Judy Freeman, Author, More Books Kids Will Sit Still For
Aaron Shepard is a national treasure. [His] new collection never fails to delight and enthrall.


Dr. Caroline Feller Bauer, Author, Presenting Reader's Theater and New Handbook for Storytellers
Easy-to-perform, dynamic reader's theater scripts. You and your actors will have a world of fun.


Susan Finney, Author, Independent Reading Activities That Keep Kids Learning While You Teach Small Groups
What a gift for the classroom teacher! A rich addition to reading programs.


Peggy Sharp, Children’s Literature Consultant
These easy-to-use scripts are just the thing for the social studies or language arts curriculum.


Dr. Judy Sierra, Folklorist and Author, Multicultural Folktales and Nursery Tales Around the World
The work of a master of the craft. Will be enjoyed by young readers, and by audiences of all ages.


R. Demers, Readers Theatre Digest, Winter 2004
The quality of the scripting is flawless and faithfully reflects the expertise we have come to expect from Aaron Shepard.


Book Description
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 and cultures is represented, including Native America, Africa, the Middle East, Russia, Southeast Asia, and China. The scripts may be freely copied, shared, and performed for educational, noncommercial purposes. While aiming mostly at ages 8 to 15, the collection features a full range of reading levels. The scripts in this collection are "The Adventures of Mouse Deer" (Indonesia, Malaysia), "The Calabash Kids" (Tanzania), "The Hidden One" (Native America), "The Boy Who Wanted the Willies" (Europe), "The Princess Mouse" (Finland), "The Legend of Slappy Hooper" (U.S.), "The Gifts of Wali Dad" (India, Pakistan), "The Baker's Dozen" (U.S.), "Master Maid" (Norway), "The Magic Brocade" (China), "Forty Fortunes" (Iran), "Master Man" (Nigeria), "Savitri" (India), "The Enchanted Storks" (Iraq), "The Crystal Heart" (Vietnam), and "The Sea King's Daughter" (Russia).


About the Author
Aaron Shepard is the author of numerous picture books as well as dozens of stories in Cricket and Australia's School Magazine. He is also the author of Stories on Stage (H. W. Wilson), long considered by many the premier collection of reader's theater scripts. Aaron spent five years as a professional actor in reader's theater, performing in schools and conducting workshops for teachers and students. He now hosts Aaron Shepard's RT Page, the Web's most popular reader's theater destination, with visits by thousands of teachers and librarians each week.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

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 and cultures is represented, including Native America, Africa, the Middle East, Russia, Southeast Asia, and China. The scripts may be freely copied, shared, and performed for educational, noncommercial purposes. While aiming mostly at ages 8 to 15, the collection features a full range of reading levels. About the author:
Aaron Shepard is the author of numerous picture books as well as dozens of stories in Cricket and Australia's School Magazine. He is also the author of Stories on Stage (H. W. Wilson), long considered by many the premier collection of reader's theater scripts. Aaron spent five years as a professional actor in reader's theater, performing in schools and conducting workshops for teachers and students. He now hosts Aaron Shepard's RT Page, the Web's most popular reader's theater destination, with visits by thousands of teachers and librarians each week.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Judy Freeman

Aaron Shepard is a national treasure. He has given thousands of us busy teachers and librarians a gold mine of ready-made plays our students clamor to perform over and over. Aaron's new collection never fails to delight and enthrall. While the experts argue about the "right" way to teach reading, Aaron is in the middle of the action, inspiring our kids to read aloud with fluency, comprehension, expression, and best of all, joy. — (Author, More Books Kids Will Sit Still For)

Dr. Caroline Feller Bauer

Aaron Shepard has done it! Folktales on Stage is a complete package of easy-to-perform, dynamic reader's theater scripts. Pack your passport and take a trip around the world. You and your actors will have a world of fun. — (Author, Presenting Reader's Theater and New Handbook for Storytellers)

Dr. Judy Sierra