The Pearl and the Pumpkin is a 1904 children's book, written by Paul Clarendon West and W. W. Denslow, and illustrated by the latter. It was one of the more noteworthy attempts at literary imitation of L. Frank Baum's (and Denslow's) 1900 success The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. West and Denslow's book conformed to precedent: "the storyline would sweep mortals from an American farm to a magical land populated by fairies and comedic, grotesque figures."