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.

A little boy explains how he shares with his family and friends.

Little Lion likes to play, but he has to learn how to share.

School children often become involved in difficult situations because they lack the resources to deal constructively with their internal and external conflicts. This sensitively written, best-selling series lightens the burden that today's educators and parents must shoulder. Here students will find realistic scenarios, age-appropriate language, and assurance that their problems are surmountable.

Davy shares his family's food with animals out in the snow, leaving his brothers and sisters hungry, until there is a knock on the door on Christmas Eve.

Harriet learns the hard way that sharing her Halloween candy makes her feel much better than eating it all herself.

In this modern retelling of the French tale, two hungry travelers use a stone as a soup starter and demonstrate the benefits of sharing. Includes a recipe for soup.

Rose is sent to an orphanage where the children's one bright spot is the orange they receive at Christmas from an anonymous donor, but her punishment for disobedience is that she will not be given one.

Two mice argue with increasing heat over their mutual border, until someone bigger intervenes.

Zinnia and Dot, self-satisfied hens who bicker constantly about who lays the better eggs, put aside their differences to protect a prime specimen.