Twinkle and Chubbins is a collection of short children's stories written by L. Frank Baum but published under the pen name Laura Bancroft. The stories included in the collection are: 'Mr. Woodchuck' 'Bandit Jim Crow' 'Prairie-Dog Town' 'Prince Mud-Turtle' 'Twinkle's Enchantment' and 'Sugar-Loaf Mountain'.
'Mr. Woodchuck' involves Twinkle discovering the cruelty of animal traps which her father has set in order to catch a woodchuck living on their property. She has a dream involving the woodchuck's family who show her the truth of what her father is doing.
'Bandit Jim Crow' tells the story of a baby crow that Twinkle takes in as a a pet that turns out to be a mean and villainous bird. After he is nursed back to health he begins tormenting all the birds in the area until Policeman Bluejay has to intervene.
'Prairie-Dog Town' sees Twinkle and her friend Chubbins go on a magical adventure into the underground village of the prairie dogs once they have been shrunken down to the same size as the dogs themselves!
In 'Prince Mud-Turtle' Twinkle discovers a strangely-colored turtle that she brings back home with her. Twinkle then learns that the turtle is actually a prince who has been turned into a turtle by an evil giant and goes on an adventure to restore the turtle-prince to his human form.
'Twinkle's Enchantment' involves Twinkle's adventure when she enters into a gulch to pick berries and meets several proverb-based creatures such as a Rolling Stone That Gathers No Moss and the Birds of One Feather among others.
'Sugar-Loaf Mountain' follows the adventure that Twinkle and Chubbins go on after finding a trap door that leads them to Sugar-Loaf Mountain. Sugar-Loaf Mountain as they discover is populated by people made of sugar. They meet the king who takes them around the city to explore and meet the townspeople.
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