American Fairy Tales

by L. Frank Baum

Overview

Young cowboy lassoes Father Time; dummy in Mr. Floman's department store window comes to life; and 10 other fairy tales. 41 illus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783985944095
Publisher:	Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Publication date:	08/02/2021
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	98
File size:	752 KB

About the Author

Children's book writer Lyman Frank Baum created the popular 'Wizard of Oz' series. Ruth Plumly Thompson continued to write the series after his death.Who Was Lyman Frank Baum?Author Frank Baum had his first best-selling children's book with 1899's Father Goose, His Book. The following year, Baum scored an even bigger hit with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and went on to write 13 more Oz books before his death in 1919. His stories have formed the basis for such popular films as The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).

Date of Birth:

May 15, 1856

Date of Death:

May 6, 1919

Place of Birth:

Chittenango, New York

Place of Death:

Hollywood, California

Education:

Attended Peekskill Military Academy and Syracuse Classical School

Table of 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.