Orem Library

A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

On a weekend visit a boy and his grandfather share their likes and dislikes. Both enjoy trading knock-knock jokes, playing baseball, and reading. Both hate wearing new clothes, eating funny-looking food, and cleaning up. And on the very last page the unexpected narrator is revealed -- Grandpa has been telling this story!

Josh and Aaron love to watch the river flow gently past their house. Together they make up stories about it, and always they wonder where the river begins. One day the boys and their grandfather set out to find the answer, and together they explore the moods of nature and the bonds of a man and his grandsons.

Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.

Brothers Charlie and Mouse enjoy a special visit from Grumpy.

A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.

A little creature and his grandfather have fun on a trip to the department store.

Anna thinks it is too early to go to bed, but her grandfather leads her one step at a time.

Grandpa Max explains to Ollie the ways their relatives are connected.