L. Frank Baum 2 hr 8 min read

Little Twinkle and Chubbins tumble into astonishing adventures among the creatures of nature-fairyland, captured by Mr. Woodchuck, meeting Bandit Jim Crow, and visiting Prairie-Dog Town.

L. Frank Baum's 1911 collection (written as Laura Bancroft) gathers whimsical nature-fantasy tales for children. Warm, playful, charming. Read it for gentle Baum wonder beyond Oz, two children's magical encounters with talking animals and woodland folk, in a delightful storybook that mixes fairy-tale enchantment with a kindly, nature-loving spirit.

In its time

Published in 1911, during the 1910s, lost worlds and interplanetary adventure.

Reading it

2 hr 8 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Maginel Wright Barney