Original title: "The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People" Literature used: 1) book "The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People", publishing house "Bobbs Merrill Company", USA, Indianapolis, 1903 // 2) book "The Magical Monarch of Mo", publishing house "Dover Publications", USA, New York, 1968 // 3) book "Stories of the fairyland of Mo and its magic king", publishing house "Osteon-Press" ", Russia, Noginsk, 2014, ISBN: 5-85689-086-9 Translators: Sergey Trofimov, Andrey Novikov Artist: Mary Coles Clark Contents Surprise 1st. Beautiful Valley MoSurprise 2nd. Strange Adventures of the Royal HeadSurprise 3rd. A stray dog and the lost patience of the monarch. Surprise 4th. Unusual suffering on the island of KexSurprise 5th. Monarch celebrates his birthday Surprise 6th. King Zlobnogav and his cast iron man Surprise 7th. Timtom and Princess Ladushka Surprise 8th. The Bravery of Prince Jollikin Surprise 9th. The Wizard and the Princess Surprise 10th. Visit of the Duchess Sandwiches to the country of Antipodia Surprise 11th. Prince Cunning and the Giant Surprise 12th. Country of Civilized Monkeys Surprise 13th. Stolen plum pudding Surprise 14th. Punishment of the Purple Dragon This book contains several stories from the lives of King Mo, his queen wife, and their royal children. Unlike the classic Oz series, this is not a single book-length story, but a collection of 14 short "surprise" stories. The Land of Mo, where all this happens, is in many ways similar to the Land of Oz: it is also a magical land where amazing things happen, people don't grow old or die, there's no poverty or money, and animals can talk. At the same time, there are also differences: in the country of Mo the sun never sets, its landscapes consist of sweets that children love to feast on, and everything basic that people need for life grows here on trees. There is a Milk River and a Maple Syrup River, lemonade rains and popcorn storms. The surprise stories are very strange, full of puns, amusing and at the same time absurd: about a king who lost his patience and tried to find him; about an evil dwarf sorcerer who stole the big toe of a young princess; about the Purple Dragon, which, as punishment, the inhabitants of the country of Mo stretched into a thin thread and cut into violin strings! Join the Magic Monarch and his friends on their adventures filled with fun and jokes for the whole family! Source: Dear friends! I bring to your attention a collection of fairy tales by the wonderful American children's writer Lyman Frank Baum in Russian. All books are homemade and have never been published in this form. I wanted to convey to you the charm of old books, present them in an authentic, undistorted and unpainted form. It was precisely these fairy tales with stunning, magnificent drawings that American children read 100 years ago. For my works, I used only original illustrations from Baum's first editions of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. All the drawings have been restored, the inscriptions have been Russified, because my books are designed for Russian-speaking readers. Some of them have special wide margins on which illustrations are placed, as was done in the original Baum books. I would like to note that in addition to the classic books about the Land of Oz, other works of the writer that are less known in our country are also distributed here, such as “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus”, “Queen Zixie from Country X”, “Sea Fairies”, “The Island in heaven" and others. There are currently 16 books being given away, 10 of which are about Oz. Unfortunately, due to family circumstances, work on the project has been suspended. Sincerely, pavel_7_8