L. Frank Baum 25 min read

On a Dakota prairie picnic, two children shrink small enough to visit Prairie-Dog Town, meeting Mr. Bowko the Mayor, Presto Digi the magician, and the Puff-Pudgys underground.

L. Frank Baum's 1906 fantasy (as Laura Bancroft), by the creator of Oz, is a charming Twinkle Tale of a miniature animal world. Warm, whimsical, delightful juvenile fantasy. Read it for a sweet storybook visit to a bustling town of prairie dogs, seen through a child's enchanted eyes.

In its time

Published in 1906, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

25 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).

Illustrated by

Maginel Wright Barney