Shepard, Aaron

A legend of colonial America in which a greedy baker learns the importance of generosity in business, thus initiating the custom of the "baker's dozen.".

A graphic-novel retelling of the legend in which Robin Hood and his band of outlaws take from the rich and give to the poor, fighting for the oppressed and against the evil Sheriff of Nottingham.

A well-intentioned fortune-telling peasant unwittingly tricks a band of local thieves into returning the king's stolen treasure.

A baker in colonial New York learns the importance of generosity from an old woman who visits his shop on St. Nicholas Day.

In this tale from the "Mahabharata," India's national epic, Princess Savitri outwits the god of death to save her husband.

Slappy Hooper, the world's biggest, fastest, best sign painter, gets in all kinds of trouble with his amazingly realistic signs.

The sheltered and privileged daughter of a mandarin comes to understand the consequences of her naive, yet cruel, words to a fisherman.

A collection of reader's theater scripts for young readers, adapted from folktale retellings.

A collection of twenty-two plays adapted from folk tales, short stories, myths, and novels and intended for use in reader's theater programs with middle grade and junior high school students.

A talented musician from Novgorod plays so well that the Sea King wants him to marry one of his daughters.