American Fairy Tales: 12 Short Stories – With 4 Illustrations and Free Audio Links.

This collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete first edition volume. These stories feature good humour, 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.

Two of the stories, "The Enchanted Types" and "The Dummy That Lived," employ knooks and ryls, the fairies that Baum would use in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus the next year, 1902. "The Dummy That Lived" depends upon the idea of a department-store mannequin brought to life, an early expression of an idea that would be re-used by many later writers in television and films.

The 12 stories were published in this order in the first edition.

1. THE BOX OF ROBBERS

2. THE GLASS DOG

3. THE QUEEN OF QUOK

4. THE GIRL WHO OWNED A BEAR

5. THE ENCHANTED TYPES

6. THE LAUGHING HIPPOPOTAMUS

7. THE MAGIC BON BONS

8. THE CAPTURE OF FATHER TIME

9. THE WONDERFUL PUMP

10. THE DUMMY THAT LIVED

11. THE KING OF THE POLAR BEARS

12. THE MANDARIN AND THE BUTTERFLY

Highlights of this edition are:

* 4 illustrations and photos.

* A free web link to the full-length audio recording of the book – to either listen to online, or download. (The audio link only works on the Kobo’s Android and iOS apps).

* It is formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your kobo reader.

* An active (easy to use) Table of Contents listing every chapter accessible from the kobo menu.

* Plus, about the Author section.

* 169 pages (in the kobo format) for a very low price.

This book is unabridged and appears as it was first intended. First published in 1901.