American Fairy Tales

by L. Frank Baum and Lyman Frank Baum

Book Overview

In Chicago, an ordinary key unlocks a magical trunk packed with robbers and a pie. In Boston, five magical bon-bons make an ordinary senator, an ordinary professor, an ordinary girl and her ordinary parents do the most extraordinary things A young cowboy lassoes Father Time; the dummy in Mr. Floman's department store window comes to life; and a tiny beetle gives a New England farmer and his wife a pump which pumps not water, but gold
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486236439
• ISBN13: 9780486236438
• Release Date: June 1978
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 9

Customer Reviews

Stories with a moral AND interesting illustrations

This book gives interesting stories with a moral at the end of each story and has illustrations on each page. The stories vary in length but can be read quickly due to the author's writing style. While different from "Oz" books, these stories are still a lot of fun.

This book is full of great stories for kids, ages 1-100

This book, written by Lyman Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz and many other Oz books is possibly his greatest work ever. Everyone should read this classic book of American fairy tales