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American Fairy Tales is the title of a fantasy collection of twelve fantasy stories by L. Frank Baum, published in 1901 by the George M. Hill Company, the firm that issued The Wonderful Wizard of Oz the previous year. This classic American fairy tale collection contains the following titles: 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.

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October 27, 2014
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6 x 0.22 x 9 inches
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1503000788
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978-1503000780
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition (October 27, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 102 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1503000788
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1503000780
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.22 x 9 inches

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Lyman Frank Baum was born in Chittenango, New York, on May 15, 1856. Over the course of his life, Baum raised fancy poultry, sold fireworks, managed an opera house, opened a department store, and an edited a newspaper before finally turning to writing. In 1900, he published his best known book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Eventually he wrote fifty-five novels, including thirteen Oz books, plus four “lost” novels, eighty-three short stories, more than two hundred poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings. Baum died on May 6, 1919. He is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California.

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SFA

Twelve "lost" tales from the author of the Oz books.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 3, 2014

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Baum is at his usual quirky self in these fantastic short stories.

A lot of people will almost certainly take offence at the final story which involves some stereotypes of the villain who is Chinese, but he is a villain and the other Chinese in the story are not portrayed the same way.
There is also some offensive stereotyping in the Laughing Hippopotamus, the story of a fun loving young hippo hunted by an African bully.

These are not Baum's best stories by any means and though there are some fun moments to be had, it's definitely not in my favorites when it comes to his fairy tales.

This is NOT the complete edition and is missing three stories and all of the illustrations.
The twelve stories included are:

"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.".

The missing stories which were added in a later edition are:
"The Strange Adventures of an Egg."
"The Ryl."
"The Witchcraft of Mary-Marie."

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Andre M.

Tales of whimsy, innocence, and wonder

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 5, 2011

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This is a delightful book of whimsy-filled tales that Baum wrote shortly after his best known work THE WIZARD OF OZ.

The stories are a delight. They are filled with morals, but never fail to entertain.

Some mix the whimsy with touching elements, such as "The Dummy That Lived" (about a mannequin that comes to life) and "The Wonderful Pump", about a poor family whose pump produces gold. A few are outright farce, such as "The Box of Robbers" (about a girl who finds a trunk with three Italian bandits similar to Aladdin's Lamp) and "The Magic Bon Bons," a story that still amuses over a century later. Interestingly, in spite of the book's title, "The Laughung Hippopotamus" and "The Mandarin and the Butterfly" take place in Africa and China, respectively.

Great to read for the kiddles or by yourself on your porch or in front of a fireplace in a rocking chair.

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David Perry

Baum is still Magic!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 19, 2017

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You really can't go wrong with L Frank Baum. If you are familiar with only the Wizard of Oz, and that only by the movie, I urge you to get this spectacularly low priced omnibus and dig right in. Baum had a fantastical imagination and ranks with Lord Dunsany, or with Blackwood or Lovecraft but always in his own, child friendly way. You won't be disappointed. My mother was a children's librarian but when she was a child on a dusty farm in Nevada, she read every book by Captain Baum that she could get her hands on. Every journey begins with a single step. Persevere.

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AMERICAN FAIRY TALES by L. Frank Baum

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 5, 2012

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American Fairy Tales is a 1901 collection of twelve fantasy stories by L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

These stories feature good humor, and are often tongue-in-cheek. While perfectly appropriate for children, they were clearly written with adults in mind, and can be enjoyed by such. Highlights here include "The Glass Dog" and "The Queen of Quok."

They aren't all classics, but everything is short and moves briskly. There is also some mild racism in a couple of places, but nothing worth starting a bonfire over.

Overall, American Fairy Tales is a charming, clever, entertaining work.

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Sweet stories each not too long

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 24, 2019

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100 or so pages of light original stories. Would have liked the book to be longer. Do also love the author's oz series of books. These are written long ago and some language isn't politically correct. A good teaching tool. Shows how language and people and society can change.

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Bard of Calandra

Contains Actual Fairies

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 29, 2013

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American Fairy Tales, Illustrated
By L. Frank Baum
E-Book design by Teddi Black

I bought this book for its cover! Other editions look like textbooks, this one has real appeal. And it called the book to my attention.

I confess, I didn’t grow up reading the Oz books. I had no idea Baum wrote fables—because as with Grimm’s Fairy Tales, there are few fairies—but Baum does have one or two. Every tale has a moral—some of them vaguely subversive.

Unlike Grimm’s, some of these fairy tales do contain fairies. Beings not really based on humans. Beings with supernatural powers, and no conventional morality to get in the way of using those powers.

The illustrations added for this e-book edition are spot-on, entertaining all on their own.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 15, 2010

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What a nice surprise this book was.

Baum wrote a dozen short, fable-like fantasies for children that have a bright, modern (well, 1901) voice to them. They should please adults as well because of the tongue-in-cheek humor and irony. Baum's voice and personality come through clearly enough to give him a presence as the story teller, which is a nice plus when reading the stories to someone else.

Be sure to get a version with all of the original illustrations and page border graphics.

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Freemont DelRay

Very enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 29, 2019

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Certainly a product of its time, the tales are imaginative and entertaining but definitely grounded in Baum's times. He creates little vignettes and small moral tales as well as a few tongue in cheek witticisms. Generally enjoyable light reading.

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Lovely

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 6, 2012

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Downloaded this for my son - wasn't sure what to expect as I'd downloaded a few other fairy stories that I ended up deleting. This one is lovely, easy to read aloud stories that my son (and me!) are enjoying reading together very much. He enjoys them so much he won't go to sleep until the story is finished!

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 12, 2017

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excellent service

JL nash

Masterful, still

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on September 14, 2019

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Forget the wizard of oz, these dark fairy tales are for scaring your kids or a grown up’s delight.

schalli

Weisheiten aus Fernwest

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on March 28, 2014

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hier ein paar Attribute zum Buch:

* mittlere Englischkenntnisse erforderlich
* leichtherzig und pragmatisch
* kurze und griffige Geschichten
* Genre schwer einzuordnen

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Don't waste your time and data.

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on July 6, 2017

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Do you really call these fairy tales??

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