Magic lovers will delight in the presence of wizards and witches, potions and powders, tonics and spells. 'If I remember rightly, the penalty for chopping leaves from the royal palm-tree is to be killed seven times and afterward imprisoned for life.' The Land of Oz offers the same type of topsy-turvy logic that permeates all of the Oz books. Determined not to spend the rest of his life as a garden ornament, Tip took the pumpkin man he created and set off on an adventure. Mombi was not amused by Tip's practical joke, so she decided to concoct a spell to turn the boy into a marble statue.

One day, Tip got the idea to startle Mombi, so he took a large pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, carved a face into it, then put it atop a body made of sticks and dressed in bright clothing. In the northern Land of Oz, there lived a boy called Tip who was reared by a haggard old woman named Mombi. How they thwart the wicked plans of the evil witch Mombi and overcome the rebellion of General Jinjur and her army of young women is a tale as exciting and endearing today as it was when first published over eighty years ago.Ĭlick here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend.

Here he meets with our old friends the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman, as well as some new friends like Jack Pumpkinhead, the Wooden Sawhorse, the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, and the amazing Gump. Frank Baum's The Marvelous Land of Oz is the story of the wonderful adventures of the young boy named Tip as he travels throughout the many lands of Oz. Neill color plates, its colorful pictorial binding, and the many black-and-white illustrations that bring it to joyous life.įirst issued in 1904, L. Now, for the first time in over seventy years, the second book about Oz is presented here in the same deluxe format as the rare first edition, complete with all 16 of the original John R. For over four generations, children and adults alike have reveled in the magical adventures of its beloved folk. Few fantasy lands have captured our hearts and imaginations as has the marvelous land of Oz.

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