Aaron’s Activity Index
Here is an activity guide to Aaron Shepard’s stories and scripts, both online and off. Use it to quickly locate works featuring a specific activity—art, craft, trade, or other. 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.
Music
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 (Bruce Paine) |
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 Crystal Heart: A Vietnamese Legend
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |
Drawing & Painting
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 Boy Who Drew Cats: A Tale of Japan
ONLINE — | Story |
Three Sideways Stories From Wayside School
By Louis Sachar
From Sideways Stories from Wayside SchoolONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |
BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |
Sculpture
The Jade Stone: A Chinese Folktale
By Caryn Yacowitz
BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |
Writing
Westwoods
By Eleanor Farjeon
From The Little BookroomBOOKS — | Stories on Stage |
Storytelling
Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Readers on Stage |
The Story Spirits: A Tale of Korea
ONLINE — | Story |
The Man Who Sang to Ghosts: A Japanese Legend
ONLINE — | Story |
BOOKS — | Mini-Novel | | 13 Scary Ghost Stories |
McBroom’s Fourth of July
By Sid Fleischman
From McBroom’s AlmanacBOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |
Puppetry
The Four Puppets: A Tale of Burma
ONLINE — | Story |
Spinning & Weaving
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 Princess Mouse: A Tale of Finland
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |
Cooking & Baking
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 |
Kings for Breakfast!: A Hindu Legend
ONLINE — | Story |
Tapiwa’s Uncle
By Nancy Farmer
From Do You Know MeBOOKS — | Stories on Stage |
The Giant’s Wife: A Tall Tale of Ireland
Told by William Carleton
ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) |
The Devil and Mother Crump
By Valerie Scho Carey
BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |
Farming & Gardening
The Harvest That Never Came: A Swedish Legend
ONLINE — | Story |
Talk
By Harold Courlander & George Herzog
From The Cow‑Tail Switch, and Other West African StoriesBOOKS — | Stories on Stage |
Building
Earth Shake! House Break!
ONLINE — | Story |
The Stone in the Temple: An Islamic Legend
ONLINE — | Story |
The Fools of Chelm
By Steve Sanfield
From The Feather Merchants, and Other Tales of the Fools of ChelmBOOKS — | Stories on Stage |
Sports
Casey at the Bat
By Ernest Lawrence Thayer
ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |
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 |