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A nice edition of this classic book with 85 original illustrations by John Neill

The Sea Fairies is a children's fantasy novel written by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill, and published in 1911 by the Reilly & Britton... Read Full Overview

Best-known for his beloved "Oz" stories, L. Frank Baum also fabricated other realms of fantasy for his young readers. In The Sea Fairies, he takes youngsters to visit one of those fascinating places -- a kingdom deep beneath the sea. Leading the way are Trot, a very independent... Read Full Overview

Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author widely known for his children's books. Baum was born Chittenango, New-York into a devout Methodiste family He had German, Scots-Irish, and English ancestry, and was the seventh of nine children of Cynthia Ann and Benjamin Ward... Read Full Overview

As an underwater fantasy, Baum's The Sea Fairies can be classed with earlier books with similar themes, like Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies (1863), and successors too, like E. Nesbit's Wet Magic (1913). Baum's novel has no relation to the 1830 poem of the same name by Alfred,... Read Full Overview

Baum dedicated the book to the otherwise-unknown "Judith of Randolph, Massachusetts" - most likely one of the child readers who corresponded with the author. In The Sea Fairies, the famous author of the Oz books takes us on an adventure to a fairyland -- one... Read Full Overview

The Sea Fairies is a children's fantasy novel written by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill, and published in 1911 by the Reilly & Britton Company, the publisher of Baum's series of Oz books. Mayre Griffiths, nicknamed Trot, or sometimes Tiny Trot, is a little girl who... Read Full Overview

Meet Trot, a young girl from California, and her peg-legged sailor-friend, Cap'n Bill. Together, they are swept underneath the waves by a friendly group of mermaids who take them on a series of exciting adventures in their underwater kingdom. As Baum says in his introduction,... Read Full Overview

Meet Trot, a young girl from California, and her peg-legged sailor-friend, Cap'n Bill. Together, they are swept underneath the waves by a friendly group of mermaids who take them on a series of exciting adventures in their underwater kingdom. As Baum says in his introduction,... Read Full Overview

This book Contains 43 beautiful fantasy illustrations by Babette van den Berg. The Seafairies by L. Frank Baum with a beautiful fantasy story about a little girl named Mayre Griffiths, nicknamed Trot and her companion Cap'n Bill Weedles. Trot spends most of her days roaming the... Read Full Overview

The Sea Fairies is a children's fantasy novel written by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill, and published in 1911 by the Reilly & Britton Company, the publisher of Baum's series of Oz books.

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 - May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short... Read Full Overview

"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 creatures come from the seas at times, and perhaps in the ocean depths... Read Full Overview

L. Frank Baum and John R. Neill's fantasy book The Sea Fairies is for young readers. A little child named Mayre Griffiths, also known as Trot, resides on the southern Californian coast. Cap'n Bill Weedles, a former sailor with a wooden leg, is her regular friend and her father... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

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 creatures come from the seas at times, and perhaps in the ocean depths... Read Full Overview