Master Maid
Poster #2: Leif and the Troll
About the Story
More About the Story
How to Say the Name
Deleted Scenes
Fun With Writing
Hear the Name
Hear Aaron Read (2 minutes)
Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
STAGE—If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books, produced by TheatreworksUSA
Poster #1: Shadusa
Poster #2: Shettu
Poster #3: The Woman and the Baby
Poster #4: Master Man
Poster #5: The Stranger
About the Story
About the Illustrations
Fun With Writing
Hear the Names
The Millionaire Miser: A Buddhist Legend
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese)
Monkey: A Superhero Tale of China
See The Monkey King
The Monkey King: A Superhero Tale of China
Note: Monkey is the title of the original published version of this story. “Monkey Lives!” is an excerpt.
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team)
BOOKS—Mini-Novel
Poster
About the Story
More About the Story
Deleted Scenes
Hear the Names
- A Monkey King Bookshelf
- Monkey King Lives! (Fan Site/Links Page)
Monkey Lives!
See The Monkey King
Mop Top: A Tale of Norway
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
More Than a Match
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
AUDIO—And Once Again . . . , by Ed Stivender (early version) | Frog and Friends, by Mary Garrett
The Most Precious Thing in the World
The Mountain of Marvels: A Celtic Tale of Magic
Note: “Lady of Marvels” is the shorter version of this story.
ONLINE—Story | Story (Shorter)
BOOKS—Mini-Novel
Poster
About the Story
Hear the Names
Hear the Names (for “Lady of Marvels” only)
Mouse Deer and Tiger
Mouse Deer and Crocodile
Mouse Deer and Farmer
N-O-P
No Sons!: A Superhero Tale of Africa
One-Eye! Two-Eyes! Three-Eyes!: A Very Grimm Fairy Tale
Note: “Two-Eyes” is the original title of this story.
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book
Poster #1: Two-Eyes and the Old Woman
Poster #2: One-Eye and Three-Eyes
About the Story
Hear the Music (9 seconds)
Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Readers on Stage
The Prince Who Had Everything: The Legend of the Buddha
ONLINE—Story
The Princess Mouse: A Tale of Finland
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
Poster: Mikko and the Princess Mouse
About the Story
Deleted Scenes
Hear the Music (22 seconds)
Q-R-S-T
Quackling
ONLINE—Story
Rhiannon
New title: The Mountain of Marvels
Savitri: A Tale of Ancient India
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Stories on Stage | Folktales on Stage
Poster #1: Savitri and Satyavan
Poster #2: Yama
About the Story
More About the Story
Hear the Names
Hear Aaron Read (2 minutes)
The Sea King’s Daughter: A Russian Legend
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
MUSIC—Lateral Lines, by Bruce Paine
Poster #1: Sadko
Poster #2: The Sea King
Poster #3: Volkhova, Sadko, and the Sea King
About the Story
Deleted Scenes
Hear the Names
Hear Aaron Read (2 minutes)
Skeeter and the Weasels
Note: For the sequel to this story, see “Skeeter Saves the World.”
ONLINE—Story
Skeeter Saves the World
Note: This is the sequel to “Skeeter and the Weasels.”
ONLINE—Story
The Songs of Power: A Finnish Tale of Magic
Note: The Maiden of Northland is the picture book version of this story. “The Battle of Song” is an excerpt.
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Mini-Novel | Picture Book
Poster #1
Poster #2
Poster #1 for “Maiden”: Vainamoinen
Poster #2 for “Maiden”: Louhi
About the Story
More About the Story
Hear the Names
Hear the Names (for “The Battle of Song” only)
Hear Aaron Read (3 minutes)
Sushil the Miser
New title: The Millionaire Miser
Timothy Tolliver and the Bully Basher
BOOKS—Chapter Book
Two-Eyes
U-V-W-X-Y-Z
The War Prayer
By Mark Twain
ONLINE—Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team)
When the Twins Went to War: A Fable of Far East Russia
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
Which Shoes Do You Choose?
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater
The Wicked Girl: A Tale of Turkey
ONLINE—Story | Storytelling
The Wings of the Butterfly: A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest
ONLINE—Story