Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Kidnapped Santa Claus | 1904 | L. Frank Baum | Buy |
| 2 | Taming the Pooka, Celtic Tales of the Trickster Fairy | 2001 | L. Frank Baum | Buy |
| 3 | The Occult Powers of Goats and Other Welsh Tales of Goblins, Fairies, Gnomes, and Elves | 2011 | L. Frank Baum | Buy |
| 4 | It Moans on Land and Sea and Other Welsh Tales from the Spirit World | 2011 | L. Frank Baum | Buy |
| 5 | Malevolent Banshe | 2012 | L. Frank Baum | N/A |
| 6 | Goblins of Electricity | 2012 | L. Frank Baum | N/A |
| 7 | The Alleged Counterparts of the Banshee | 2012 | L. Frank Baum | N/A |
| 8 | The Bells that Committed Murder | 2012 | L. Frank Baum | N/A |
| 9 | Changelings | 2012 | L. Frank Baum | Buy |
| 10 | Death Bogle at the Crossroads | 2012 | L. Frank Baum | Buy |
| 11 | House that Stood on Chicken Feet | 2012 | L. Frank Baum | Buy |
| 12 | The Ogre of Rashomon | 2012 | L. Frank Baum | Buy |
| 13 | Goblins of Electricity: Magical Creatures, a Weiser Books Collection | 2012 | L. Frank Baum | N/A |
| 14 | Malevolent Banshe: Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection | 2012 | L. Frank Baum | N/A |
| 15 | The Alleged Counterparts of the Banshee: Magical Creatures, a Weiser Books Collection | 2012 | L. Frank Baum | N/A |
The Magical Creatures series is an unusual collection that pairs L. Frank Baum’s classic story A Kidnapped Santa Claus (1904) with a range of folklore and mythology books about supernatural beings from around the world. The Weiser Books entries from 2011 and 2012 cover Celtic fairies, Welsh goblins, Japanese ogres, banshees, changelings, and more, each as a short standalone work exploring a different type of magical creature.
Titles like Taming the Pooka, The Occult Powers of Goats, and Death Bogle at the Crossroads draw on folk traditions from Ireland, Wales, Russia, and Japan. Several entries exist in both standalone and “Weiser Books Collection” editions. While Baum’s contribution is a children’s fantasy story, the folklore volumes are more academic in tone, collecting traditional tales and beliefs about creatures that people once considered real.