On the pages of this collection of fairy tales by the American writer Lyman Frank Baum there live fearsome robbers, kind and angry wizards, bears, hippopotami, a dummy that lived, a young king, Father Time, boys and girls, and many other characters who experience unbelievable adventures. The accessibility for comprehension and the benevolence of the proposed stories attract the readers. The book teaches humanity, courage, loyalty to friendship and many other virtues which help us to live. Special picturesqueness is lent to the proposed stories by the illustrations created by the artist Kostiantyn Lavro.