First published in the December 1904 edition of The Delineator, two years after Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, this short parable tells the tale of Santa Claus...
'peter Krantz And The Mountain Temple Of The Samons'
Peter Kranz...and the Mountain Temple of the SamonsIf it’s sci-fi, adventure, intrigue with a liberal amount of pure horror then you have found something rather special!It’s...
The Heavenly Wedding
The boy in our story wanted to go to Heaven. Not right away but still he would prefer Heaven to Hell. And when you think about it, who wouldn’t? He heard one priest saying that...
Clever Hans
Hans was in love with a girl named Gretel. They saw each other every day and every time Gretel gave Hans a gift. Hans was however not that smart, so he mishandled the gifts....
What The Whole Family Said
Today, is the birthday of little Marie, she is overwhelmed with gifts, each one more beautiful than the last: a toy kitchen, a doll, a picture book and more. But for Marie the...
Betty Baird's Ventures
"'Oh, this indigent family of ours! I certainly must bestir myself and do something to support it,' said Betty Baird, airily, to her mother, yet looking determined, and...
The Girl Next Door
Marcia Brett tells her friend Janet that the old, broken-down house next door, which they always thought was empty and abandoned, is apparently not so. An old, veiled woman lives...
Probable Sons
Little Milly is left an orphan after the death of her mother and she is sent to live with her bachelor uncle, Sir Edward Wentworth. The latter has no use for children, especially...
Aunty Toothache
Aunt Mille has always told me that I have the soul of a great poet. I am not sure about this, but I love her so much that I do not dare contradict her. The reason I love her so...
The Story Of The Amulet
Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane are "the sort of people that wonderful things happen to." And the children have yet more adventures ahead of them. Following up on "Five Children...
