Sävsjö stadsbibliotek

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 ...

Vägen mellan Björkliden och Lönnvattnet flankeras av en bred och brusande älv. Under de kallaste vintermånaderna är älven täckt av en blanksvart yta som lurar ögat. Vattendraget se ...

Kari har rest långt bort från Finnmarkerna för att konfirmera sig, och livet i den nya staden skrämmer henne. Hon är långt hemifrån och när julen närmar sig vaknar hennes hemlängta ...

En försvunnen flicka och en desperat familj, ett barn som är som förtrollad av den stora orgeln och bestämmer sig för att musiken ska bli hans liv, sju syskon och ett dop och en da ...

Mannen flackade planlöst omkring i staden mitt i natten, sökandes efter sin hustru. Han visste inte var han skulle leta. Inte vem han skulle fråga. Vart skulle han ta vägen? Han ko ...

Adjunkten är nervös under sin resa mot Leksand. Han är Sveriges yngste präst, bara 23 år gammal, och omskriven i tidningen. Och nu skall han leda sin egen församling, i en helt ny ...

En felaktigt dömd mördare utför sin felfria hämndplan, en okänd bil förföljer en ensam kvinnlig resenär på en öde väg och en äktenskapssvindlare säkrar sin framtid genom att gifta ...

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 ...

In Gudenau, in the forest of Silkeborg, lived a farmer, Jeppe Jans, and his son, Ib. In winter, when there was nothing to do in the fields, Jeppe Jans made clogs and Ib tried to do ...

The men of our world who experience glory do not generally attain it easily. There have been several martyrs who, before knowing honour, have had to follow a very thorny path...Han ...

An expedition was taking place to the other side of the sea: many boats had been sent to the North Pole to explore the sea and the ice. It was winter and over there the days ran in ...

Everyone was happy: an heir had been born and mother and son were doing well! Almost all the fairies came to offer a gift to the newborn, there was just one missing who should have ...

There were five peas in a pod: they held their line and waited for the moment to leave. For them, everything was green: they were green and their world, which was limited to their ...

While the town judge was at his window, the son of the washerwoman passed before him. The judge said him unkind words to him about his mother. She drank to keep warm during the lon ...

Johanne and Knud lived close to the town of Kjöge, where there are many gardens that extend as far as the river. There is not much else, but it is charming in summer! It was under ...

It was the month of May and spring had arrived, although it was still cold. The flowers were blooming, but not all flowers receive the same praise. Some would say that there a diff ...

In this short tale, Hans Christian Andersen depicts a castle’s ramparts on an autumn day. A bird flies through the prison cell window and softens the heart of the miserable prisone ...

A flea, a grasshopper and a jumping goose entered a competition to see who could jump the highest. Who would win? That is a question that would turn out to be more complicated than ...

This story goes back to the very first people on Earth, Adam and Eve, and their children. When God decided to pay a visit to them, Eve hided those children she meant were ugly. God ...

Can your life change when you give a helping hand? You can never know before you do it, right? Without expecting anything, a rich count offered help to an old lady carrying a heavy ...

Something frightening and unexplainable happens in the near forest. The king keeps sending his huntsmen there and they keep on not coming back. Some creature is apparently killing ...

Once lived three unordinary sisters. The first one was only with one eye. You can guess what her name was. The second one, the most normal of them three, had two eyes. The youngest ...

Four brothers learn four different trades. They travel home to show their father the skills they have developed. And then suddenly a princess is taken away by a dragon. Of course t ...