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Here is a historic guide to Aaron Shepard’s stories and scripts, both online and off. Use it to quickly locate works related to a specific historical period. All listed works by other authors have been adapted by Aaron.
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Ancient
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
The Prince Who Had Everything: The Legend of the Buddha
ONLINE—Story
How Violence Is Ended: A Buddhist Legend
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
Abraham and the Idols: An Islamic Legend
ONLINE—Story
The Stone in the Temple: An Islamic Legend
ONLINE—Story
The Flame of Peace: A Tale of the Aztecs
By Deborah Nourse Lattimore
Medieval
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 (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
MUSIC—Lateral Lines, by Bruce Paine
Lohengrin: The Tale of the Swan Knight
ONLINE—Story
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 Man Who Sang to Ghosts: A Japanese Legend
ONLINE—Story
BOOKS—13 Scary Ghost Stories, edited by Marianne Carus
Early Modern
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
The Harvest That Never Came: A Swedish Legend
ONLINE—Story
1800-Present
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
The Christmas Truce
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Storytelling
The War Prayer
By Mark Twain
ONLINE—Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team)
Casey at the Bat
By Ernest Lawrence Thayer
ONLINE—Reader’s Theater