Arcadia Public Library

When a mysterious old man gives James some magical, tiny green things, he certainly never imagines that they will grow into an enormous peach.

Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.

"For decades, no one has gone into Willy Wonka's chocolate factory...and no one has come out. Finally, after finding the much sought-after golden tickets, five lucky children from around the world will be the first to walk through its doors after all this time. Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teavee, and our hero, Charlie Bucket, are in for the ride of their lives, as the fantastic chocolate factory is not as it seems, and is...

A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together.

Little Billy enters the Forest of Sin and meets the Minpins, matchstick-sized people who live in tree cities besieged by the Smoke-Belching Gruncher whom Billy vows to destroy.

A collection of stories dating from the 1940's depicting life in an English village.

The vicar's speech impediment leads to holy hysteria in an otherwise quiet country parish.

A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.

The enormous crocodile devises secret plans and a few clever tricks to secure his lunch only to have them foiled by his neighbors.

Angered by a neighboring family's sport hunting, an eight-year-old girl turns her magic finger on them.