Aaron Shepard
Aaron’s Title Index

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.

Note: Links to online formats or book info take you to different parts of this or an associated site.


Abraham and the Idols: An Islamic Legend

ONLINE — | Story |


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 |


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 Battle of Song

See The Songs of Power


The Bean Boy

By Monica Shannon
From California Fairy Tales

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


The Borrower and the Boy

By Mary Norton
From The Borrowers

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


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 (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Folktales on Stage |


Captain Cully

By Peter Beagle
From The Last Unicorn

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |


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 |

BOOKS — | Picture Book |


Count Alaric’s Lady

By Barbara Leonie Picard
From Selected Fairy Tales

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |


The Crystal Heart: A Vietnamese Legend

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. 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

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |


The Devil and Mother Crump

By Valerie Scho Carey

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |


La docena del panadero

See The Baker’s Dozen


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 |


The Flame of Peace: A Tale of the Aztecs

By Deborah Nourse Lattimore

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |


The Fools of Chelm

By Steve Sanfield
From The Feather Merchants, and Other Tales of the Fools of Chelm

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


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 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 | | Reader’s Theater (Team) |


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 |


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 |


The Gifts of Wali Dad

See The Gifts of the Grasscutter


Harriet

By Florence Parry Heide
From Tales for the Perfect Child

BOOKS — | 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 (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Folktales on Stage |


How Frog Went to Heaven: A Tale of Angola

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


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

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |


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 |


Lady of Marvels

See The Mountain of Marvels


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 |


Lars, My Lad!: A Tale of Sweden

ONLINE — | Story |


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 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 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

See The Gifts of Friday Eve


The Maiden of Northland

See The Songs of Power


The Man Who Knew Everything

New title: Forty Fortunes


The Man Who Sang to Ghosts: A Japanese Legend

ONLINE — | Story |

BOOKS — | Mini-Novel | | 13 Scary Ghost Stories |


Many Fingers, One Hand

BOOKS — | Board Book |


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 |


The Master of Masters: A Tale of Norway

ONLINE — | Story |


McBroom’s Fourth of July

By Sid Fleischman
From McBroom’s Almanac

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage (1st Edition) |


The Mice Before Christmas

By Anne L. Watson

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Coloring Book |


The Millionaire Miser: A Buddhist Fable

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


Millions of Cats

By Wanda Gag

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


Monkey

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 |


Monkey Lives!

See The Monkey King


Mop Top: A Tale of Norway

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |


More Than a Match

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |

AUDIO — | And Once Again (Ed Stivender) | | Frog and Friends (Mary Garrett) |


The Most Precious Thing in the World

See The Lady of Stavoren


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: Favorite Folk Tales of Southeast Asia


Mouse Woman and the Snails

By Christie Harris
From Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princesses

Note: 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 Twits

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


No Sons!

See The Magic Flyswatter


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 (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Readers on Stage |


The Prince Who Had Everything: The Legend of the Buddha

ONLINE — | Story |


The Princess and the Snails

See Mouse Woman and the Snails


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 Princess Mouse: A Tale of Finland

ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Folktales on Stage |


Princess of India

See The Princess and the God


Quackling: A Not-Too-Grimm Fairy Tale

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

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Coloring Book |


Resthaven

By Nancy Farmer
From The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |


Rhiannon

New title: The Mountain of Marvels


Robin Hood

BOOKS — | Graphic Novel |


Savitri

See The Princess and the God


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 |


Skeeter and the Weasels

Note: For the sequel to this story, see “Skeeter Saves the World.”

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

BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Coloring Book |


Skeeter Saves the World

Note: This is the sequel to “Skeeter and the Weasels.”

ONLINE — | Story |


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 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


The Swan Knight: A Medieval Legend

ONLINE — | Story |

BOOKS — | Mini-Novel |


Talk

By Harold Courlander & George Herzog
From The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


Tapiwa’s Uncle

By Nancy Farmer
From Do You Know Me

BOOKS — | 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 School

ONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |

BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |


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

ONLINE — | Story |


Two‑Eyes

See One‑Eye! Two‑Eyes! Three‑Eyes!


The War Prayer

By Mark Twain

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


Westwoods

By Eleanor Farjeon
From The Little Bookroom

BOOKS — | 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 |

BOOKS — | Picture Book |


The Wicked Girl: A Tale of Turkey

ONLINE — | Story | | Storytelling |


The Wings of the Butterfly: A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest

ONLINE — | Story |




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