Orem Library

The wares of the poor little match girl illuminate her cold world, bringing some beauty to her brief, tragic life.

An elderly couple who long for a child build a snow child which comes to life and makes them very happy-until the coming of spring when the days become too warm for her to stay.

A tale, based on a story found in ancient papyrus scrolls, about a shipwrecked sailor who finds fortune when he is befriended by a serpent that is the Prince of the magical island of Punt.

An ornery dead man refuses to stay in his coffin and causes a disturbance when the best fiddler in town comes to call on his widow.

Jack and Annie are joined by Teddy and Kathleen as they travel to the snowy Land-Behind-the-Clouds, where they search for the eye of the Ice Wizard and attempt to help Merlin and Morgan.

In this version of "The Gingerbread Man," an ice cube runs away to sea hoping to grow as big as an iceberg and bump into boats.

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

Relates myths about dragons from different countries, including where they live, what they eat, and how they look, as well as how the myths may have developed. Annotation. For hundreds of years, people believed dragons were real. They thought dragons lived in caves full of treasure, soared through the air on large bat wings, and breathed fire. Storytellers told tales of dragons that fought knights and kings. Now kids can learn the unnatural history...

A clever fox teaches two bears a lesson about greed.

The perilous adventures of a toy soldier who loves a paper dancing girl culminate in tragedy for both of them.