The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People (copyright registered June 17, 1896) is the first full-length children's fantasy novel by L. Frank Baum.

Originally published in 1899 as A New Wonderland, Being the First Account Ever Printed of the Beautiful Valley, and the Wonderful Adventures of Its Inhabitants, the book was reissued in 1903 with a new title in order to capitalize upon the alliterative title of Baum's successful The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

It is adjacent to the land of the wicked King Scowleyow, and to a valley controlled by the giant Hartilaf.

It is ruled by a royal family like those in European fairy tales, but they use modern inventions such as telephones, electric lights, bicycles, and chewing gum.

It explains that everyone in Mo is happy, and that the people never need to work, because everything they could desire grows on the trees, including items such as clothes.

Chapter Two: The King of Mo goes to fight the Purple Dragon, which has just eaten all of the caramels in the land.

However, his majesty loses his temper and ends up kicking the dog who literally gets bent out of shape until he resumes his natural form again.

Urged by the Purple Dragon, Zingle pushes his father down a large hole so he will become the King.

The sugar-syrup cracks and Princess Truella, Prince Jollikin, and Nuphsed sink to the bottom.

Timtom gets a pill for getting rid of Pattycake's temper and the gifts for the animals, but they are stolen by a Sly Fox.

So when Prince Fiddlecumdoo asks to leave Mo, the King consents, although it is a bad idea.

The bullfrog explains that he did not do it, as he and his wife were busy trying to save their tadpoles, who were eaten by a large fish.

Chapter Fourteen: The King holds a council of war to figure out how to destroy the Purple Dragon once and for all.

They build a giant pair of forceps and clamp it to one of the Purple Dragon's teeth, but it winds its tail around a pillar to stop the people from pulling his tooth out.

Though it is technically still alive, the Purple Dragon is now nothing more than two pieces of matter: "one tied to a tree in the mountains and the other fastened to a post of the castle".

With the Purple Dragon gone, the King gives a feast to his people to celebrate the end of its reign of terror on their land.