Aaron’s Theme Index
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.
Note: Links to online formats or book info take you to different parts of this or an associated site.
Peace & Peacemaking
The Legend of Lightning Larry
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | 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 |
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 |
BOOKS — | Picture Book |
More Than a Match
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Storytelling |
AUDIO — | And Once Again (Ed Stivender) | | Frog and Friends (Mary Garrett) |
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 HorseBOOKS — | 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 |
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 Hidden One: A Native American Legend
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. 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 | | 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 (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |
BOOKS — | Picture Book | | Picture Book (Spanish) | | Coloring Book | | Readers on Stage | | Folktales on Stage |
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 Millionaire Miser: A Buddhist Fable
ONLINE — | Story | | Reader’s Theater | | Reader’s Theater (Trad. Chinese) | | Storytelling |
Kings for Breakfast!: A Hindu Legend
ONLINE — | Story |
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 |
Music & Musicians
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 |
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 Man Who Sang to Ghosts: A Japanese Legend
ONLINE — | Story |
BOOKS — | Mini-Novel | | 13 Scary Ghost Stories |
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 |
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 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 SchoolONLINE — | Reader’s Theater |
BOOKS — | Stories on Stage |