L. Frank Baum

  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, ...

The Box of Robbers by L. Frank Baum No one intended to leave Martha alone that afternoon, but it happened that everyone was called away, for one reason or another. Mrs. McFarland was attending the weekly card party held by ...

The Black Sheep by L. Frank Baum Black sheep, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes, my little master, three bags full; One for my master and one for his dame, And one for the little boy that lives in ...

Sing A Song O’ Sixpence by L. Frank Baum Sing a song o’ sixpence, a handful of rye, Four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie; When the pie was opened the birds began to sing, Was not that a dainty dish ...

Pussy-cat Mew by L. Frank Baum “Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat, where do you go?” “To London, to visit the palace, you know.” “Pussy-cat Mew, wily you come back again?” “Oh, yes! I ‘ll scamper with might and with main!” Pussy-cat Mew set ...

Ozma and the Little Wizard by L. Frank Baum Once upon a time there lived in the beautiful Emerald City, which lies in the center of the fairy Land of Oz, a lovely girl called Princess Ozma, who was ruler ...

Old King Cole by L. Frank Baum Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl And he called for his fiddlers three. ...

Mistress Mary by L. Frank Baum Mistress Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With dingle bells and cockle shells And cowslips, all in a row. High upon a cliff that overlooked the sea was a little white cottage, ...

Little Miss Muffet by L. Frank Baum Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey. There came a great spider And sat down beside her And frightened Miss Muffet away. Little Miss Muffet’s father was a ...

Little Dorothy and Toto by L. Frank Baum Dorothy was a little Kansas girl who once accidentally found the beautiful Land of Oz and was invited to live there always. Toto was Dorothy’s small black dog, with fuzzy, curly hair ...

Little Bun Rabbit by L. Frank Baum “Oh, Little Bun Rabbit, so soft and so shy, Say, what do you see with your big, round eye?” “On Christmas we rabbits,” says Bunny so shy, “Keep watch to see Santa go ...