Svenska handelshögskolans bibliotek

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Once upon a time there were five brothers who had arrived at the age where they asked themselves what they would become. Each of the brothers wanted to become "something" and each ...

He had been ill a long time and God came for him – the parents and sisters of the little four-year-old boy who had died were inconsolable. No chagrin was greater than that of the b ...

On the day that the emperor’s horse received his golden horseshoes as a reward for his heroic deeds, the beetle who shared his stable was very jealous. The smith refused to make sh ...

One day a Portuguese duck arrived at the duck house. Some said she came from Spain, but from then on all her descendants were called ‘Portuguese’. Today, there is only one Portugue ...

Ali Baba and Cassim are two Persian brothers. Ali Baba barely manages to put food on the table for his family, while his brother lives an easy life thanks to his rich wife. One day ...

Aladdin is a boy, who lives in poverty with his mother. One day, while he is playing outside, an African magician approaches him and claims that he is Aladdin’s uncle. The mysterio ...

”Ne vaanivat saalistaan unien äärillä. Kun ne surmaavat uneksijan keskellä painajaista, osa tämän mielestä kuolee.” Alma Eriksson on jäänyt vangiksi avioliittoonsa sairautensa vuok ...

Anne Lisbeth was a beautiful young woman, but she gave birth to a repugnantly ugly child. That is why she gave it into the care of the wife of a man who worked in the fields. This ...

The flax is flowering and has a happy future before him. He will grow, be gathered and transformed into beautiful fabric. He is very impatient, but he still has some lessons to lea ...

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 ...

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 ...

I prinsessan Yasmela kammare med himmelsblått tak och marmorgolv med mängder av mjuka fällar sov tio vackra kvinnor runt den kungliga bädden. Hon sov dock inte på sidenbädden utan ...

När Cilla lämnar Casino Cosmopol en sommarnatt är hon utblottad och inte helt nykter. Eländet slutar inte där. Hennes första misstag är att ta genvägen hem genom Djursholm. Det and ...

Första boken i Kanekrönikan! Carter och Sadie har ingenting gemensamt förutom att de är syskon. Deras pappa, doktor Julius Kane, är en framstående egyptolog, och deras mamma var en ...

Andra boken i Kanekrönikan! Ända sedan de egyptiska gudarna släpptes lösa i vår moderna värld har syskonen Carter och Sadie Kane haft problem. Som arvtagare till Livets hus besitte ...

Tredje boken i Kanekrönikan! Det är kaos på jorden, och det är kaos i syskonen Carter och Sadie Kanes tillvaro. Ormguden Apep har brutit sig lös från sina bojor och hotar att först ...

Första boken i den bästsäljande Legend-serien, nu på väg att bli storfilm! * Såld till 24 länder * En New York Times bestseller * Filmrättigheterna sålda till CBS kommer att prod ...

Andra boken i Legend-serien En vecka har gått sedan June och Day med nöd och näppe lyckades fly från Los Angeles och Republiken med livet i behåll. Day antas vara död efter att ha ...