Emerson Hough 2 hr 45 min read

The Widow Pickle's twins, an enchanted banjo, and a strange visitor open a whimsical land of nonsense, the merry kingdom of Gee-Whiz, told in prose and lyric for children.

Emerson Hough's 1906 book, with lyrics by Wilbur D. Nesbit, is a genial fantasy for children in the American nonsense tradition. Playful, musical, charming. Read it for a cozy storybook romp through a topsy-turvy fairyland, brimming with comic verse and absurd wonders in the spirit of Baum and Carroll.

In its time

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

Reading it

2 hr 45 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Oscar Edward Cesare