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The Sea Fairies – L. Frank Baum

This is a tale of life beneath the sea, of mermaids and sea serpents and other strange inhabitants of the ocean depths. A little girl named Trot and Cap’n Bill, an old sailor, are invited by several mermaids to come and visit their under-water home. Baum wrote this story in the hope of interesting his readers in something other than Oz; in the preface he writes: “I hope my readers who have so long followed Dorothy’s adventures in the Land of Oz will be interested in Trot’s equally strange experiences.” Of course, he did not succeed in distracting his fans from Oz, yet the book was eagerly read; the result of this attempt … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

American Fairy Tales – L. Frank Baum

This is a collection of twelve short stories, or as Baum put it “modern tales about modern fairies”. The book includes the following stories:

The Box Of Robbers
The Glass Dog
The Queen Of Quok
The Girl Who Owned A Bear
The Enchanted Types
The Laughing Hippopotamus
The Magic Bon Bons
The Capture Of Father Time
The Wonderful Pump
The Dummy That Lived
The King Of The Polar Bears
The Mandarin And The Butterfly

American Fairy Tales

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American Fairy Tales .

ISBN: 9783849672331.

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Biography of Lyman Frank Baum (from Wikipedia):

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919), better known as L. … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Mother Goose Stories – L. Frank Baum

This was the first of Baum’s books for children; it is a collection of very short stories, each based upon one of the familiar rhymes of Mother Goose. In the introduction, Baum explains that many of the rhymes “are but bare suggestions, leaving the imagination to weave in the details of the story. . .1 have thought the children might like to have the stories told at greater length.. . [and] for that reason I have written this book.” Although he tells us that he has “followed mainly the suggestions of the rhymes”, actually the tales are original inventions of the author rather than (as one might suppose from the title) merely expansions … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Glinda of Oz – L. Frank Baum

This is the story of the adventures of Ozma and Dorothy when they set out to prevent a war between the Flatheads (who, for lack of a cranium, carry their brains in a can) and the Skeezers, whose island home can be submerged by their Queen. The two girls find themselves imprisoned below the lake and must be rescued with the help of Glinda the Good. Glinda of Oz was unfinished at the time of Baum’s death in May, 1919, and it was completed by one of his sons.

Glinda of Oz

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Glinda of Oz.

ISBN: 9783849692148

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The Magic of Oz – L. Frank Baum

This is the thirteenth book in the Oz series. Trot and Cap’n Bill set out to search for a wonderful Magic Flower in a golden pot as a birthday present for Ozma. In the meantime, the Nome King attempts to raise an army of beasts to conquer the people of Oz. His fellow conspirator is a boy named Kiki. Transformations are the order of the day in this story, because Kiki knows the magic transformation word, and isn’t in the least restrained about using it. Properly enunciated the word PYRZQXGL can bring about any desired transformation—and a good deal of mischief. But all ends well when Ozma uses her Fountain of Oblivion … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Tin Woodman of Oz – L. Frank Baum

This is the twelfth book of the Oz series. Many years ago, before he had become a tin man, Nick Chopper was engaged to a lovely Munchkin girl named Nimmie Amee. He no longer loves her because when his limbs were replaced with tin, his body had no heart, and even the red silk one given to him by the Wizard did not succeed in reviving this love. But now the Woodman decides to find the girl, marry her and bring her home as Empress of the Winkies. He sets out with his friend the Scarecrow and Woot the Wanderer. On the way they meet another tin man, also a product … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Lost Princess of Oz – L. Frank Baum

This is the eleventh book of the Oz series. In this story, Ozma is kidnapped by Ugu the Shoemaker, who has made a serious study of magic and who hopes to become master of all of Oz. Not only is Ozma stolen, but several objects having great magical power also disappear: Ozma’s Magic Picture; the Great Book of Records from Glinda, the powerful sorceress of Oz; and the Cookie Cook’s diamond-studded gold dish pan—all of these are gone. Immediately several rescue parties set out from the Emerald City to find Ozma, each searching in a different section of Oz. It is the group headed by Dorothy and the Wizard—with the help … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Rinkitink in Oz – L. Frank Baum

This is the tenth book of the Oz series. Most of the story takes place outside the land of Oz in the Kingdom of Rinkitink, where King Rinkitink helps Prince Inga to release his parents from imprisonment by the Nome King. It is only in the last few chapters that any of our friends from Oz enter the story, when Dorothy, after reading about Inga’s adventures in Glinda’s Great Book of Records, “wherein is inscribed all important events that happen in every part of the world”, and watching him and his friends in Ozma’s Magic Picture, decides that she and the Wizard should go and “help them out of their troubles.” They do, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Scarecrow Of Oz – L. Frank Baum

This is the ninth book of the Oz series. Cap’n Bill and Trot, who have already appeared in “The Sea Fairies” and “Sky Island”, now find their way to the enchanted lands in the neighborhood of Oz. They are involved in several dangerous adventures, but with the help of the Scarecrow and the Ork, a strange bird without feathers and with a propeller for a tail, they conquer the King of Jinxland and put the lovely princess Gloria on the throne. Finally they join Ozma and Dorothy in the Emerald City, which seems to be getting rather crowded with earth people because of Ozma’s generosity.

The Scarecrow Of Oz

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Tik-Tok of Oz – L. Frank Baum

This is the eighth book of the Oz series. Queen Ann of Oogaboo, a minute kingdom at the northeastern tip of Oz, sets out to conquer the world with her army of sixteen officers and one private. Although she does not succeed in this ambitious endeavor, she and her army do help the Shaggy Man to rescue his long-lost brother from the Nome King, by whom he has been imprisoned. The Shaggy Man and his comrades from the Emerald City find themselves in all kinds of difficulties, and so Ozma sends Tik-Tok to help them. We are introduced to a newcomer to Oz, Betsy Bobbin, a little girl from Oklahoma who arrives in … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...