Orem Library

"Ellen is putting the finishing touches on a wedding quilt made from scraps of old dresses when the bride-to-be-her granddaughter June-unexpectedly arrives and announces she's calling off the marriage. With the tending of June's uncertain heart in mind, Ellen tells her the story of Nell, a Kansas-born woman who goes to the High Plains of New Mexico Territory in 1898 in search of a husband. Working as a biscuit-shooter, Nell falls for a cowboy named...

"On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person....

While looking at a box of faded old photographs at his grandmother's summer cottage, Jon finds he has become part of the pictures

Over the holidays they spend together, Marissa's grandmother tells Marissa a love story from her past.

As a little girl accompanies her grandma on a walk to the polling station, members of their community join and the grandmother explains the importance of their journey.

When young Yasmin goes for a visit, her grandmother teaches her a Muslim's daily prayers, makes special prayer clothes, and gives a gift that will help Yasmin remember when to pray. Includes facts about prayer customs.

Charity has chicken pox, there's a terrible snowstorm outside, and it looks like the Chatfields will have to spend Thanksgiving without Nana and her wonderful roast turkey, stuffing and cranberries.

A little boy has his first sleep-over at his Granny's house.

Maren, her older sister Hallie, and their grandmother go undercover to investigate a suspicious summer camp for dreamers, and when sleepwalking campers cannot be awakened, the three hurry to uncover and stop the criminal mastermind running the camp.

While helping Grandma in the garden, a child learns about the important role of the earthworm in helping plants grow.