Ruby Sisson Library

Curl up and discover folk tales, legends, and myths from wintry landscapes in this beautifully illustrated anthology for children. Featuring stories of Norse gods, hibernating bears, Christmas feasts, and wicked witches, there is something for everyone in this collection of winter inspired stories. This is a collection to read when the weather turns cold and the nights draw in.

Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.

Retells the story of Goldilocks, set in an Inuit village and featuring a family of polar bears.

The new duckling is scorned by everyone because he is different, but after a lonely winter he discovers he has grown into a beautiful swan.

Retells the fable about an industrious ant that busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

Five animals enjoy summer in the forest after running away from the masters who planned to eat them, but only Bull thinks of the approaching winter.

A Dakota woman learns a hard lesson about greed and selfishness when she takes the winter supply of earth beans from Heetunka, the Bean Mouse, and leaves nothing in return.

A collection of stories, primarily about brave warrior gods, told around the fireside on cold winter nights by the people of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland.

Presents facts and folklore about the shortest day of the year, a day that has been filled with magic since ancient times.

Retells the Finno-Ugric legend of how Bear descended from the stars in a basket of gold coins on a silver chain and learned how to live in the forest and find a place to sleep during the winter.