American Fairy Tales - format ePub

No one intended to leave Martha alone that afternoon, but it happened that everyone was called away, for one reason or another. Mrs. McFarland was attending the weekly card party held by the Women's Anti-Gambling...

Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal....

The Nome King was in an angry mood, and at such times he was very disagreeable. Every one kept away from him, even his Chief Steward Kaliko. Therefore the King stormed and raved all by himself, walking...

Diejenigen, die nicht genug von dem Zauberer von Oz, Dorothy, dem Blechmann und der Vogelscheuche bekommen können, dürfen sich mit diesem Buch über einen kleinen Nachschlag freuen: In diesem Sonderband...

The unforgettable story of Dorothy's journey to the magical Land of Oz is retold in this beautiful gift book from renowned illustrator Júlia Sardà.Meet Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, as they travel...

Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore...When a tornado crashes through Kansas city, Dorothy and her dog Toto are whisked far away, over the rainbow, to a strange land called Oz. How will...

Im 14. Band der Oz-Reihe - Glinda von Oz - versuchen Ozma und Dorothy, den Krieg zwischen zwei verfeindeten Völkern zu verhindern. Doch dabei geraten sie selbst in große Gefahr. Eines Tages stoßen Ozma...

Im 5. Band der Oz-Reihe - Die Straße nach Oz - verirrt sich Dorothy in einem plötzlichen Straßengewirr und muß zuerst den Weg nach Oz finden, um von dort wieder nach Hause zu gelangen. Seit ein Landstreicher...

In the Country of the Gillikins, which is at the North of the Land of Oz, lived a youth called Tip. There was more to his name than that, for old Mombi often declared that his whole name was Tippetarius;...

Im 6. Band der Oz-Reihe - Die Smaragdstadt von Oz - sieht sich Dorothy gezwungen, gemeinsam mit ihrem Onkel und ihrer Tante einen Neuanfang in Oz zu wagen. Was zuerst als eine gute Idee erscheint, um...

Im 3. Band der Oz-Reihe - Ozma von Oz - gelangt Dorothy zurück ins Land Oz und kämpft Seite an Seite mit Ozma gegen den Gnomenkönig. Das Königreich von Ev dümpelt führungslos vor sich hin. Die Königinwitwe...

Have you heard of the great Forest of Burzee? Nurse used to sing of it when I was a child. She sang of the big tree-trunks, standing close together, with their roots intertwining below the earth and their...

Eines Tages findet der junge "Helles Köpfchen" auf dem Dachboden seines Elternhauses einen alten unscheinbaren Regenschirm. Wie sich bald herausstellt, verfügt dieser über magische Kräfte - er kann fliegen...

Im 13. Band der Oz-Reihe - Die Magie von Oz - freundet sich der rachedurstige Gnomenkönig mit dem jungen Kiki Aru an, der verbotenerweise einen Verwandlungszauber gelernt hat. Gemeinsam wollen sie das...

Im 10. Band der Oz-Reihe - Rinkitink in Oz - muss sich der junge Prinz Inga auf eine gefährliche Mission aufmachen. Die Insel Pingaree wird von wilden Kriegern aus dem Norden überfallen, die alles verwüsten...

Dorothée et son jeune chien Toto sont emportés par un cyclone et transportés dans un pays merveilleux. Seul le grand et puissant magicien d'Oz peut aider la jeune fille à rentrer chez elle, au Kansas....

Dans Le merveilleux Magicien d'Oz, Dorothée, une petite fille du Kansas, est emportée par une tornade dans un pays magique. Accompagnée de l'Épouvantail, du Bûcheron en Fer-Blanc et du Lion Poltron, elle...

Here you will find the complete Oz collection in the chronological order of their original publication. - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - The Marvelous Land of Oz - Ozma of Oz - Dorothy and the Wizard in...

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Ein spannendes Unterwasser-Abenteuer von L. Frank Baum, Autor der bekannten Buchreihe "Der Zauberer von Oz". "Niemand", sagte Käpt'n Bill feierlich, "hat jemals eine Meerjungfrau gesehen und lange genug...

THE oceans are big and broad. I believe two-thirds of the earth's surface is covered with water. What people inhabit this water has always been a subject of curiosity to the inhabitants of the land. Strange...

Im 7. Band der Oz-Reihe - Das Patchwork-Mädchen von Oz - muß der Munchkin-Junge Ojo eine gefährliche Mission antreten, um seinen durch einen Zauber versteinerten Onkel zu retten. Das hatte der Bucklige...

Im 8. Band der Oz-Reihe - Tik-Tak von Oz - strandet die schiffbrüchige Betsy Bobbin mit ihrem Maultier Hank im Rosenkönigreich. Dort trifft sie auf Zottel, der auf der Suche nach seinem verschollenen...

Im 9. Band der Oz-Reihe - Die Vogelscheuche von Oz - geraten Trot und Käpt'n Bill während einer Bootsfahrt in einen Strudel, der sie tief ins Meer hinabzieht. Mit knapper Not stranden sie in einer unterseeischen...

Im 4. Band der Oz-Reihe - Dorothy und der Zauberer in Oz - widerfährt Dorothy ein Mißgeschick, das sie tief ins Innere der Erde fallen läßt. Gemeinsam mit dem Zauberer von Oz, dem Jungen Zeb sowie einer...

Im 11. Band der Oz-Reihe - Die verschwundene Prinzessin von Oz - zieht ein rätselhafter nächtlicher Raubzug weite Kreise im Märchenland Oz. Eines Nachts verschwinden auf geheimnisvolle Weise sämtliche...

Im 12. Band der Oz-Reihe - Der Blechmann von Oz - macht sich der blecherne Holzfäller auf den Weg, um seine einstige Verlobte wiederzufinden und sie zu heiraten. Einst beging der Blechmann einen großen...

Im 1. Band der Oz-Reihe - Der wunderbare Zauberer von Oz - wird die Geschichte des Mädchens Dorothy erzählt, das mit ihrem Hund Toto von einem Wirbelsturm in das ferne Land Oz getragen wird. Um wieder...

Im 2. Band der Oz-Reihe - Das wundersame Land von Oz - erlebt der Waisenjunge Tip spannende Abenteuer im Lande Oz. Nachdem Tip in höchster Not aus dem Haus der bösartigen Hexe Mombi geflohen ist, macht...

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