American Fairy Tales by L. Frank Baum
"American Fairy Tales" by L. Frank Baum is a collection of twelve fantasy stories published in 1901. Written during Baum's early success following "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," these tales take a satirical and tongue-in-cheek approach unusual for children's literature. The stories feature department-store mannequins come to life, magical candy, captured personifications of time, and enchanted printing presses. With ironic morals and a glib tone, the collection was originally serialized in major
newspapers for adult readers before appearing in book form with striking medieval-inspired illustrated borders. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 |
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| Title | American Fairy Tales |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Fairy_Tales |
| Contents | 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. |
| Credits | Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Fairy tales |
| Subject | Children's stories, American |
| Subject | Fairy tales -- United States |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 4357 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 2003 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 19, 2022 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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