L. Frank Baum 2 hr 30 min read

Two small children drift in a boat down a river into Merryland, a country of seven bright valleys ruled by a wax doll queen.

L. Frank Baum's 1901 fantasy, illustrated by W. W. Denslow of 'Wizard of Oz' fame, floats its young heroes through a sequence of whimsical valleys of candy, clowns, and wind-up wonders. Sweet, inventive early Baum. Read it for a charming journey through one of Baum's most delightful invented lands, just after Oz began.

In its time

Published in 1901, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

2 hr 30 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

W. W. Denslow