Ånge bibliotek

Hans was a faithful and honest servant and his master granted him with a piece of gold. Hans was however not satisfied. This piece was too heavy to carry around all the time. So he ...

Many tales have proven that kindness pays back. Once lived a boy who was so kindhearted that he received a golden goose as a gift. There were however many greedy people who wanted ...

Can you imagine jumping into a well only because your step-mother makes you to? Although it may sound impossible, the poor girl in our story had to do it. And she did not die. Actu ...

If you make a stone path from your home to the forest, you will most certainly find your back, right? What if the path is from bread crumbs? Well, it will most certainly disappear ...

"Little Brother and Little Sister" is a magical story about two innocent children who flee the wicked stepmother they have. They seek shelter in the woods but we all know that the ...

The life of a travelling musician is not as easy as it seems. They have to go from one place to another and oftest all by themselves. One day the musician in our story got so lonel ...

Here goes a story about two brothers. The one was hard-working and smart while the other one was quite the opposite. He was so stupid that he even did not know what it meant to get ...

What would you choose if you got lost in the woods: continue wondering around with a unknown huntsman or rather take shelter in robbers’ den? What if the robbers find you and want ...

There was a time when a young princess named Maid Maleen fell in a love with a prince. However the princess’s father would not approve of the boy. The king decided to lock his daug ...

Can you imagine what a glass mountain could look like? Now what if we told you that the princess in our story began climbing the steep slopes, but she suddenly slipped and disappea ...

You are about to witness a race between a hedgehog and a hare. Who will you bet on? Even though the winner seems to be obvious, things can change in the very last minute. Who will ...

Can you imagine having a bear for a friend? Well the two sisters Snow-White and Rose-Red can. They were so pure-hearted that they could not imagine someone or something hurting the ...

People who have less give more. Have you heard this saying? Do you believe in it? Well let me give you an example. A poor orphaned girl wandered around the countryside, giving away ...

Can you imagine finding a golden key in a cold, dark winter night? What will you do with it? Where can it lead you to? Do you know that a small boy has already found a key like tha ...

"The Crystal Ball" is a fairy tale about magic, fear and love. Three young brothers lead a difficult life with their mother who is afraid by her little sons who may take her magica ...

A secluded hut in the woods does not sound so welcoming, right? However three sisters find themselves there after they get lost one after another. The old man living in the hut all ...

Is fear a good or a bad thing? Well, if a giant sends you to fetch an apple from the Tree of Life where wild animals wander around, you don’t have the option to be frightened. You ...

On paukkuva pakkanen, tähtikirkas sää ja uudenvuoden aatto. Salaperäiset postivaunut saapuvat kaupungin ulkoporteille mukanaan kaksitoista matkustajaa. Kaupungin portin vartijalla ...

Oletko ikinä kuullut Nukku-Matista? Nukku-Matti saapuu yleensä iltaisin. Hän tulee hyvin hiljaa ylös portaita, sillä hän kulkee sukkasillaan. Varovaisesti hän avaa lastenhuoneen ov ...

Orvoksi jäänyt Jacob Faithful kasvoi ja varttui vaatimattomissa oloissa Lontoossa Thamesin varrella. Elämä vei hänet laivaston mukana maailmalle, mutta nyt Jacob on palannut takais ...

Olipa kerran paha ja ilkeä ruhtinas, joka ei kaihtanut keinoja muita maita ryövätessään. Hän raivasi tiensä tulella ja miekalla ja poltti maanviljelijöiden talot poroiksi. Mutta mi ...

Kanakopissa ollaan asettumassa iltapuulle. Eräs kanoista nyppäisee itseltään höyhenen irti ja lausuu puolihuolimattomasti: "jota enemmän minä itseäni kynin, sitä kauniimmaksi minä ...

Olipa kerran mahtava kuningatar, joka piti ruusuista yli kaiken. Sen vuoksi kuningatar kasvatti puutarhassaan mitä erilaisimpia ruusuja, joiden tuoksu oli huumaavan suloinen. Erää ...

On uudenvuoden aatto ja kauhean kylmä ilma. Pieni tyttö astelee ulkona pimeässä paljain jaloin. Hänen isänsä on lähettänyt hänet matkaan myymään tulitikkuja. Kukaan ei kuitenkaan h ...

Pieni tyttö, Karen nimeltään, saa omat punaiset kengät. Karen on aivan kenkiensä lumoissa – voiko olla mitään ihanampaa kuin pienet punaiset kengät! Karen haluaa mennä kengät jalas ...