Aaron Shepard
Aaron’s Genre Index

Here is a genre guide to Aaron Shepard’s stories and scripts, both online and off. Use it to quickly locate works in specific genres. All listed works by other authors have been adapted by Aaron.

Note: Links to online formats or book info take you to different parts of this or an associated site.


General


The Princess Mouse: A Tale of Finland

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |


The Magic Brocade: A Tale of China

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |


The Gifts of the Grasscutter: A Tale of India and Pakistan

Note: “The Gifts of Wali Dad” is an older title of this story.

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |

AUDIO — | A People With One Heart |


The Crystal Heart: A Vietnamese Legend

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |


Forty Fortunes: A Tale of Iran

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |

AUDIO — | Wisdom and Luck |


Master Maid: A Tale of Norway

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |


The Enchanted Storks: A Tale of Bagdad

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |

AUDIO — | Wisdom and Luck |


Quackling: A Not-Too-Grimm Fairy Tale

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Coloring Book |


Lars, My Lad!: A Tale of Sweden

ONLINE — | Story |


The Calabash Kids: A Tale of Tanzania

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Folktales on Stage |


The Four Puppets: A Tale of Burma

ONLINE — | Story |


The Gifts of Friday Eve: A Tale of Iran

Note: “The Magic of Mushkil Gusha” is an older title of this story.

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |


Kings for Breakfast!: A Hindu Legend

ONLINE — | Story |


Mop Top: A Tale of Norway

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |


The Millionaire Miser: A Buddhist Fable

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |


The Wings of the Butterfly: A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest

ONLINE — | Story |


Too-too-moo and the Giant: A Tale of Indonesia

ONLINE — | Story |


Tall Tales


Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |


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 |


The Master of Masters: A Tale of Norway

ONLINE — | Story |


The Giant’s Wife: A Tall Tale of Ireland

Told by William Carleton

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) |


Talk

By Harold Courlander & George Herzog
From The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


Trickster Tales


The Adventures of Mouse Deer: Favorite Folk Tales of Southeast Asia

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Early Reader | | Folktales on Stage |


How Frog Went to Heaven: A Tale of Angola

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |


The Wicked Girl: A Tale of Turkey

ONLINE — | Story | | Storytelling |


When the Twins Went to War: A Fable of Far East Russia

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |


Supernatural Tales


King o’ the Cats

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book |


The Boy Who Wanted the Willies

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Folktales on Stage |


The Boy Who Drew Cats: A Tale of Japan

ONLINE — | Story |


The Story Spirits: A Tale of Korea

ONLINE — | Story |


Mouse Woman and the Snails

By Christie Harris
From Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princesses

Note: This script was previously called “The Princess and the Snails.”

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


Cinderella Tales


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 |


The Hidden One: A Native American Legend

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Folktales on Stage |


Noodle Tales


I Know What I Know: A Tale of Denmark

ONLINE — | Story |


The Fools of Chelm

By Steve Sanfield
From The Feather Merchants, and Other Tales of the Fools of Chelm

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


Legends


The Baker’s Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Reader’s Theater (Spanish) | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Picture Book (Spanish) | | Coloring Book | | Readers on Stage | | Folktales on Stage |


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) |


The Harvest That Never Came: A Swedish Legend

ONLINE — | Story |


Myths


The Princess and the God: A Tale of Ancient India

Note: Princess of India is the picture book version of this story. “Savitri” is an older title of both the story and the picture book.

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage | | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |

MUSIC — | Savitri |


Traditions


The Prince Who Had Everything: The Legend of the Buddha

ONLINE — | Story |


Abraham and the Idols: An Islamic Legend

ONLINE — | Story |


The Stone in the Temple: An Islamic Legend

ONLINE — | Story |


Parables


How Violence Is Ended: A Buddhist Legend

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |


Hero Tales


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 |


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 |


The Songs of Power: A Northern 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 |


The Swan Knight: A Medieval Legend

ONLINE — | Story |

BOOKS — | Mini-Novel |


Robin Hood

BOOKS — | Graphic Novel |


Fantasy Classics


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 |


The Sea King’s Daughter: A Russian Legend

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Coloring Book | | Folktales on Stage |

MUSIC — | Lateral Lines |


Lady White Snake: A Tale From Chinese Opera

ONLINE — | Story |

BOOKS — | Picture Book |

VIDEO — | Lady White Snake |


Supernatural Classics


The Man Who Sang to Ghosts: A Japanese Legend

ONLINE — | Story |

BOOKS — | Mini-Novel | | 13 Scary Ghost Stories |


Original Tall Tales


The Legend of Lightning Larry

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Readers on Stage | | Stories on Stage |


Help! Hilary! Help!

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater |


McBroom’s Fourth of July

By Sid Fleischman
From McBroom’s Almanac

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |


Original Fables


Earth Shake! House Break!

ONLINE — | Story |


More Than a Match

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |

AUDIO — | And Once Again (Ed Stivender) | | Frog and Friends (Mary Garrett) |


Nonny and the Dragon

ONLINE — | Story |


Mr. Bim’s Bamboo

By Carol Farley

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


The War Prayer

By Mark Twain

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) |


Jumping Mouse

By Hyemeyohsts Storm
From Seven Arrows

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |


Original Fairy Tales


Count Alaric’s Lady

By Barbara Leonie Picard
From Selected Fairy Tales

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |


Westwoods

By Eleanor Farjeon
From The Little Bookroom

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


Millions of Cats

By Wanda Gag

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


Original “Folktales”


The Jade Stone: A Chinese Folktale

By Caryn Yacowitz

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


The Devil and Mother Crump

By Valerie Scho Carey

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |


Humor


Skeeter and the Weasels

Note: For the sequel to this story, see “Skeeter Saves the World.”

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Coloring Book |


Skeeter Saves the World

Note: This is the sequel to “Skeeter and the Weasels.”

ONLINE — | Story |


Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Readers on Stage |


Three Sideways Stories From Wayside School

By Louis Sachar
From Sideways Stories from Wayside School

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


How Tom Beat Captain Najork

By Russell Hoban

Note: This script was previously called “How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen.”

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


Harriet

By Florence Parry Heide
From Tales for the Perfect Child

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


Mr. Twit’s Revenge

By Roald Dahl
From The Twits

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


The Kid from the Commercial

By Stephen Manes
From It’s New! It’s Improved! It’s Terrible!

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


Tapiwa’s Uncle

By Nancy Farmer
From Do You Know Me

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


Fantasy


Timothy Tolliver and the Bully Basher

BOOKS — | Chapter Book |


The Borrower and the Boy

By Mary Norton
From The Borrowers

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) |


The Bean Boy

By Monica Shannon
From California Fairy Tales

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


Captain Cully

By Peter Beagle
From The Last Unicorn

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |


Death’s Dominion

By Piers Anthony
From On a Pale Horse

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |


Science Fiction


Resthaven

By Nancy Farmer
From The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |


Historical Fiction


The Christmas Truce

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book |


Which Shoes Do You Choose?

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater |

BOOKS — | Picture Book |


The Mice Before Christmas

By Anne L. Watson

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Coloring Book |


Casey at the Bat

By Ernest Lawrence Thayer

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |




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