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Father Goose's Year Book: Quaint Quacks and Feathered Shafts for Mature Children is a collection of humorous nonsense poetry written by L. Frank Baum, author of the Oz books.
Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross is a 1915 young adult novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz.It is the tenth and final volume in Baum's Aunt Jane's Nieces series of books for adolescent girls — the second greatest success of his publishing career, after the Oz books themselves.
Aunt Jane's Nieces is the title of a juvenile novel published by Reilly & Britton in 1906, and written by L. Frank Baum under the pen name "Edith Van Dyne." [1] Since the book was the first in a series of novels designed for adolescent girls, its title was applied to the entire series of ten books, published between 1906 and 1918.
Father Goose: His Book is a collection of nonsense poetry for children, written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, and first published in 1899.Though generally neglected a century later, the book was a groundbreaking sensation in its own era; "once America's best-selling children's book and L. Frank Baum's first success," [1] Father Goose laid a foundation for the writing ...
Children's literature portal; Novels portal; Aunt Jane's Nieces on the Ranch is a 1913 novel by L. Frank Baum writing as "Edith Van Dyne". The novel depicts a story of racial tension on the California ranch owned by the progressive-minded Arthur Weldon and Louise Merrick Weldon, who have entrusted their baby, Jane, nicknamed "Toodlums," to a Mexican governess named Inez.
"The Tramp" (poem) — from By the Candelabra's Glare "The Mantle of Immortality" — from The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus "The King of Thieves" — from The Enchanted Island of Yew "Melting a Wicked Witch" — from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz "Miss Violin's Beau" (a punning poem) "The Beautiful Valley of Mo" — from The Magical Monarch ...
One of the poems is "La Reine est Mort – Vive La Reine," a humorous look at early feminists. And shout hurrah for the woman new! With her necktie, shirt and toothpick shoe, With tailor-made suit and mien severe She's here! Another poem, "Two Women," provides a more serious view of the same subject, in a contrast between "woman Old" and "woman ...
Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society is a young adult novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz.First published in 1910, the book is the fifth volume in the Aunt Jane's Nieces series, which was the second-greatest success of Baum's literary career, after the Oz books themselves.