Arcadia Public Library

The author's premise is that within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. Here, the author unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through these stories and commentaries, the...

The complete iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film!

Narrated by Patton Oswalt, Melissa McBride, and Alex Brightman, this collection includes all three of Alvin Schwartz's classic story collections: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3.

Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow

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When Mother Ducks eggs hatch, one little duckling is clumsy and noisyand very ugly! And no matter how hard he tries to fit in, the other animals just laugh at him. Will the ugly duckling ever find a friend?

Three wise monks trick a poor, frightened community into finding happiness by teaching them the magic of generosity.

In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.

In Red riding hood, a little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother. In Cinderella, in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper. In Goldilocks and the three bears, three bears return home from a walk to find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed. In The three little pigs, one of three brother pigs survives a wolf's attacks by using...

"Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their...

When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and the whole town enjoys a feast.

Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

A collection of four classic folk tales in audio book format, including "Davy Crockett," "Rip Van Winkle," "Johnny Appleseed," and "Paul Bunyan."