Baum's American Fairy Tales vs The Little House in the Fairy Wood: Which Should You Read?

Baum's American Fairy Tales L. Frank Baum · 1901 ★★★★☆ 3.7 94 pages · ≈ 1 h 44 m · Challenging

“No one intended to leave Martha alone that afternoon, but it happened that everyone was called away, for one reason or another.”

Presents fifteen fairy tales, mostly set in America, from a cowboy who stops time to a tale of a magical beetle.

The Little House in the Fairy Wood Ethel Cook Eliot · 2007 ★★★★☆ 4.1 109 pages · ≈ 2 h 01 m · Moderate

That morning began no differently from any morning, though it was to be the beginning of all things new for Eric. This first sentence of Ethel Cook's book The House in the Fairy Wood starts the reader off on a…