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Here is an alphabetic guide to Aaron Shepard’s stories and scripts, both online and off. Use it to quickly locate Aaron’s works by title. All listed works by other authors have been adapted by Aaron.
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Abraham and the Idols: An Islamic Legend
ONLINE—Story
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
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 Battle of Song: A Finnish Tale of Magic
The Bean Boy
By Monica Shannon
From California Fairy TalesBOOKS—Stories on Stage
The Borrower and the Boy
By Mary Norton
From The Borrowers
The Boy Who Drew Cats: A Tale of Japan
ONLINE—Story
The Boy Who Wanted the Willies
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Folktales on Stage
The Calabash Kids: A Tale of Tanzania
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Folktales on Stage
Captain Cully
By Peter Beagle
From The Last UnicornONLINE—Reader’s Theater
Casey at the Bat
By Ernest Lawrence Thayer
ONLINE—Reader’s Theater
The Christmas Truce
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Storytelling
Count Alaric’s Lady
By Barbara Leonie Picard
From Selected Fairy TalesONLINE—Reader’s Theater
The Crystal Heart: A Vietnamese Legend
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
The Dance of the Sea King
New title: The Sea King’s Daughter
Death’s Dominion
By Piers Anthony
From On a Pale Horse
The Devil and Mother Crump
By Valerie Scho Carey
E-F-G
Earth Shake! House Break!
ONLINE—Story
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
The Flame of Peace: A Tale of the Aztecs
By Deborah Nourse Lattimore
The Fools of Chelm
By Steve Sanfield
From The Feather Merchants, and Other Tales of the Fools of ChelmBOOKS—Stories on Stage
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
The Four Puppets: A Tale of Burma
ONLINE—Story
The Giant Who Was More Than a Match
New title: More Than a Match
The Giant’s Wife: A Tall Tale of Ireland
Told by William Carleton
ONLINE—Reader’s Theater (Standard | Reader’s Theater (Team)
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
H-I-J-K
Harriet
By Florence Parry Heide
From Tales for the Perfect ChildBOOKS—Stories on Stage
The Harvest That Never Came: A Swedish Legend
ONLINE—Story
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)
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
How Violence Is Ended: A Buddhist Legend
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
I Know What I Know: A Tale of Denmark
ONLINE—Story
The Jade Stone: A Chinese Folktale
By Caryn Yacowitz
BOOKS—Stories on Stage
Jumping Mouse
By Hyemeyohsts Storm
From Seven Arrows
The Kid from the Commercial
By Stephen Manes
From It’s New! It’s Improved! It’s Terrible!BOOKS—Stories on Stage
King o’ the Cats
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team) | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book
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)
Lady White Snake: A Tale From Chinese Opera
ONLINE—Story
BOOKS—Picture Book
VIDEO—Lady White Snake, Pan Asian
Lars, My Lad!: A Tale of Sweden
ONLINE—Story
The Legend of Lightning Larry
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
BOOKS—Early Reader | Picture Book | Readers on Stage | Stories 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, and Other Stories, by Cindy Killavey
Lohengrin: The Tale of the Swan Knight
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
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 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
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
The Master of Masters: A Tale of Norway
ONLINE—Story
McBroom’s Fourth of July
By Sid Fleischman
From McBroom’s Almanac
The Millionaire Miser: A Buddhist Legend
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Traditional Chinese)
Millions of Cats
By Wanda Gag
BOOKS—Stories on Stage
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
Mop Top: A Tale of Norway
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
More Than a Match
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
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
Mouse Deer and Tiger
Mouse Deer and Crocodile
Mouse Deer and Farmer
See The Adventures of Mouse Deer: Tales of Indonesia and Malaysia
Mouse Woman and the Snails
By Christie Harris
From Mouse Woman and the Vanished PrincessesNote: This script was previously called “The Princess and the Snails.”
BOOKS—Stories on Stage
Mr. Bim’s Bamboo
By Carol Farley
BOOKS—Stories on Stage
Mr. Twit’s Revenge
By Roald Dahl
From The TwitsBOOKS—Stories on Stage
N-O-P
No Sons!: A Superhero Tale of Africa
Nonny and the Dragon
ONLINE—Story
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
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 and the Snails
The Princess Mouse: A Tale of Finland
ONLINE—Story | Reader’s Theater | Storytelling
BOOKS—Picture Book | Folktales on Stage
Q-R-S-T
Quackling
ONLINE—Story
Resthaven
By Nancy Farmer
From The Ear, the Eye, and the ArmONLINE—Reader’s Theater
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
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
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
The Stone in the Temple: An Islamic Legend
ONLINE—Story
The Story Spirits: A Tale of Korea
ONLINE—Story
Sushil the Miser
New title: The Millionaire Miser
Talk
By Harold Courlander & George Herzog
From The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African StoriesBOOKS—Stories on Stage
Tapiwa’s Uncle
By Nancy Farmer
From Do You Know MeBOOKS—Stories on Stage
Timothy Tolliver and the Bully Basher
BOOKS—Chapter Book
Three Sideways Stories From Wayside School
By Louis Sachar
From Sideways Stories from Wayside SchoolONLINE—Reader’s Theater
BOOKS—Stories on Stage
Too-too-moo and the Giant: A Tale of Indonesia
ONLINE—Story
Two-Eyes
U-V-W-X-Y-Z
The War Prayer
By Mark Twain
ONLINE—Reader’s Theater | Reader’s Theater (Team)
Westwoods
By Eleanor Farjeon
From The Little BookroomBOOKS—Stories on Stage
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