Aaron’s Geography Index
Here is a geographic guide to Aaron Shepard’s stories and scripts, both online and off. Use it to quickly locate works related to a specific region or country. 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.
Western Europe
General
The Christmas Truce
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Picture Book |
England
King o’ the Cats
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Picture Book |
Robin Hood
BOOKS — | Graphic Novel |
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 |
Ireland
The Giant’s Wife: A Tall Tale of Ireland
Told by William Carleton
ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) |
Wales
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 |
France
Quackling: A Not-Too-Grimm Fairy Tale
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Coloring Book |
Germany
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 Swan Knight: A Medieval Legend
ONLINE — | Story |
BOOKS — | Mini-Novel |
Netherlands
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) |
Eastern Europe
General
The Fools of Chelm
By Steve Sanfield
From The Feather Merchants, and Other Tales of the Fools of ChelmBOOKS — | Stories on Stage |
Russia (European)
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 |
Scandinavia
Norway
Master Maid: A Tale of Norway
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Team) | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |
Mop Top: A Tale of Norway
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |
The Master of Masters: A Tale of Norway
ONLINE — | Story |
Sweden
Lars, My Lad!: A Tale of Sweden
ONLINE — | Story |
The Harvest That Never Came: A Swedish Legend
ONLINE — | Story |
Finland
The Princess Mouse: A Tale of Finland
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |
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 |
Denmark
I Know What I Know: A Tale of Denmark
ONLINE — | Story |
Africa
Nigeria & West Africa
Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |
Talk
By Harold Courlander & George Herzog
From The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African StoriesBOOKS — | Stories on Stage |
Congo
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 |
Angola
How Frog Went to Heaven: A Tale of Angola
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |
Tanzania
The Calabash Kids: A Tale of Tanzania
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Folktales on Stage |
Zimbabwe
Resthaven
By Nancy Farmer
From The Ear, the Eye, and the ArmONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |
Tapiwa’s Uncle
By Nancy Farmer
From Do You Know MeBOOKS — | Stories on Stage |
Middle East
General & Arabia
Abraham and the Idols: An Islamic Legend
ONLINE — | Story |
The Stone in the Temple: An Islamic Legend
ONLINE — | Story |
Turkey
The Wicked Girl: A Tale of Turkey
ONLINE — | Story | | Storytelling |
Iraq
The Enchanted Storks: A Tale of Bagdad
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |
AUDIO — | Wisdom and Luck |
Iran
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 |
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 |
South Asia
India & Pakistan
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 |
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 |
Kings for Breakfast!: A Hindu Legend
ONLINE — | Story |
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 |
The Millionaire Miser: A Buddhist Fable
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |
East & Southeast Asia
General
Earth Shake! House Break!
ONLINE — | Story |
Mr. Bim’s Bamboo
By Carol Farley
BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |
China
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 |
Lady White Snake: A Tale From Chinese Opera
ONLINE — | Story |
BOOKS — | Picture Book |
VIDEO — | Lady White Snake |
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 Jade Stone: A Chinese Folktale
By Caryn Yacowitz
BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |
Japan
The Man Who Sang to Ghosts: A Japanese Legend
ONLINE — | Story |
BOOKS — | Mini-Novel | | 13 Scary Ghost Stories |
The Boy Who Drew Cats: A Tale of Japan
ONLINE — | Story |
Korea
The Story Spirits: A Tale of Korea
ONLINE — | Story |
Russia (Far East)
When the Twins Went to War: A Fable of Far East Russia
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |
Burma (Myanmar)
The Four Puppets: A Tale of Burma
ONLINE — | Story |
Vietnam
The Crystal Heart: A Vietnamese Legend
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |
Indonesia & Malaysia
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 |
Too-too-moo and the Giant: A Tale of Indonesia
ONLINE — | Story |
North America
United States
The Legend of Lightning Larry
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | 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 |
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 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 |
McBroom’s Fourth of July
By Sid Fleischman
From McBroom’s AlmanacBOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |
Jumping Mouse
By Hyemeyohsts Storm
From Seven ArrowsBOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |
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 |
Canada
The Hidden One: A Native American Legend
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Folktales on Stage |
Mexico
The Flame of Peace: A Tale of the Aztecs
By Deborah Nourse Lattimore
BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |
South America
General
The Wings of the Butterfly: A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest
ONLINE — | Story |