L. Frank Baum 2 hr 5 min read

Two children are transformed by a wicked being into 'child-larks,' half bird and half child, and must survive the perils of the forest under the protection of Policeman Bluejay.

L. Frank Baum's 1907 fantasy (as Laura Bancroft), by the creator of Oz, is a charming Twinkle Tale of bird-life and enchantment. Warm, imaginative, delightful juvenile fantasy. Read it for a lovely storybook adventure of children turned to birds and the kindly jay who guards them.

In its time

Published in 1907, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

2 hr 5 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Maginel Wright Barney