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  • The Man Who Sang to Ghosts
    Aaron Shepard
    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 verses at the court of a high-ranking lord. But why is his noble audience so violently moved by his tales of long-dead heroes? For ages 10 and up. Not illustrated! //////////////////////////////////////////////// Aaro...
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    24,67 €

  • The Gentleman’s Handbook
    Aaron Shepard
    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 on the world -- or if you know such a young man -- the aphorisms of "The Gentleman's Handbook" may prove a helpful guide. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Aaron Shepard is an author, photographer, publis...
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    30,34 €

  • The Adventures of Mouse Deer
    Aaron Shepard
    "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 fruits and roots and shoots. Though he is small, he is not afraid. He knows that many big animals want to eat him -- but first they have to catch him!  In these delightful trickster tales from Southeast Asia, find out how Mo...
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    29,48 €

  • The Baker’s Dozen
    Aaron Shepard
    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 they paid for -- not more and not less. So, he was not about to give in when a mysterious old woman comes to him on Saint Nicholas Day and insists that a dozen is thirteen! The woman’s curse puts an end to the baker’s...
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    30,73 €

  • Christmas Truce
    Aaron Shepard
    Christmas Day, 1914 My dear sister Janet, It is 2:00 in the morning and most of our men are asleep in their dugouts—yet I could not sleep myself before writing to you of the wonderful events of Christmas Eve. In truth, what happened seems almost like a fairy tale, and if I hadn't been through it myself, I would scarce believe it. Just imagine: While you and the family sang ...
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    30,62 €

  • Timothy Tolliver and the Bully Basher
    Aaron Shepard
    Timothy Tolliver and his friend Arnie Rosenberg have a problem -- a gang of older bullies called the Stinks. But besides being a fourth-grader, Timothy is also a world-class inventor. He and Arnie get the bright idea of defending themselves with Timothy's science-project robot.  When their first try fails, Timothy finds a way to update the mystical formulas that gave life t...
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    12,96 €

  • The Man Who Sang to Ghosts
    Aaron Shepard
    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 verses at the court of a high-ranking lord. But why is his noble audience so violently moved by his tales of long-dead heroes? For ages 10 and up. Not illustrated! ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Aar...
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    12,86 €

  • The Swan Knight
    Aaron Shepard
    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 this small German town and many hours in this theater. Some are merely curious. Some are there because it's the fashion. But many have come out of devotion to the musical dramas of a composer they revere, almost...
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    12,96 €

  • The Mountain of Marvels
    Aaron Shepard
    A thousand years ago, in the Celtic kingdoms of Wales, great lords gave great feasts for their fighting men and courtiers. In timbered halls, for days on end, heaps of meat and bread were washed down with gallons of beer and mead. And in between the meals, when bellies were stuffed and spirits high, the storyteller rose and spun his tales of times long past.  He told of lords, ...
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    12,96 €

  • The Songs of Power
    Aaron Shepard
    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 adventures of their favorite heroes: the mighty, magical men and women of ancient days.  They sang of old Vainamoinen, greatest of sages and magicians, who helped create the world but never could find a woman t...
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    12,96 €

  • The Magic Flyswatter
    Aaron Shepard
    The storyteller stands beside the fire, swaying, dancing, miming, singing, reciting. With one hand he shakes a gourd rattle, with the other he swings a conga -- a flyswatter made with a buffalo tail on a wooden handle. Anklet bells tinkle as he moves. Three young men beat a wooden drum with sticks.  Listening to him is a crowd of men, women, and children. They sing along at a s...
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    12,96 €

  • The Monkey King
    Aaron Shepard
    If you think Superman or Spiderman has been around a long time, think about Monkey. He has been China’s favorite superhero for at least five centuries. He’s amazingly strong, he can fly, and he has a few tricks those other superheroes never heard of. And he’s always ready to do battle with demons, dragons -- sometimes even the gods. Monkey stars in The Journey to the West, an e...
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    12,96 €

  • Circles of Delight
    Aaron Shepard
    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 -- the only city anywhere with that distinction! What's more, each carousel has been restored close to its original condition.  "Circles of Delight" celebrates the beauty and diversity of these t...
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    30,52 €

  • The Sea King’s Daughter
    Aaron Shepard
    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, Sadko felt there was no better place to be. Yet he was lonely too, for the rich young ladies who danced to his music would never favor anyone so poor. One night he takes his twelve-string gusli and goes a...
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    16,60 €

  • The Legend of Lightning Larry
    Aaron Shepard
    "One of the books every boy should have on his bookshelf." -- San Francisco Examiner No outlaw could draw as fast as Lightning Larry. But what really terrified those bad men was that peculiar gun of his. It didn't shoot bullets. It shot light. And Larry always aimed for the heart.  Can Larry save the town of Brimstone from Evil-Eye McNeevil's outlaw gang? Find out in th...
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    17,27 €

  • The Adventures of Mouse Deer
    Aaron Shepard
    "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 fruits and roots and shoots. Though he is small, he is not afraid. He knows that many big animals want to eat him -- but first they have to catch him!  In these delightful trickster tales from Southeast Asia, find out how Mo...
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    17,83 €

  • The Atlantis Dialogue
    Aaron Shepard / Plato / B. Jowett / BJowett
    The legend of Atlantis -- you’ve heard about it, read about it, watched it on large and small screens. Now go straight to the source!Atlantis was first introduced by the Greek philosopher Plato in two 'dialogues' he wrote in the fourth century B.C. His tale of a great empire that sank beneath the waves has generated countless books, dramatic adaptations, archeological expeditio...
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    11,73 €

  • Folktales on Stage
    Aaron Shepard
    "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. While focusing on ages 8 to 15, the collection feature...
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    23,13 €

  • Stories on Stage
    Aaron Shepard
    "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 Roald Dahl. Coming from such genres as humor, fantasy, and multicultural folktales, stories were selected for their dramatic quality, literary value, and appeal to young peopl...
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    23,06 €

  • Readers on Stage
    Aaron Shepard
    ****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 ways to bring it more to life? Or are you just looking for a fun, easy way to lure young people into reading fluency, cooperative effort, effective communication, and love of literature?  "Readers on St...
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    17,11 €

  • The Gentleman’s Handbook
    Aaron Shepard
    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 on the world -- or if you know such a young man -- the aphorisms of "The Gentleman's Handbook" may prove a helpful guide. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Aaron Shepard is an author, photographer, publis...
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    15,71 €

  • Adventures in Writing for Children
    Aaron Shepard
    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 of articles on the art and business of creating literature for young people.  Topics include managing time in stories, structuring a chapter book, retelling folktales an...
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    17,42 €

  • The Business of Writing for Children
    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 help you in writing sellable stories, getting them published, and promoting your books.  Topics include common myths about children's writing, children's book categories, elements of successful stories, manu...
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    17,47 €

  • Christmas Truce
    Aaron Shepard
    Christmas Day, 1914 My dear sister Janet, It is 2:00 in the morning and most of our men are asleep in their dugouts -- yet I could not sleep myself before writing to you of the wonderful events of Christmas Eve. In truth, what happened seems almost like a fairy tale, and if I hadn't been through it myself, I would scarce believe it. Just imagine: While you and the family sa...
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    16,55 €

  • The Monkey King
    Aaron Shepard
    If you think Superman or Spiderman has been around a long time, think about Monkey. He has been China's favorite superhero for at least five centuries. He's amazingly strong, he can fly, and he has a few tricks those other superheroes never heard of. And he's always ready to do battle with demons, dragons -- sometimes even the gods.  Monkey stars in The Journey to t...
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    24,64 €

  • The Songs of Power
    Aaron Shepard
    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 adventures of their favorite heroes: the mighty, magical men and women of ancient days.  They sang of old Vainamoinen, greatest of sages and magicians, who helped create the world but never could find a woman t...
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    24,64 €

  • The Mountain of Marvels
    Aaron Shepard
    A thousand years ago, in the Celtic kingdoms of Wales, great lords gave great feasts for their fighting men and courtiers. In timbered halls, for days on end, heaps of meat and bread were washed down with gallons of beer and mead. And in between the meals, when bellies were stuffed and spirits high, the storyteller rose and spun his tales of times long past.  He told of lords, ...
    Disponible

    24,64 €

  • Timothy Tolliver and the Bully Basher
    Aaron Shepard
    Timothy Tolliver and his friend Arnie Rosenberg have a problem -- a gang of older bullies called the Stinks. But besides being a fourth-grader, Timothy is also a world-class inventor. He and Arnie get the bright idea of defending themselves with Timothy's science-project robot.  When their first try fails, Timothy finds a way to update the mystical formulas that gave life t...
    Disponible

    24,64 €


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