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Books in the Fantasy - American genre:

Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1900)

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The Autograph Edition, limited to 500 sets, includes 135 plates. The frontispiece in each volume is in color and also in black and white, the latter signed by the artist. The Old Manse Edition has only 100 plates but was printed from the same type an... View More

Author(s): Nathaniel Hawthorne
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle
Jessie Willcox Smith

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A New Wonderland (1900)

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A collection of stories that take place in Phunnyland. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Frank Ver Beck

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

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Whirled away on a cyclone, Dorothy is set down in the Land of Oz and must find her way home with the help of the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and a pair of ruby slippers. Read for free online at the Library of Congress. For a faster download go to: Hathit... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

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Dot and Tot of Merryland (1901)

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Neighbors Dot and Tot travel through a watery tunnel to a magic fairyland. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

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The Master Key (1901)

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When Rob strikes the Master Key, the demon of electricity appears to ply him with wondrous electrical inventions. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Fanny Y. Cory

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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902)

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A fictionalized account of the origin of Santa Claus. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Mary Cowles Clark

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The Enchanted Island of Yew (1903)

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When a fairy takes on the form of a mortal prince for a year, she has many adventures among the people of the Island of Yew. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Fanny Y. Cory

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The New Wizard of Oz (1903)

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Bobbs-Merrill Co. took over publication of the first Oz book in 1903 and retitled it to distinguish it from the first edition.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

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The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People (1903)

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Only twelve of the original sixteen color illustrations are included in this edition, but there are new in-text illustrations. Read online at Project Gutenberg.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Frank Ver Beck

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Dot and Tot of Merryland (1904)

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Dot and Tot travel through a watery tunnel to a fairyland. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

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Extracts from Adam’s Diary Translated from the Original MS (1904)

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A satirical look at the Garden of Eden. This version was originally printed in a miscellany The Niagara Book, published for distribution at the 1893 Buffalo, New York World’s Fair and contains references to Niagara Falls. The original version w... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): F. Strothmann

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The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)

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In this first sequel to The Wizard of Oz, young Tip journeys to the Emerald City and discovers his true identity. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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Queen Zixi of Ix (1905)

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The evil Queen Zixi schemes to steal the fairies' magic cloak. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Frederick Richardson

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The Woggle-Bug Book (1905)

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First appearing in The Land of Oz, the Woggle-Bug starred in a newspaper Sunday supplement, and a musical comedy. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Ike Morgan

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Bandit Jim Crow (1906)

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Eight brief stories about a crow who is not at all nice.

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

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John Dough and the Cherub (1906)

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John Dough, a living gingerbread man and Chick the Cherub, an incubator baby, have a series of adventures in the borderlands of Oz. Baum added a mystery by not revealing whether Chick was a boy or a girl, as Gene Stratton-Porter was to do with Scout ... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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Mr. Woodchuck (1906)

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Mr. Woodchuck teaches Twinkle that it is not at all nice to set leg-hold traps for people.

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

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Prairie-Dog Town (1906)

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Twinkle and Chubbins pay a visit to a prairie-dog town.

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

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Prince Mud-Turtle (1906)

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Twinkle rescues a fairy prince trapped in the body of a box turtle. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

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Sugar-Loaf Mountain (1906)

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Twinkle and Chubbins explore the interior of Sugar-Loaf Mountain and meet the sugar people in their sugar city. Read online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

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