Orem Library

"Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave.

After a young Dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes.

Jeremy, who longs to have the black high tops that everyone at school seems to have but his grandmother cannot afford, is excited when he sees them for sale in a thrift shop and decides to buy them even though they are the wrong size.

While attending a yard sale, Pinkalicious finds all kinds of great items, but the one she finally chooses is not for her.

A legend of colonial America, in which a greedy baker learns the importance of generosity in business, thus initiating the custom of the "baker's dozen."

When a generous quiltmaker finally agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king but only under certain conditions, she causes him to undergo a change of heart.

A boy and his pet dragon discover the meaning of the Christmas spirit.

A hungry wolf's attempts to fatten a chicken for his stewpot have unexpected results.

Simpleton's generosity helps him gain a princess for his bride.

On Christmas Eve, Thomas buys a magical candle that changes the way he views his fellow human beings and helps him feel charity for those less fortunate than he.