Books like Baum's American Fairy Tales
12 books with a reading profile close to Baum's American Fairy Tales by L. Frank Baum. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Green Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang
Also clear-cut · accessible, classic literature
The Green Fairy Book is the third installment in a series of global folklore anthologies edited by Andrew Lang.
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Alice in Wonderland
by Jane Carruth
accessible, classic literature
This retelling of Lewis Carroll’s classic follows a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a subterranean realm where logic is discarded.
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Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Also clear-cut · accessible, classic literature
In this graphic novel adaptation, Dorothy Gale is swept from her Kansas farm by a cyclone and deposited in the Land of Oz.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Also clear-cut · accessible, classic literature
Dorothy Gale is a young girl living on a grey Kansas farm until a cyclone carries her house to the Land of Oz.
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Prince Caspian
Also clear-cut · accessible, classic literature
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie return to Narnia centuries after their reign as kings and queens, finding the land under the occupation of the Telmarines.
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The Wizard of Oz
Also clear-cut · accessible, classic literature
When a cyclone uproots a Kansas farmhouse, Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, land in the vibrant Land of Oz.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Also clear-cut · accessible, classic literature
Charlie Bucket lives in a cramped, freezing shack with his parents and four bedridden grandparents, surviving on thin cabbage soup.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
accessible, classic literature
Four siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—are evacuated from London during the Blitz to a country manor.
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Over Sea, Under Stone
by Susan Cooper
Also clear-cut · accessible, fantasy
While vacationing in a seaside cottage in Cornwall, siblings Simon, Jane, and Barney Drew discover a centuries-old parchment hidden within a dusty attic.
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Also clear-cut · accessible, classic literature
Seven-year-old Cedric Errol lives a modest life in New York City with his widowed mother, bonding with neighborhood tradesmen like Mr.
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Peter Pan
accessible, classic literature
In London, the Darling siblings—Wendy, John, and Michael—are whisked away from their nursery by Peter Pan, a boy who perpetually remains a child.
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