Bibliotek i Västmanland

An old father is ready to give his house to one of his three sons. Who will it be? He will decide based not only on the trade they learn but also on how excellent they perform it. ...

Once lived a boy who served a rich man for three years. The boy decided to leave service and asked his master to give him what he had earned. Unfortunately he got only three farthi ...

A mother loses her child and she simply cannot get over it. She is desperate and cries all the time. One day she sees the ghost of her precious little boy. Is she going crazy or th ...

Can you imaging having to wear a bearskin for seven years without taking it off? It may sound impossible but the soldier in our story was willing to try. After all he went into an ...

The king and the queen finally got a son but he was not just an ordinary boy. He had special powers and all he wished for, he got. The cook in the castle got envious and he decided ...

There lived once a father who wanted to put his sons to the test. He asked them to bring him the most beautiful carpet, the most glamorous ring and the most magnificent woman. He b ...

Thumbling is a tailor’s little son whose adventures do not come to an end. He likes wandering around and he stumbles upon robbers, animals and other creatures. Thumbling is however ...

Have you heard the saying "kindness pays back"? Here goes a story proving us the truth in these words. A poor girl lived with her sister and step-mother. The step-mother made the g ...

Eräällä oppineella miehellä on salaperäinen naapuri, jota kukaan ei tunne. Yhtenä iltana mies pohtii, voisiko hänen varjonsa käydä naapurissa ja kertoa hänelle, mitä naapurista löy ...

Täyttyneiden toiveiden maa. Voiko sellaista paikkaa oikeasti olla olemassa? Näin muuan runoilija väittää Kurjuudenlaakson baarissa. Täyttyneiden toiveiden maassa ei ole ikinä nälkä ...

VINNARE AV HUGO AWARD & NEBULA AWARD En av tidernas 100 mest inflytelserika romaner enligt BBC Melange är det mest eftertraktade ämnet i universum: en drog som kan förlänga männi ...

Pienen englantilaislähiön kasvatti Bert Smallways päätyy sattuman oikusta kuumailmapallolennolle Saksan armeijan salaiseen lentotukikohtaan, jossa hän tekeytyy lentokonesuunnitteli ...

Graham herää Lontoossa nukuttuaan kaksisataa vuotta. On vuosi 2100, ja Grahamin nukkuessa yhteiskunta on muuttunut täysin. Valtaa pitää kahdentoista hengen totalitaristinen neuvost ...

We are used to reading about princes saving their princesses from dangers. But this tale will surprise you. It is a story about a young drummer and a disembodied, bewitched princes ...

If there was someone to trick the Devil himself, you would not expect it to be a hard-working peasant, right? Well Brothers Grimm surprise us yet again with a folktale about an unr ...

Some are born with a golden spoon in the mouth. Others are forced to lead difficult and unfair life full of miser and desperation. This time the heroine in our story is not a princ ...

The Lord once visited one evil woman’s home. She was so rude and impolite that the Lord made her and her daughter ugly. The woman’s stepdaughter was however so kindhearted and good ...

Once lived an evil sorceress who had a beautiful daughter. Many princes tried to win the princess’s heart but the queen would not let them take her daughter that easily. The admire ...

One king had twelve beautiful daughters who slept all together in one chamber. Each evening the king would lock their room and each morning he would find them with shoes danced to ...

A merchant traded his son for riches and wealth. It happened by mistake but the deal could not be reversed. The merchant decided to trick the dwarf who was going to take away his s ...

Can you imagine getting driven away from your home because of a lying goat? As impossible as it may sound, it happened to the three brothers in our story. Sadly only after the fath ...

Have you heard about the cat-and-mouse game? You realize there is a certain meaning behind it, right? Well then you would be surprised if we told you that the cat and the mouse in ...

One day, a competition was organised: the fastest would be awarded first price. The jury gave first prize to the hare and second prize was awarded to the snail. Long debates follow ...

In the tallest and poorest house in a very narrow winding street, was an attic with a single window. Behind this window, was a bird in a cage; the state of the house and the cage w ...

All the local children knew the river Odense and they all knew about the bell that could be found there. A long time ago, the bell, being tired, had fallen from its beam and had la ...