Aaron Shepard (1) (1950–)
Autor(a) de The Baker's Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale
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About the Author
Aaron Shepard's work has been honored by the American Library Association, the National Council for the Social Studies, and the American Folklore Society, and he has been a judge for the Golden Kite Awards of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Image credit: Sketch by Toni Goffe, coloring by Angelo Lopez
Obras por Aaron Shepard
The Monkey King: A Superhero Tale of China, Retold from The Journey to the West (Ancient Fantasy) (2005) 82 exemplares
The Business of Writing for Children: An Award-Winning Author's Tips on Writing Children's Books and… (2000) 77 exemplares
Aiming at Amazon: The NEW Business of Self Publishing, or How to Publish Your Books with Print on Demand and Online… (2007) 67 exemplares
The Mountain of Marvels: A Celtic Tale of Magic, Retold from the Mabinogion (Ancient Fantasy) (2014) 39 exemplares
The Songs of Power: A Finnish Tale of Magic, Retold from the Kalevala (Ancient Fantasy) (2007) 38 exemplares
Perfect Pages: Self Publishing with Microsoft Word, or How to Design Your Own Book for Desktop Publishing and Print on… (2006) 34 exemplares
Stories on Stage: Children's Plays for Readers Theater, With 15 Reader's Theatre Play Scripts From 15 Authors,… (1993) 32 exemplares
Folktales on Stage: Children's Plays for Readers Theater, with 16 Reader's Theatre Play Scripts from World Folk and… (2004) 25 exemplares
The Magic Flyswatter: A Superhero Tale of Africa, Retold from the Mwindo Epic (Ancient Fantasy) (2008) 21 exemplares
Pictures on Kindle: Self Publishing Your Kindle Book with Photos, Paintings, Drawings, and Other Graphics, or Tips on… (2013) 18 exemplares
Readers on Stage: Resources for Readers Theater, With Tips, Worksheets, and Reader's Theatre Play Scripts, or How to Do… (2004) 17 exemplares
From Word to Kindle: Self Publishing Your Kindle Book with Microsoft Word, or Tips and Secrets for Formatting Your Text… (2013) 17 exemplares
POD for Profit: More on the NEW Business of Self Publishing, or How to Publish Your Books With Online Book Marketing… (2010) 14 exemplares
The Baker's Dozen Coloring Book: A Grayscale Adult Coloring Book and Children's Storybook Featuring a Christmas Legend… (2018) 9 exemplares
The Man Who Sang to Ghosts: A Japanese Legend, Retold from the Story of Hoichi and Based on The Tale of the Heike (2017) 4 exemplares
HTML Fixes for Kindle: Advanced Self Publishing for Kindle Books, or Tips on Tweaking Your App's HTML So Your… (2013) 3 exemplares
How Frog Went To Heaven 2 exemplares
The Swan Knight: A Medieval Legend, Retold from Wagner's Lohengrin (Skyhook World Classics Book 5) (2017) 2 exemplares
The Hidden One - A Playbook Readers Theater Story to read out-loud for two or more readers. Character roles are written… (2004) 2 exemplares
Lohengrin 1 exemplar
The Millionaire Miser 1 exemplar
More Than a Match 1 exemplar
The Magic of Mushkil Gusha 1 exemplar
When the Twins Went to War 1 exemplar
The Most Precious Thing in the World 1 exemplar
Adventures in Writing for Children: More Tips from an Award-Winning Author on the Art and Business of Writing… (2016) 1 exemplar
Kings for Breakfast! 1 exemplar
The Stone in the Temple 1 exemplar
How Violence Is Ended 1 exemplar
Help! Hilary! Help! 1 exemplar
The Calabash Kids A Tale of Tanzania 1 exemplar
The Master of Masters 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1950
- Sexo
- male
- Locais de residência
- Humboldt County, California, USA
Friday Harbor, Washington, USA - Ocupações
- actor
writer
teacher - Organizações
- Chamber Readers, Humboldt, California, USA
Radio Readers
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Christmas Books (1)
Prémios
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 57
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 1,886
- Popularidade
- #13,644
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 97
- ISBN
- 184
- Línguas
- 8
Van Amsterdam baked the most delicious things, and everyone loved to visit his shop, especially when it came time to bake the Nikolaus cookies. He wasn't only great a baking. He was very fair as well and made sure that customers received exactly what they paid for. No more and no less. When an old woman entered his shop and excitedly announced she wanted a dozen cookies, she delight turned to anger as he gave her twelve. She claimed thirteen complete the dozen, and he wouldn't budge. What happened next turned his ideals upside down.
This story takes its inspiration from a legend during colonial New York, and the story telling lets that time period shine. It carries a traditional flair, flows wonderfully, and allows listeners to sink into the world. It makes for a lovely read-aloud and reminds of a fairy tale. There's a dusting of magic, an important lesson to be learned, and the importance of generosity beams bright. While it does center around the Saint Nikolaus celebration of December 6th, it does work very well for Christmas, too.
The illustrations are very well done and bring the historic scenes across with authentic atmosphere. There are tons of details worked in, which invite listeners to explore each image again and again on their own. The emotions and situations come across clearly as it balances right with the text.
This is one of those reads to put on the Christmas bookshelf and enjoy whenever the Holidays roll around.… (mais)