The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

By L. Frank Baum

Santa Claus, as a baby is found in the Forest of Burzee and placed in the care of the lioness Shiegra. The Wood Nymph, Necile, breaks the law of the forest and takes the baby because she desires to raise a child of her own as mortals do.Necile calls him Claus, meaning little one in the old Burzee language.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sovereign
• Release date: Nov 15, 2014
• ISBN: 9781910558966

L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919) was an American children’s book author, best known for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and several other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings).

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