Orem Library

Philip Reid was an enslaved African American who volunteered to work with the delicate plaster mold needed to create Freedom, the statue that stands atop the capital building in Washington, D.C.

Follows a giraffe known as a Chee-Lin as he makes his way around the world from Africa to Bengal to China.

A young woman and her husband are glad that they gave a stray kitten a home when it saves their lives by alerting them to a gas leak.

From battling toothaches while fighting the British, to having rotten teeth removed by his dentists, the Father of His Country suffered all his life with tooth problems. Yet, contrary to popular belief, he never had a set of wooden teeth. Starting at the age of twenty-four, George Washington lost on average a tooth a year, and by the time he was elected President, he had only two left! In this reverentially funny tale written in verse and based on...

Presents facts about hair from the intricate stylings the ladies of the court of Queen Marie Antoinette and the invention of conditioner to the Manchu government ordered hairstyles for men and the first blow dryer.

A usually aloof cat risks her own life to save her owner from a deadly fire.

The daughter of the prominent Mexican muralist Diego Rivera reminisces about her childhood and her father, and presents some of his artwork that deals with themes related to her recollections.

"There once was an owl who lived in a tree. Until one day her home was uprooted and she was taken far away from what she knew. Follow Rockefeller ("Rocky") the owl as she journeys to the bustling center of New York City and she's discovered among the branches of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. With human kindness and a dash of holiday spirit, can this brave little owl find a new home?"--

The true story of two red-tailed hawks who nested on a tall apartment building on Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1993 and thereby attracted widespread attention from the public.