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      American Fairy Tales

      by L. Frank Baum
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      240
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      About This Book

      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!
      Author of the much-loved Oz books, L. Frank Baum transforms the familiar with his magical mix of humor and enchantment. Most of the twelve stories in this delightful collection are set in America where, so it seems, modern fairies, knooks, and ryls are always causing the most astonishing things to happen! These tales will enchant both young and old.
      When American Fairy Tales first appeared, Baum's reputation as a storyteller had already been established by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written in 1900. The twelve stories in this collection were originally syndicated weekly in at least five newspapers during the first half of 1901. The first book edition, which this facsimile reprints, came out later that year.

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Fantasy

      Themes

      Comedy / Humor Fairy Tales / Folklore

      Characters & Occupations

      Cowboys

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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