L. Frank Baum 3 hr 43 min read

Trot and Cap'n Bill open a magic umbrella and are whisked to an island in the sky, split between the haughty Blues and the sunny Pinks, and land in the clutches of the tyrant Boolooroo.

L. Frank Baum's 1912 novel, a companion to 'The Sea Fairies,' is a delightful fantasy adventure that later ties into Oz. Warm, inventive, charming. Read it for classic Baum whimsy, a magic umbrella, a sky kingdom at war, and the return of Polychrome the Rainbow's daughter.

In its time

Published in 1912, during the 1910s, lost worlds and interplanetary adventure.

Reading it

3 hr 43 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).