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Further Adventures in Oz: Classic Stories from the Magical World of Oz
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781515420811
Publisher: Wilder Publications
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 160
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.44 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The magical world of Oz continues beyond Dorothy's first journey, opening into a wider country of strange kingdoms, enchanted creatures, comic dangers, and unforgettable companions. Further Adventures in Oz gathers readers back into the beloved fantasy landscape created by L. Frank Baum and carried forward by Ruth Plumly Thompson, where roads lead to surprises, rulers may be children, animals may speak, and ordinary courage is often the strongest magic of all.
The Oz books helped define American children's fantasy with their mixture of wonder, humor, adventure, nonsense, and fairy-tale invention. Baum's imagination created the Emerald City, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, Glinda, Ozma, and the many corners of a land where the impossible feels cheerfully natural. Thompson continued that tradition with lively plots, new characters, playful language, and an eagerness to send readers deeper into Oz's many hidden regions, royal complications, magical objects, and unexpected quests.
For readers of classic children's fantasy, American fairy tales, illustrated adventure stories, and the continuing Oz tradition, Further Adventures in Oz offers a doorway into one of literature's most enduring imaginary worlds. It is a strong choice for family reading, classroom libraries, Oz collectors, and readers who want more than the familiar first adventure in Oz.
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