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Aaron Shepard
Writing books for children is both art and business. If you dream of becoming a children's author -- or even if you're well on your way -- this handbook can…
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"One can never have too many friends."
Quackling was proud when the King came to him to borrow money. But years passed, and the King never paid him back! So…
You'd better believe Slappy Hooper was the world's biggest, fastest, bestest sign painter. He was bestest because no one else ever made pictures so true to life. But some folks…
"I want shoes that are spiffy, not iffy."
Katie is tired of her same old shoes, so she goes to the store to buy new ones. But with so many…
Sadko the musician loved his city of Novgorod, the richest and most free in all Russia. With its great feasts, its white stone churches, its merchant visitors from many lands…
Featured in Kate Middleton's 2021 television special at Westminster Abbey, "Royal Carols: Together at Christmas"
One night of peace in a world of war.
"Christmas Day, 1914…
Why not give more?
Van Amsterdam the baker was well known for his honesty as well as for his fine Saint Nicholas cookies. He always gave his customers exactly what…
Anne L Watson
It's a match! Cookie molds and polymer clay are perfect crafting companions!
So says Anne L. Watson, whose earlier books helped spark a cookie molds revival. As Anne has discovered…
Plato
The legend of Atlantis -- you've heard about it, read about it, seen it in videos, shows, and movies. Now go straight to the source!
Atlantis was first introduced by…
Chapter books by Aarno Shepard –Series title page.
Not so long ago, in the tiny, isolated villages of Finland, where prolonged summer days gave way to endless winter nights, people would pass the time by singing the many…
Quite by chance, San Francisco has become one of the carousel capitols of the world. It today hosts carousels from all three of the most important historic American carousel makers…
Paul Rasmussen is a young ethnographer and academic recovering from prostate cancer. Broken, he retreats to the remote forests and towns of the Immitoin Valley. As an outsider, he discovers…
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In the Celtic kingdoms of Wales, great lords gave great feasts for their fighting men and courtiers. In between the meals, the storyteller rose and spun his tales of times…
Timothy Tolliver and his friend Arnie Rosenberg have a problem - a gang of older bullies called the Stinks. But Timothy is a world-class inventor, and he and Arnie set…
Stories on Stage is a collection of reader’s theater scripts for young readers, adapted from stories by fifteen different authors, including Louis Sachar, Nancy Farmer, Russell Hoban, Wanda Gag, and…
Gentlemen might be in short supply today, but this little book of wisdom could be a cure. If you’re a young man who cares about the quality of his mark…
An earlier version of this story was published by Skyhook Press as ‘Monkey: a superhero tale of China,’ 2005 –Colopho
Synopsis coming soon…….
****A CENTRAL TEXT IN NEW YORK STATE’S COMMON CORE CURRICULUM****
Want to try reader’s theater but don’t know where to start? Or have you tried it but want to find…
The lights dim, and a weighty silence falls upon the audience. From all over Europe and America, these fifteen hundred men and women have come to spend many days in…
A young, blind bard counts himself lucky when invited to live with the monks at a prominent Buddhist temple – and more lucky still when asked to perform his epic…
Folktales on Stage is a collection of reader’s theater scripts for young readers, adapted by award-winning children’s author Aaron Shepard from his own folktale retellings. A wide variety of countries…
Not since the days of Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp has one cowboy done so much to strike fear into the hearts of bad guys everywhere. But Lightning Larry…
Fifteen years after publishing The Business of Writing for Children – the all-time online bestseller among guides to children’s writing – award-winning author Aaron Shepard returns with a new collection…
Beauty and intelligence were the princess Savitri’s, and eyes that shone like the sun. So splendid was she that people thought her a goddess. When at last she found a…
I want shoes that are spiffy, not iffy.
Quackling was proud when the King came to him to borrow money. But years passed, and the King never paid him back! So, he took his sack and started for…
Long ago in the city of Novgorod there lived a poor musician named Sadko, whose fortunes change when he is called to play at the Sea King’s sumptuous undersea palace…
I’m quick and smart as I can be. Try and try, but you can’t catch me!
Mouse Deer sings his song as he walks through the forest looking for tasty…
First published in 2010 as a 15th anniversary edition, this is a reissue and revision of the award-winning 1995 book.
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