Aaron Shepard Books
The Enchanted Storks: A Tale of the Middle East
The Calif of Baghdad is turned into a stork by an evil sorcerer, the only one who knows the magic word that will restore the Calif to his human form.
Read MoreThe baker s dozen
A baker in colonial New York learns the importance of generosity from an old woman who visits his shop on St. Nicholas Day.
Read MoreThe legend of Lightning Larry
Shooting bolts of light instead of bullets, Lightning Larry changes the town of Brimstone into a friendly, happy place.
Read MoreThe gifts of Wali Dad
An Indian/Pakistani folktale in which an impoverished grass-cutter finds that gifts can be a mixed blessing.
Read MoreThe legend of Slappy Hooper
Slappy Hooper, the world's biggest, fastest, bestest sign painter, gets in all kinds of trouble with his amazingly realistic signs.
Read MoreThe baker's dozen
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."
Read MoreThe maiden of Northland
An incident from the Finnish national epic, The Kalevala, in which two friends become rivals for the hand of the maiden of Northland.
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