books by Aaron Shepard

books by Aaron Shepard

books:

Aaron Shepard

The Princess Mouse : A Tale of Finland

Aaron Shepard

Atheneum, 2003

How to find a wife? Cut down and tree and go where it points
"The Princess Mouse: A Tale of Finland" begins with a simple premise, which is that in Mikko's family when young men get to the age when it is time for them to marry they find their future brides by cutting down a tree and following it points. It so happens that in ...

The Sea King's Daughter: A Russian Legend

Aaron Shepard

Aladdin, 2001

Exquisite artwork by Gennady Spirin of a Russian legend
The story of the legendary Russian hero Sadko comes from a byliny, an epic ballad, composed by a minstrel during medieval times, although today it is better known as an opera by Rimsky-Korsakova. The story is set in the city of Novgorod, which was on the banks of the ...

Beautiful Losers

Aaron Rose, Christian Strike, ...

D.A.P./Iconoclast, 2005

Great pictures, great read
Its definately worth $25.17, or whatever price theyve stuck on it by now. Its includes pictures of, and interesting stories about a few of the Beautiful Losers aswell as full pages of artwork (in color). Its no picture book either, in addition to the stories, its got ...

Readers on Stage: Resources for Reader's Theater (or Readers Theatre), With Tips, Play Scripts, and ...

Aaron Shepard

Shepard Publications, 2004

A fantastic, motivating way to get kids to read and perform!
As an elementary school teacher and reading specialist, I've been thrilled by how much my students have enjoyed the chance to read and perform reader's theater. I would recommend Aaron Shepard's books to anyone interested in creative ways to teach literacy skills. The ...

Perfect Pages: Self Publishing with Microsoft Word, or How to Design Your Own Book for Desktop Publishing and ...

Aaron Shepard

Shepard Publications, 2006

Great information!
I used "Perfect Pages" to format my book, "The Magi of Futurity" for print-on-demand publishing. The instructions were clearly defined and easy to follow. This how-to guide is a great addition to anyone's library who wants to use Word to design and format a ...

The Atlantis Dialogue: Plato's Original Story of the Lost City, Continent, Empire, Civilization

Plato

Shepard Publications, 2001

Interesting
It is really interesting to read the old good Plato. He lived so many ages before ours but the story he writes about is much older. According to Plato Atlantis has been destroyed as a result of violent earthquake that was brought by gods upon the city as a punishment ...

Folktales on Stage: Children's Plays for Reader's Theater (or Readers Theatre), With 16 Play Scripts From ...

Aaron Shepard

Shepard Publications, 2003

Excellent RT resource for Teachers
Do you want an engaging activity to use with elementary students that fosters reading, performing and listening skills? Aaron Shephard's book is a wonderful resource for K-8 teachers to use in the classroom. This book has a variety of texts adapted for Reader's ...

Stories on Stage: Children's Plays for Reader's Theater (or Readers Theatre), With 15 Play Scripts From 15 ...

Aaron Shepard

Shepard Publications, 2005

Theatre Teachers: This Is What You Need
This book is formatted so easily, it took me MUCH less time than I thought it would to prepare a unit on reader's theatre for my class. I used it for my high school theatre class so they wouldn't have to concentrate on large vocabularies, but rather to deliver the ...

The Business of Writing for Children: An Award-Winning Author's Tips on Writing Children's Books and ...

Aaron Shepard

Shepard Publications, 2000

The Absolute Best "How-To Get Your Writing Career Started" Book on the Market
"The Business of Writing for Children" is an exceptional guide for all writers. There are loads of books on the market that deal with writing, but Aaron Shepard's work is a diamond amongst lead pellets. He shares his real life experiences that have led him to become ...

Aiming at Amazon: The NEW Business of Self Publishing, or How to Publish Books for Profit with Print on ...

Aaron Shepard

Shepard Publications, 2007

Best Book Out There!
"Aiming at Amazon" by Aaron Shepard is my favorite book right now because I successfully used it to create my already written book, "The Magi of Futurity", and have it listed on Amazon. After checking with others and reading the reviews for Aaron's book, I was very ...

The Biophilia Hypothesis (A Shearwater Book)

Island Press, 1995

Wonderful reading
This was recommended by a scientist-science teacher-friend and I was simply blown away by the implications. If this theory is correct, then it explains the human descent into madness brought on by increased development without thought.

The Magic Flyswatter: A Superhero Tale of Africa, Retold from the Mwindo Epic (Ancient Fantasy)

Aaron Shepard

Skyhook Press, 2008

Unique
I really enjoyed this book. I really, really liked this book. It is always interesting to read stories that kids from another part of the world grew up hearing about. Every culture has their own brand of folklore that has been passed down through the generations. ...

The Maiden of Northland: A Hero Tale of Finland

Aaron Shepard

Atheneum, 1996

Beauty and magic of the Kalevala retold
Aaron Shepard's loving and powerful retelling of the Kalevala epic captures the beauty, magic, poetry and grace of the original in a form highly accessible even to very young children. My half-Finnish daughters (ages 5 and 7) sat captivated through a first reading and ...

The Legend of Lightning Larry

Aaron Shepard

Atheneum, 1993

The Legend of Lightning Larry
My husband just loved reading this book to our boys! The cowboy (Larry) uses his guns to shoot lightning bolts that make bad guys "nice". Their friends are not too thrilled about that!

One-Eye! Two-Eyes! Three-Eyes!: A Very Grimm Fairy Tale

Aaron Shepard

Atheneum, 2006

Sick of Cinderella?
Just when you've read your kid Cinderella for the million zillionth time, along comes Aaron Shepard to the rescue with this retelling of a less well known but very fun fairy tale. Poor little Two-Eyes is the weird kid in her family since she has an even number of eyes; ...