L. Frank Baum

The Woman Who Lived In a Shoe by L. Frank Baum   There was an old woman Who lived in a shoe, She had so many children She didn’t know what to do; She gave them some broth Without any …

The Woggle-Bug Book by L. Frank Baum   The Unique Adventures of the WOGGLE-BUG ONE day Mr. H. M. Woggle-Bug, T. E., becoming separated from his comrades who had accompanied him from the Land of Oz, and finding that time …

The Story Of Tommy Tucker by L. Frank Baum   Little Tommy Tucker sang for his supper. What did he sing for? white bread and butter. How could he cut it, without any knife? How could he marry, without any …

The Story Of Little Boy Blue by L. Frank Baum   Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn. The sheep ‘s in the meadow, the cow ‘s in the corn; Where ‘s the little boy that minds the sheep? He …

  The Scarecrow and The Tin Woodman by L. Frank Baum   There lived in the Land of Oz two queerly made men who were the best of friends. They were so much happier when together that they were seldom …

  The Queen of Quok by L. Frank Baum   A king once died, as kings are apt to do, being as liable to shortness of breath as other mortals. It was high time this king abandoned his earth life, …

  The Man In The Moon by L. Frank Baum   Published in L. Frank Baum’s first children’s book, Mother Goose in Prose (1897), illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. You might also enjoy the Mother Goose collection of nursery rhymes, including …

  The Mandarin and the Butterfly by L. Frank Baum   Published in L. Frank Baum’s American Fairy Tales (1901), about a mandarin who stole the Great Book of Magic before emigrating to America. He hated children, but they wouldn’t …

  The Magic Bon Bons by L. Frank Baum   There lived in Boston a wise and ancient chemist by the name of Dr. Daws, who dabbled somewhat in magic. There also lived in Boston a young lady by the …

  The Little Man And His Little Gun by L. Frank Baum   There was a little man and he had a little gun, And the bullets were made of lead, lead, lead. He went to the brook and shot …

  The Laughing Hippopotamus by L. Frank Baum     On one of the upper branches of the Congo river lived an ancient and aristocratic family of hippopotamuses, which boasted a pedigree dating back beyond the days of Noah–beyond the …

  The King of the Polar Bears by L. Frank Baum     The King of the Polar Bears lived among the icebergs in the far north country. He was old and monstrous big; he was wise and friendly to …

The Jolly Miller by L. Frank Baum     There was a jolly miller Lived on the river Dee; He sang and worked from morn till night, No lark so blithe as he. And this the burden of his song …

The Glass Dog by L. Frank Baum   An accomplished wizard once lived on the top floor of a tenement house and passed his time in thoughtful study and studious thought. What he didn’t know about wizardry was hardly worth …

The Girl Who Owned a Bear by L. Frank Baum   Mamma had gone down-town to shop. She had asked Nora to look after Jane Gladys, and Nora promised she would. But it was her afternoon for polishing the silver, …

The Enchanted Types by L. Frank Baum One time a knook became tired of his beautiful life and longed for something new to do. The knooks have more wonderful powers than any other immortal folk–except, perhaps, the fairies and ryls. …

The Dummy That Lived by L. Frank Baum In all Fairyland there is no more mischievous a person than Tanko-Mankie the Yellow Ryl. He flew through the city one afternoon–quite invisible to moral eyes, but seeing everything himself–and noticed a …

The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger by L. Frank Baum In the splendid palace of the Emerald City, which is in the center of the fairy Land of Oz, is a great Throne Room, where Princess Ozma, the Ruler, …

The Cat And The Fiddle by L. Frank Baum Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon! The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran off with the spoon! Perhaps …

The Capture of Father Time by L. Frank Baum Jim was the son of a cowboy, and lived on the broad plains of Arizona. His father had trained him to lasso a bronco or a young bull with perfect accuracy, …