Aaron’s Theme Index

Peace & Peacemaking | Heroines | Gifts & Giving
Music & Musicians | Art & Artists

Here is a thematic guide to Aaron Shepard’s stories and scripts, both online and off. Use it to quickly locate works related to one of Aaron’s favorite themes. (Theme is here meant as “topic” rather than “lesson to be learned.”) All listed works by other authors have been adapted by Aaron.

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Peace & Peacemaking

The Legend of Lightning Larry

ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling

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

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

How Violence Is Ended: A Buddhist Legend

ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling

The Christmas Truce

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

More Than a Match

ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling

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

ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling

The Stone in the Temple: An Islamic Legend

ONLINE—Story

Timothy Tolliver and the Bully Basher

BOOKS—Chapter Book

The War Prayer

By Mark Twain

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

The Flame of Peace: A Tale of the Aztecs

By Deborah Nourse Lattimore

BOOKS—Stories on Stage (1st Edition)

Death’s Dominion

By Piers Anthony
From On a Pale Horse

BOOKS—Stories on Stage (1st Edition)

Heroines

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

Master Maid: A Tale of Norway

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

BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage

Lady White Snake: A Tale From Chinese Opera

ONLINE—Story

BOOKS—Picture Book

VIDEO—Lady White Snake, Pan Asian

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

MUSIC—Savitri, by 2002

The Hidden One: A Native American Legend

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

BOOKS—Folktales on Stage

Mop Top: A Tale of Norway

ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling

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

ONLINE—Story

Help! Hilary! Help!

ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater

The Wicked Girl: A Tale of Turkey

ONLINE—Story | Storytelling

The Giant’s Wife: A Tall Tale of Ireland

Told by William Carleton

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

The Devil and Mother Crump

By Valerie Scho Carey

BOOKS—Stories on Stage (1st Edition)

Gifts & Giving

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 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

The Millionaire Miser: A Buddhist Legend

ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese)

Kings for Breakfast!: A Hindu Legend

ONLINE—Story

The Magic of Mushkil Gusha: A Tale of Iran

ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater

Music & Musicians

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

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

The Man Who Sang to Ghosts: A Japanese Legend

ONLINE—Story

BOOKS—13 Scary Ghost Stories, edited by Marianne Carus

Art & Artists

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 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

The Boy Who Drew Cats: A Tale of Japan

ONLINE—Story

The Jade Stone: A Chinese Folktale

By Caryn Yacowitz

BOOKS—Stories 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