Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype, Ballentine Books, 1992

A deep book using multicultural myths, fairy tales, fold tales and stores chosen from her research. The stories are intended to help women reconnect with the healthy, instinctual, visionary attributes of the ‘Wild Woman’ archetype.

Clever Katya: A Fairy Tale From Old Russia. Barefoot Books, 1998.

Keepers of the Story *
Leave Her Alone
Lent: The Daily Readings
Lent: The Sunday Readings *

* (Written with Tony Cowan)

The two books on Lent combine to walk you through the forty days of Lent and Holy Week, with stories and reflections for all three liturgical cycles.

Not Counting Women and Children: Neglected Stories from the Bible Parables

Megan McKennas’s books are written from a social justice perspective and deal with scripture stories in a narrative fashion. The books with * are packed with stories. The other books have occasional stories interspersed with reflections from her comprehensive study of scripture. All of her books are published by Orbis. Megan McKenna has published more books than I have listed. These are the ones I am familiar with, and have found helpful.

Fearless Girls, Wise Women and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales From Around the World, W.W. Norton and Company, 1998.

Daughters of Eve: Strong Women of the Bible, Barefoot Books, 2000.

The Serpent Slayer: And Other Stories of Strong Women, Little Brown, 2000.

Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls, Silver Whistle, 2000.