09 - The Wonderful Pump

This collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete volume. The stories, as critics have noted, lack the high-fantasy aspect of the best of Baum's work, in Oz or out. With ironic or nonsensical morals attached to their ends, their tone is more satirical, glib, and tongue-in-cheek than is usual in children's stories; the serialization in newspapers for adult readers was appropriate for the materials. (Introduction by Wikipedia and Matthew Reece)

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01 - The Box of Robbers

02 - The Glass Dog

03 - The Queen of Quok

04 - The Girl Who Owned a Bear

05 - The Enchanted Types

American Fairy Tales by L. Frank Baum (1856 - 1919)

09 - The Wonderful Pump

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