American Fairy Tales

American Fairy Tales is a book by American author L. Frank Baum, first published in 1901. It contains twelve fantasy stories for children including: The Box of Robbers; The Glass Dog; The Queen of Quok; The Girl Who Owned a Bear; The Enchanted Types; The Laughing Hippopotamus; The Magic Bon Bons; The Capture of Father Time; The Wonderful Pump; The Dummy That Lived; The King of the Polar Bears; and, The Mandarin and the Butterfly.

They were originally published in five newspapers between March and May 1901, with the book being published in October. More satirical and tongue-in-cheek than is usual for children's stories, the fact that they were first printed in newspapers shows that they were meant for adult readers as well.