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Oz #7.5
Little Wizard Stories of Oz
After concluding the fourteenth volume of his popular series, L. Frank Baum returned to the land of Oz in 1914 with six short stories featuring Dorothy, Toto, and other beloved characters. Written for slightly younger readers, these hard-to-find tales offer a fine introduction to Baum's enchanted world.
Featured stories include "The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger," "Little Dorothy and Toto," "Tiktok and the Nome King," "Ozma and the Little Wizard," "Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse," and "The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman." This facsimile edition re-creates the charm of the original, including its distinctive blue type and more than 40 full-color illustrations.
Featured stories include "The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger," "Little Dorothy and Toto," "Tiktok and the Nome King," "Ozma and the Little Wizard," "Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse," and "The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman." This facsimile edition re-creates the charm of the original, including its distinctive blue type and more than 40 full-color illustrations.
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1913
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About the author
L. Frank Baum
3,222 books2,776 followersalso wrote under the names:
* Edith van Dyne,
* Floyd Akers,
* Schuyler Staunton,
* John Estes Cooke,
* Suzanne Metcalf,
* Laura Bancroft,
* Louis F. Baum,
* Captain Hugh Fitzgerald
Lyman Frank Baum was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema.
Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theater producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, coming out with the first Oz book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects he sought to establish a film studio focused on children's films in Los Angeles, California.
His works anticipated such later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).
* Edith van Dyne,
* Floyd Akers,
* Schuyler Staunton,
* John Estes Cooke,
* Suzanne Metcalf,
* Laura Bancroft,
* Louis F. Baum,
* Captain Hugh Fitzgerald
Lyman Frank Baum was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema.
Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theater producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, coming out with the first Oz book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects he sought to establish a film studio focused on children's films in Los Angeles, California.
His works anticipated such later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).
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November 16, 2018
A short collection of Oz short stories.
Story 1: 'The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger'
- Loved this one! Very funny. 5 stars
Story 2: 'Little Dorothy and Toto'
- Eh, it was OK. The Wizard is a dick. 3 stars
Story 3: 'Tiktok and the Nome King'
- An entertaining yarn with hints of Shakespeare. 4 stars
Story 4: 'Ozma and the Little Wizard'
- This one reads like an Enid Blyton story; it even starts 'Once upon a time...' 3 stars
Story 5: 'Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse'
- A really enjoyable little story but could have been fleshed out a little more to be truly satisfying. 4 stars
Story 6: 'The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman'
- Fairly entertaining but, like the last one, it felt like it needed a bit more meat on its bones. 4 stars
Overall score: 4 stars (rounded up)
Story 1: 'The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger'
- Loved this one! Very funny. 5 stars
Story 2: 'Little Dorothy and Toto'
- Eh, it was OK. The Wizard is a dick. 3 stars
Story 3: 'Tiktok and the Nome King'
- An entertaining yarn with hints of Shakespeare. 4 stars
Story 4: 'Ozma and the Little Wizard'
- This one reads like an Enid Blyton story; it even starts 'Once upon a time...' 3 stars
Story 5: 'Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse'
- A really enjoyable little story but could have been fleshed out a little more to be truly satisfying. 4 stars
Story 6: 'The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman'
- Fairly entertaining but, like the last one, it felt like it needed a bit more meat on its bones. 4 stars
Overall score: 4 stars (rounded up)
March 10, 2019
#OzAThon Book 7.5
Well, here we have a sweet little collection of Oz-related stories that star various famous characters of the books - like Dorothy, The Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion and Jack Pumpkinhead, to name a few - going on several kinds of adventures.
The stories seem to be targeted at even younger readers than the initial series, with a simpler language and structure.
To be honest, the format works pretty well and makes me wonder if it were better had Baum continued to discover Oz in short story form in the first place instead of a bunch of mediocre sequels.
The illustrations are good, even though some of them look quite disturbing. Also, the Wizard looks like a beetle and strangely reminds me of Mr. Beetle from Don Bluth's Thumbelina which means from now on I have Gilbert Gottfried's voice stuck in my head whenever I read his lines. Thanks a lot.
It's a quick read and very nice, even if not remarkable. But definitely recommended if you want the full experience of Baum's Oz books.
Well, here we have a sweet little collection of Oz-related stories that star various famous characters of the books - like Dorothy, The Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion and Jack Pumpkinhead, to name a few - going on several kinds of adventures.
The stories seem to be targeted at even younger readers than the initial series, with a simpler language and structure.
To be honest, the format works pretty well and makes me wonder if it were better had Baum continued to discover Oz in short story form in the first place instead of a bunch of mediocre sequels.
The illustrations are good, even though some of them look quite disturbing. Also, the Wizard looks like a beetle and strangely reminds me of Mr. Beetle from Don Bluth's Thumbelina which means from now on I have Gilbert Gottfried's voice stuck in my head whenever I read his lines. Thanks a lot.
It's a quick read and very nice, even if not remarkable. But definitely recommended if you want the full experience of Baum's Oz books.
August 16, 2024
Five sweet short stories about the characters of Oz which should be read before Tik-Tok of Oz because something happens in that story to one of the main characters which is not reflected in one of the short stories here. That is why this book is sometimes given the number 7.5 in the series. It is also not usually included in the collection. I read it in one sitting last night.
December 19, 2021
Bloody hilarious. This little booklet of 6 stories from here and there in Oz is quite entertaining.
I won't say all are on the same level. Some of them are a bit meh but what I'm really loving in Oz books is the pure sarcasm. Fat babies man, Fat babies...
Book #74 of 2021..
Book #7.5 of Oz series
I won't say all are on the same level. Some of them are a bit meh but what I'm really loving in Oz books is the pure sarcasm. Fat babies man, Fat babies...
Book #74 of 2021..
Book #7.5 of Oz series
August 5, 2020
If you love Wizard of Oz, you'll treasure this collection of short stories about the inhabitants of Oz. A great read for storytime or spending time with your kids. Highly recommend!
My Rating: 5 stars
My Rating: 5 stars
October 5, 2018
Collection of six stories perfect for bedtime readings. Illustrated in color.
September 22, 2009
A charming little volume containing several very short Oz stories involving many of the major characters that had featured in the first 7 or so books in the series proper. Clearly aimed at an even younger audience than the regular books, most adults will probably find these a little too silly -- though some of the wordplay that both Baum and his successors are known for is in evidence (the Imps -- Udent, Olite and Ertinent, for example). John R. Neill's illustrations are among his best and are the high point for me, especially the double-page ones. The Books of Wonder facsimile reprint is up to their usual high standards.
January 3, 2016
All of Baum's Oz books have some material no longer considered appropriate for children, but this one is unusually disturbing. Also, why does the Wizard have antennae in all the pictures?
July 8, 2021
What a wonderful edition; it almost makes me wish I had a copy of every Oz book in a style like this, instead of my space-saving (and still quite nice) multi-book collections. Lovingly assembled from "twenty-eight different first editions," this fantastic hardback has beautifully textured pages with a number of full-color illustrations by John R. Neill. I'm not a huge fan of the Reader's Digest-style large print, but it didn't take me long to adjust and to forget that there was really only about one paragraph per page.
The stories themselves are delightful, too. I need to go through and reread the Oz books from start to finish - something I'm not actually sure I've done too often, since they're not the types of books that need to be read in order. This one, according to an excellent Afterword by Peter Glassman, was published alongside The Patchwork Girl of Oz, which was Baum's reluctant return to the world he'd tried to leave behind.
After two failed attempts to start up a new magical series - The Sea Fairies and Sky Island - Baum finally gave in and picked up his beloved old characters again. And honestly, they really do shine; as much as I'd always loved Sky Island as a standalone book, there's a special sort of dynamic, friendly, charmingly clever humor that only seems to reside in Oz.
This book is a bit unique in that it's a collection of six short stories, with no attempt to frame them within a single narrative. Nearly all of them are excellent.
We start with "The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger," which is a very funny and wonderfully disturbing story about how the two Emerald City beasts decide to indulge their true natures. "I'm getting old," the Hungry Tiger sighs, "and it would please me to eat at least one fat baby before I die." (Nevermind that it's been established that no one in Oz dies. He's simply being dramatic.) The Lion decides that he will accompany the Tiger on his quest and leap upon the first person he sees, tearing them to pieces and then fleeing into the woods so he won't be caught.
This being an Oz story, of course they set out with the best of intentions, and instead manage to save a sobbing fat baby and reunite him with his mother, whom the Lion refuses to tear into any pieces at all. They may have bloodthirsty natures, but it turns out they have kind hearts, too, and they just have to continue suffering as upstanding citizens of Ozma's city.
The second story, "Little Dorothy and Toto," suffers a bit by having to pull back on the ending, making everything safe and happy without as much of that first story's tongue-in-cheek cleverness. If you ignore the "ha ha it was just a joke, a mean trick to teach you a lesson!" reveal with the Wizard, Dorothy's adventure with the Crinklink has lots of excellently suspenseful danger, and I would've preferred to see Dorothy get out of the situation on her own. She's certainly clever enough for that, and she had Toto with her! Plus it seems a bit ridiculous to have the Wizard proven right here, when the entirety of the first Oz book demonstrated how very capable Dorothy was of handling things by herself, recruiting friends along the way and soundly defeating the humbug Wizard himself.
"Tiktok and the Nome King" made me genuinely laugh out loud. I've always loved the Nome King, and I'm not exactly sure why. I suppose he's a bit like the Boolooroo of Sky Island; he's so dreadfully, inherently wicked that it ends up becoming a charming character trait. Especially since he never gets away with any of his wicked plots. At the end of the day, he's too weak to be all that frightening - more of a naughty child than an evil mastermind - which makes him just the right amount of scary-but-not-really fun for kids.
Here, he throws a little temper tantrum and accidentally breaks Princess Ozma's favorite clockwork man into pieces, then panics and locks himself in his room. He knows perfectly well that he's not powerful enough to fight Ozma if she truly loses her temper, and he's not clever or brave enough to think of any solution other than hiding.
Fortunately, his smarter and more self-sufficient Chief Steward manages to reassemble TikTok, who asks the Nome King why he did such a wicked thing to begin with.
Delightful. This is Baum at his genuine best.
"Ozma and the Little Wizard" isn't quite as good. It's a pretty straightforward story about Ozma punishing some wicked Imps with silly (punny) names, by having the Wizard turn them into a succession of other forms that all turn out to be equally difficult, until the Wizard finally settles on a set of buttons. Again, nothing in Oz is ever permanently bad; once the buttons repent and agree to stop being so naughty, they'll be turned back into their true forms. (As with Dorothy's story, though, I wonder why the girl doesn't get to handle any of the action; Ozma is a perfectly capable fairy who can work magic of her own, but she just stood by and let the Wizard do all the heavy lifting.)
"Jack Pumpkinhead and the Strawhorse" provides a fun return to Ozma's original introduction, when she was a boy named Tip, traveling with her two specially-made friends. I appreciate how throughout the Oz stories, they always remained her favorites, much as the Scarecrow and Tinman are Dorothy's. They were her first friends, and she's loyal to them.
She sends them on a mission to rescue a couple of lost children, who get punished by a squirrel king for stealing his citizens' store of nuts. While it wasn't particularly nice of him to tie up the children, it does seem a bit unfair that Ozma doesn't offer any restitution for their actions - but no one in Oz ever actually starves, so I'm sure they'll regather enough nuts for the winter.
There's some delightfully gruesome action here, with Jack's pumpkin head getting smashed to bits, so the Wizard has to come and save him, then carve him a new head. This, incidentally, is probably part of why I dislike the Judy Garland singing and dancing movie so much; Return to Oz has all the dark, creepy action that the musical lacks. No one in Oz is permanently in danger, but a lot of weird, sometimes unsettling stuff does happen, and Baum apparently had to have some of his wilder ideas snipped out by editors. It's just fun to be in such an imaginative world, where things like Jack losing his head can happen, but everything still turns out okay.
The final story reunites us with "The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman," whose friendship I love more as I've gotten older.
Someday, maybe I'll write a different essay about their relationship. This is a fun little story, though, of a boat ride gone wrong. The Tin Woodman ends up on the bottom of the river - in no real danger, of course, but he's too heavy to swim to the surface, and his joints quickly begin to rust. The Scarecrow, on the other hand, is filled with straw that's too light for him to dive to rescue his friend, and he manages to accidentally wipe off one of his eyes after his first failed attempt. (Something Neill neglects to illustrate in a couple of subsequent spots.)
The Wizard arrives to save the day again, but the best bits of this story are definitely the two friends' calm attempts to get themselves out of this unpleasant but not too terribly distressing situation. As someone who grew up with the Oz books and has such fond memories of these characters' first meeting, it's just such fun to see them living a long, happy life together.
Welcome back to Oz, indeed. I know Baum grumbled about being forced back into his beautiful creation, but I'm glad his readers (and his paycheck) convinced him; this was an excellent set of stories that I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
The stories themselves are delightful, too. I need to go through and reread the Oz books from start to finish - something I'm not actually sure I've done too often, since they're not the types of books that need to be read in order. This one, according to an excellent Afterword by Peter Glassman, was published alongside The Patchwork Girl of Oz, which was Baum's reluctant return to the world he'd tried to leave behind.
After two failed attempts to start up a new magical series - The Sea Fairies and Sky Island - Baum finally gave in and picked up his beloved old characters again. And honestly, they really do shine; as much as I'd always loved Sky Island as a standalone book, there's a special sort of dynamic, friendly, charmingly clever humor that only seems to reside in Oz.
This book is a bit unique in that it's a collection of six short stories, with no attempt to frame them within a single narrative. Nearly all of them are excellent.
We start with "The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger," which is a very funny and wonderfully disturbing story about how the two Emerald City beasts decide to indulge their true natures. "I'm getting old," the Hungry Tiger sighs, "and it would please me to eat at least one fat baby before I die." (Nevermind that it's been established that no one in Oz dies. He's simply being dramatic.) The Lion decides that he will accompany the Tiger on his quest and leap upon the first person he sees, tearing them to pieces and then fleeing into the woods so he won't be caught.
This being an Oz story, of course they set out with the best of intentions, and instead manage to save a sobbing fat baby and reunite him with his mother, whom the Lion refuses to tear into any pieces at all. They may have bloodthirsty natures, but it turns out they have kind hearts, too, and they just have to continue suffering as upstanding citizens of Ozma's city.
The second story, "Little Dorothy and Toto," suffers a bit by having to pull back on the ending, making everything safe and happy without as much of that first story's tongue-in-cheek cleverness. If you ignore the "ha ha it was just a joke, a mean trick to teach you a lesson!" reveal with the Wizard, Dorothy's adventure with the Crinklink has lots of excellently suspenseful danger, and I would've preferred to see Dorothy get out of the situation on her own. She's certainly clever enough for that, and she had Toto with her! Plus it seems a bit ridiculous to have the Wizard proven right here, when the entirety of the first Oz book demonstrated how very capable Dorothy was of handling things by herself, recruiting friends along the way and soundly defeating the humbug Wizard himself.
"Tiktok and the Nome King" made me genuinely laugh out loud. I've always loved the Nome King, and I'm not exactly sure why. I suppose he's a bit like the Boolooroo of Sky Island; he's so dreadfully, inherently wicked that it ends up becoming a charming character trait. Especially since he never gets away with any of his wicked plots. At the end of the day, he's too weak to be all that frightening - more of a naughty child than an evil mastermind - which makes him just the right amount of scary-but-not-really fun for kids.
Here, he throws a little temper tantrum and accidentally breaks Princess Ozma's favorite clockwork man into pieces, then panics and locks himself in his room. He knows perfectly well that he's not powerful enough to fight Ozma if she truly loses her temper, and he's not clever or brave enough to think of any solution other than hiding.
Fortunately, his smarter and more self-sufficient Chief Steward manages to reassemble TikTok, who asks the Nome King why he did such a wicked thing to begin with.
"Because I was angry," admitted the King. "When I am angry I always do something that I am sorry for afterward. So I have firmly resolved never to get angry again; unless - unless -"
"Unless what, your Majesty?" inquired Kaliko.
"Unless something annoys me," said the Nome King.
Delightful. This is Baum at his genuine best.
"Ozma and the Little Wizard" isn't quite as good. It's a pretty straightforward story about Ozma punishing some wicked Imps with silly (punny) names, by having the Wizard turn them into a succession of other forms that all turn out to be equally difficult, until the Wizard finally settles on a set of buttons. Again, nothing in Oz is ever permanently bad; once the buttons repent and agree to stop being so naughty, they'll be turned back into their true forms. (As with Dorothy's story, though, I wonder why the girl doesn't get to handle any of the action; Ozma is a perfectly capable fairy who can work magic of her own, but she just stood by and let the Wizard do all the heavy lifting.)
"Jack Pumpkinhead and the Strawhorse" provides a fun return to Ozma's original introduction, when she was a boy named Tip, traveling with her two specially-made friends. I appreciate how throughout the Oz stories, they always remained her favorites, much as the Scarecrow and Tinman are Dorothy's. They were her first friends, and she's loyal to them.
She sends them on a mission to rescue a couple of lost children, who get punished by a squirrel king for stealing his citizens' store of nuts. While it wasn't particularly nice of him to tie up the children, it does seem a bit unfair that Ozma doesn't offer any restitution for their actions - but no one in Oz ever actually starves, so I'm sure they'll regather enough nuts for the winter.
There's some delightfully gruesome action here, with Jack's pumpkin head getting smashed to bits, so the Wizard has to come and save him, then carve him a new head. This, incidentally, is probably part of why I dislike the Judy Garland singing and dancing movie so much; Return to Oz has all the dark, creepy action that the musical lacks. No one in Oz is permanently in danger, but a lot of weird, sometimes unsettling stuff does happen, and Baum apparently had to have some of his wilder ideas snipped out by editors. It's just fun to be in such an imaginative world, where things like Jack losing his head can happen, but everything still turns out okay.
The final story reunites us with "The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman," whose friendship I love more as I've gotten older.
There lived in the Land of Oz two queerly made men who were the best of friends. They were so much happier when together that they were seldom apart; yet they liked to separate, once in a while, that they might enjoy the pleasure of meeting again.
Someday, maybe I'll write a different essay about their relationship. This is a fun little story, though, of a boat ride gone wrong. The Tin Woodman ends up on the bottom of the river - in no real danger, of course, but he's too heavy to swim to the surface, and his joints quickly begin to rust. The Scarecrow, on the other hand, is filled with straw that's too light for him to dive to rescue his friend, and he manages to accidentally wipe off one of his eyes after his first failed attempt. (Something Neill neglects to illustrate in a couple of subsequent spots.)
The Wizard arrives to save the day again, but the best bits of this story are definitely the two friends' calm attempts to get themselves out of this unpleasant but not too terribly distressing situation. As someone who grew up with the Oz books and has such fond memories of these characters' first meeting, it's just such fun to see them living a long, happy life together.
Welcome back to Oz, indeed. I know Baum grumbled about being forced back into his beautiful creation, but I'm glad his readers (and his paycheck) convinced him; this was an excellent set of stories that I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
July 2, 2020
Check out my reviews on the main versions of each book.
February 12, 2025
These six short stories of Oz were published the same year as Oz book #8, Tik-Tok of Oz. Our kids enjoyed them more than I did. The first story with the hungry tiger setting out to find and eat some “fat baby” got plenty of silly giggles from them. For me, I most enjoyed “Little Dorothy and Toto,” the story of the size-shifting Crinklink and his magical animal coat buttons. The art, as always, is captivating. The story set is a quick read, but I could take them or leave them.
January 18, 2020
This was a a set of six short stories set in the land of Oz. It has the wonderful pacing and characters that fans of the series love. My main complaint is that the Kindle edition I had split some of the pictures over multiple pages. It was still fun to dive back into one of my favorite worlds.
August 8, 2020
What an interesting collection of short stories! I've never read the original Oz, but I've seen the first movie more than a dozen times. This is so not the movie! It may move me to read the series.
Quirky, dark, and creepy.
Quirky, dark, and creepy.
January 20, 2021
A collection of short stories in the Oz series by L. Frank Baum. Fun and delightful.
July 1, 2024
Very cute stories mostly focused on the more classic characters.
August 16, 2024
The color illustrations were charming in the edition I read.
May 25, 2025
This amusing collection of (very) short stories features inhabitants of the Land of Oz. From the familiar (Dorothy, Scarcrow) to the not so familiar (Tik-Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead) they're perfect bedtime stories.
March 6, 2019
(Another edition)
January 31, 2020
I really liked all the stories in it especially the one in the middle when Jack Pumpkinhead saved two little children and his head got smashed by a tree trunk and squirrels captured them.
September 21, 2016
¿Quién no conoce el mundo de Oz? A día de hoy ya se ha publicado en muchas y diferentes versiones, tanto para el publico infantil como para un público más adulto, El mago de Oz, de Frank Baum, aunque también cabe destacar la gran película en technicolor que Victor Fleming dirigió allá por 1939. En ella conocimos un mundo lleno de fantasía, de adoquines amarillos, con una bruja verde y una niñita de Kansas junto a su perro que recorre la tierra de Oz en busca del mago, con la ayuda de un espantapájaros sin cerebro, un hombre de hojalata sin corazón y un león cobardica.
Sin embargo, esta es la versión que Frank Baum y derivados nos traerían al público hispano, ya que aunque el autor escribiera El mago de Oz y llegase a ser internacionalmente un clásico para el público, Baum también escribiría otras historias y relatos sobre este mundo que conocemos de soslayo. De hecho, en Oz caben muchísimos más personajes de los que poco hemos sabido ni hemos conocido, al menos para un público mayoritario *
De este modo, nos encontramos ante una serie de cuentos y relatos que narran la vida de los personajes de Oz. En ellos tendremos, además de a Dorothy, al mago, al espantapájaros, al león y al hombre de hojalata, a la princesa Ozma, a Tik-Tok el hombre mecánico, a Jack Cabeza de Calabaza (que curiosamente nos recordará al Jack Skellington de Pesadilla antes de Navidad de Tim Burton), al hombre greñudo y a otros personajes como los munchkins (aquellos enanitos que aparecerían nada más llegar Dorothy a este mundo de fantasía.) Con estos personajes de fondo, tendremos los relatos El león cobarde y el tigre hambriento, Tik-Tok y el rey nomo, Ozma y el pequeño mago, Jack Calabaza y el caballete, y El espantapájaros y el hombre de hojalata. En ellos, se nos revelarán las aventuras desmedidas y traviesas de los personajes citados y en los que, al final de todos los relatos, nos asombrará la buena voluntad que Baum trataba de enseñar. Gracias a estos relatos, aun tratándose de hadas, de terribles y pequeños grandes gnomos, del famoso personaje Crinklink, aprenderemos la enseñanza de Baum: a pesar de mundos mágicos, siempre habrá una moral presente, representada a través de metáforas y moralejas que nos incitan a querer y desear lo mejor, tanto para uno mismo como para los demás.
Destacan las maravillosas ilustraciones de John R. Neill, las cuales serían las originales y primogénitas de los cuentos de Baum (salvo el primero). En ellas se ven reflejadas bajo un estilo art decó cada historia y relato, haciéndonos cómplices de lo que Baum escribe aquí. Cuesta no separarse de Dorothy y sus amigos, pues leemos estos relatos y nos adentramos de nuevo en nuestra niñez, donde cada cuento nos enseña algo sobre la vida, sobre la amistad, sobre nuestros miedos y nuestra psicología. Baum era un prolífico escritor pues su obra comprende 64 novelas, 82 relatos cortos, más de 200 poemas y un número desconocido de guiones. Es indispensable pensar en Baum como un autor no sólo fructífero, sino secuaz y amante de la vida, pues sólo en Oz podemos ver cómo esta se expande a medida que conocemos más detalles de su naturaleza.
Así, estamos ante un libro esencial (pues no se han publicado antes los relatos de Oz al español) para todo aquel amante de este mundo y de la fantasía, de los cuentos y la imaginación. Pasear por Oz es imaginar y soñar, pero también lo es aprender sobre la vida y todo lo que esta conlleva.
* Frank Baum publicaría en vida una serie de relatos sobre el mundo y personajes de Oz, llegando a ser popularmente más conocidos por sus representaciones teatrales y, además, los cuales llevaría en 1910-1925 a diversos cortometrajes sobre la vida en este mágico lugar. También cabe destacar que en 1985, se produciría Retorno a Oz, de Walter Murch, una secuela en la que los personajes de los relatos que figuran en este libro aparecerían de una manera profunda y misteriosa, revelándonos un Oz diferente, más lúcido y psicológico a la película mundialmente conocida por Victor Fleming; más fiel y directo al mundo de Baum que el que representaría el filme de 1939.
Sin embargo, esta es la versión que Frank Baum y derivados nos traerían al público hispano, ya que aunque el autor escribiera El mago de Oz y llegase a ser internacionalmente un clásico para el público, Baum también escribiría otras historias y relatos sobre este mundo que conocemos de soslayo. De hecho, en Oz caben muchísimos más personajes de los que poco hemos sabido ni hemos conocido, al menos para un público mayoritario *
De este modo, nos encontramos ante una serie de cuentos y relatos que narran la vida de los personajes de Oz. En ellos tendremos, además de a Dorothy, al mago, al espantapájaros, al león y al hombre de hojalata, a la princesa Ozma, a Tik-Tok el hombre mecánico, a Jack Cabeza de Calabaza (que curiosamente nos recordará al Jack Skellington de Pesadilla antes de Navidad de Tim Burton), al hombre greñudo y a otros personajes como los munchkins (aquellos enanitos que aparecerían nada más llegar Dorothy a este mundo de fantasía.) Con estos personajes de fondo, tendremos los relatos El león cobarde y el tigre hambriento, Tik-Tok y el rey nomo, Ozma y el pequeño mago, Jack Calabaza y el caballete, y El espantapájaros y el hombre de hojalata. En ellos, se nos revelarán las aventuras desmedidas y traviesas de los personajes citados y en los que, al final de todos los relatos, nos asombrará la buena voluntad que Baum trataba de enseñar. Gracias a estos relatos, aun tratándose de hadas, de terribles y pequeños grandes gnomos, del famoso personaje Crinklink, aprenderemos la enseñanza de Baum: a pesar de mundos mágicos, siempre habrá una moral presente, representada a través de metáforas y moralejas que nos incitan a querer y desear lo mejor, tanto para uno mismo como para los demás.
Destacan las maravillosas ilustraciones de John R. Neill, las cuales serían las originales y primogénitas de los cuentos de Baum (salvo el primero). En ellas se ven reflejadas bajo un estilo art decó cada historia y relato, haciéndonos cómplices de lo que Baum escribe aquí. Cuesta no separarse de Dorothy y sus amigos, pues leemos estos relatos y nos adentramos de nuevo en nuestra niñez, donde cada cuento nos enseña algo sobre la vida, sobre la amistad, sobre nuestros miedos y nuestra psicología. Baum era un prolífico escritor pues su obra comprende 64 novelas, 82 relatos cortos, más de 200 poemas y un número desconocido de guiones. Es indispensable pensar en Baum como un autor no sólo fructífero, sino secuaz y amante de la vida, pues sólo en Oz podemos ver cómo esta se expande a medida que conocemos más detalles de su naturaleza.
Así, estamos ante un libro esencial (pues no se han publicado antes los relatos de Oz al español) para todo aquel amante de este mundo y de la fantasía, de los cuentos y la imaginación. Pasear por Oz es imaginar y soñar, pero también lo es aprender sobre la vida y todo lo que esta conlleva.
* Frank Baum publicaría en vida una serie de relatos sobre el mundo y personajes de Oz, llegando a ser popularmente más conocidos por sus representaciones teatrales y, además, los cuales llevaría en 1910-1925 a diversos cortometrajes sobre la vida en este mágico lugar. También cabe destacar que en 1985, se produciría Retorno a Oz, de Walter Murch, una secuela en la que los personajes de los relatos que figuran en este libro aparecerían de una manera profunda y misteriosa, revelándonos un Oz diferente, más lúcido y psicológico a la película mundialmente conocida por Victor Fleming; más fiel y directo al mundo de Baum que el que representaría el filme de 1939.
July 3, 2020
Ну, тут без изменений: ни капли увлекательности, ни намёка на поучительность! Есть и очень большой плюс: это последняя книга в серии, которую я начал читать в марте 2015 с целью улучшить свой английский. Первые книги были ещё ничего (или я был слишком добрый), ну а потом автор просто потерял голову от успеха и стал писать явные глупости, не заботясь ни об оригинальности сюжета, ни о его увлекательности!!!
Средняя оценка всей серии - 2 (посчитал на калькуляторе)!!!
Средняя оценка всей серии - 2 (посчитал на калькуляторе)!!!
February 10, 2022
A collection of six very little, indeed pretty insubstantial, Oz stories, each of which is based on the adventures of one pair of Oz characters:
"The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger", a bit bored with being Ozma's unnecessary guards, decide to -- respectively -- tear someone up, and eat a fat baby. Neither of them can actually bring themselves to do it.
"Little Dorothy and Toto" go out exploring the Land of Oz, with Dorothy quite firmly believing that nothing can actually hurt her. A monster tries to show her otherwise and fails.
In "Tiktok and the Nome King", the former comes to the Nome Kingdom to beg for some spare parts, for his workings are wearing out. The Nome King, who has had a paricularly annoying morning, is more annoyed at this request than he would normally be, throws his mace-scepter at Tiktok, and breaks him completely, only realizing after the fact that he has destroyed one of Ozma's favorites, and there may be a price to pay for it.
"Ozma and the Little Wizard" go out exploring the Land of Oz in search of unhappy people who need aid. They find some.
"Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse" are sent by Ozma to rescue a pair of lost children and wind up with troubles of their own.
"The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman" set out for a nice boat ride and get more than they bargained for.
I can't imagine ever reading these again. They are shallow, even for Oz stories, which tend not to be concerned with the great issues of life, and two slight to really entertain.
"The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger", a bit bored with being Ozma's unnecessary guards, decide to -- respectively -- tear someone up, and eat a fat baby. Neither of them can actually bring themselves to do it.
"Little Dorothy and Toto" go out exploring the Land of Oz, with Dorothy quite firmly believing that nothing can actually hurt her. A monster tries to show her otherwise and fails.
In "Tiktok and the Nome King", the former comes to the Nome Kingdom to beg for some spare parts, for his workings are wearing out. The Nome King, who has had a paricularly annoying morning, is more annoyed at this request than he would normally be, throws his mace-scepter at Tiktok, and breaks him completely, only realizing after the fact that he has destroyed one of Ozma's favorites, and there may be a price to pay for it.
"Ozma and the Little Wizard" go out exploring the Land of Oz in search of unhappy people who need aid. They find some.
"Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse" are sent by Ozma to rescue a pair of lost children and wind up with troubles of their own.
"The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman" set out for a nice boat ride and get more than they bargained for.
I can't imagine ever reading these again. They are shallow, even for Oz stories, which tend not to be concerned with the great issues of life, and two slight to really entertain.
March 14, 2021
Muy buenas estas pequeñas historias / cuentos. Gran introducción a Oz
June 22, 2025
Little Wizard of Oz Stories by Frank Baum – another look at the story is at https://realini.blogspot.com/2012/08/...
The note will look at various, pretended wizards, not so much to the Oz contraption
9 out of 10
The Wizard of Oz is not just a stupendous story, I find that it keeps me interested, I watch (at least for a while) when The Warner Channel (here it is generally on that venue) airs it again, and again and find it so relevant, and good to explain, and laugh at quite a few things that have been happening, what with false wizards and prophets
One of the targets of this corner here - actually, the main one, since he has climbed to the top of the world by fraud https://realini.blogspot.com/2023/09/... - is the Ultimate Confidence Man, or Orange Jesus, as leaders of his cult have called him, with some foresight…
Not today though, for I am going to get away from the proposed theme into another topic, so to be fair to the massive (just joking) audience, you could leave this space, all there was about the ‘real’ Wizard of Oz (false as he was) is at the top – I enjoy it so much, it makes me think of it, when I meet replicas of the Oz Guy
One wizard is The Dragon, whose name I will not list here, but this would be an approximation of his nickname, a very generous, successful businessman, athlete, coach and…Wizard of the Sauna, in other words, when I heard him talking, preaching, trying miracles over the past few days, I thought of the Baum character
We meet regularly at the club downtown, where I am a hoi polloi, a common member, and he is somewhere in the upper tier, whereas the manager is aggressive and rude with me (and others, she is incompetent, and chooses ‘attack as the best defense) she is all Wine and Roses with our hero, as in the main personage of these lines
I do not remember what I have put above, I am too lazy to check what nonsense I have scribbled, and then pretty damn sure few, if any venture past the first line (indeed, we get likes among each other, but I do not think we really read what we supposedly ‘like’) but let us just say another spoiler alert might be warranted
He is very tall, played on the defense line, professional soccer, and I have mentioned (in jest, or maybe with some worry) that The Economist has some article in the Science and Technology section on the risks incurred by those who hit the ball with the head, especially in the center, the forward and the center backs…
With 190 centimeters or thereabouts, he benefits form the advantages explained in Blink https://realini.blogspot.com/2013/05/... the classic of psychology by Magister Ludi Malcolm Gladwell, who explains the Thin Slicing Theory and the Harding Effect, named after the American president
Research looked at the top of Fortune 500 companies and found that about one third of their leaders have about 190 centimeters, while in the population at large they represent only about 3% or near that figure (if I am not mistaken) and this proves The Thinking Without Thinking that takes place, and is there, in the title of Blink
I would have to express my gratitude for the lessons that this coach, manager, entrepreneur and amateur psychologist has been giving me, only they do not seem to work, because the pupil, the apprentice is not cooperating, does not get it, is reluctant, opaque…this is me we are talking about and there is mea culpa
However, this Pygmalion https://realini.blogspot.com/2019/06/... does throw some punches, if virtual ones in my case, and it gets confusing, on the one hand, he is trying to help, makes sensible suggestions, but offends me nonetheless, by saying I have nothing to do, for instance
Some hours ago, I was complaining - I admit I do that, so if I confess it here, where nobody is watching, it might be one of those church booths, I do my penitence again, maybe I have to do the Monty Python https://realini.blogspot.com/2017/03/... Indian Restaurant sketch, where the waiter, Michael Palin, keeps kicking himself – about marital trouble, and the trainer said…you have no hobby
Then there is his (excessive) tolerance for all sorts of characters, and most often (seen from this corner) dressing down for yours truly, who sometimes wonders if he is any good – indeed, there was some ‘locker room talk’ – the idiot Orange Jesus aka Trump used that phrase to explain his pussy line – about some opening
Somebody appears to be into BDSM, and I volunteered, saying that I am such a pain, a heinous fella that if she meets me, all she has to do is stay around and she can get the (psychological) kicks she will not get anywhere else…the trouble may be that she may be looking for handcuffs and other paraphernalia, not a talker
Reversal of Fortune https://realini.blogspot.com/2017/04/... is the Academy Ward Winning film where Jeremy Irons has the leading role, and he got the Oscar for that – it serves here as an example of how I jump from one thing to the next and make it difficult (or impossible) for others to follow (The Sauna Wizard calls this ‘vraiste’) and then there is the connection between Bulow aka Jeremy Irons and my case, he was a rich bastard, accused of killing his spouse (Glenn Close, if my memory is still good) and evidently, in a very tense, or should we say disastrous marital relationship, which is what I have to face daily – studies showed that the married have a happier life, live longer than the divorced, but at the bottom of the charts are the people who stay in conflictual marriages – it is the equivalent of going through a car crash every single god damn day…and it is all my fault!
Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...
Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works
‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’
‚Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’
“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”
The note will look at various, pretended wizards, not so much to the Oz contraption
9 out of 10
The Wizard of Oz is not just a stupendous story, I find that it keeps me interested, I watch (at least for a while) when The Warner Channel (here it is generally on that venue) airs it again, and again and find it so relevant, and good to explain, and laugh at quite a few things that have been happening, what with false wizards and prophets
One of the targets of this corner here - actually, the main one, since he has climbed to the top of the world by fraud https://realini.blogspot.com/2023/09/... - is the Ultimate Confidence Man, or Orange Jesus, as leaders of his cult have called him, with some foresight…
Not today though, for I am going to get away from the proposed theme into another topic, so to be fair to the massive (just joking) audience, you could leave this space, all there was about the ‘real’ Wizard of Oz (false as he was) is at the top – I enjoy it so much, it makes me think of it, when I meet replicas of the Oz Guy
One wizard is The Dragon, whose name I will not list here, but this would be an approximation of his nickname, a very generous, successful businessman, athlete, coach and…Wizard of the Sauna, in other words, when I heard him talking, preaching, trying miracles over the past few days, I thought of the Baum character
We meet regularly at the club downtown, where I am a hoi polloi, a common member, and he is somewhere in the upper tier, whereas the manager is aggressive and rude with me (and others, she is incompetent, and chooses ‘attack as the best defense) she is all Wine and Roses with our hero, as in the main personage of these lines
I do not remember what I have put above, I am too lazy to check what nonsense I have scribbled, and then pretty damn sure few, if any venture past the first line (indeed, we get likes among each other, but I do not think we really read what we supposedly ‘like’) but let us just say another spoiler alert might be warranted
He is very tall, played on the defense line, professional soccer, and I have mentioned (in jest, or maybe with some worry) that The Economist has some article in the Science and Technology section on the risks incurred by those who hit the ball with the head, especially in the center, the forward and the center backs…
With 190 centimeters or thereabouts, he benefits form the advantages explained in Blink https://realini.blogspot.com/2013/05/... the classic of psychology by Magister Ludi Malcolm Gladwell, who explains the Thin Slicing Theory and the Harding Effect, named after the American president
Research looked at the top of Fortune 500 companies and found that about one third of their leaders have about 190 centimeters, while in the population at large they represent only about 3% or near that figure (if I am not mistaken) and this proves The Thinking Without Thinking that takes place, and is there, in the title of Blink
I would have to express my gratitude for the lessons that this coach, manager, entrepreneur and amateur psychologist has been giving me, only they do not seem to work, because the pupil, the apprentice is not cooperating, does not get it, is reluctant, opaque…this is me we are talking about and there is mea culpa
However, this Pygmalion https://realini.blogspot.com/2019/06/... does throw some punches, if virtual ones in my case, and it gets confusing, on the one hand, he is trying to help, makes sensible suggestions, but offends me nonetheless, by saying I have nothing to do, for instance
Some hours ago, I was complaining - I admit I do that, so if I confess it here, where nobody is watching, it might be one of those church booths, I do my penitence again, maybe I have to do the Monty Python https://realini.blogspot.com/2017/03/... Indian Restaurant sketch, where the waiter, Michael Palin, keeps kicking himself – about marital trouble, and the trainer said…you have no hobby
Then there is his (excessive) tolerance for all sorts of characters, and most often (seen from this corner) dressing down for yours truly, who sometimes wonders if he is any good – indeed, there was some ‘locker room talk’ – the idiot Orange Jesus aka Trump used that phrase to explain his pussy line – about some opening
Somebody appears to be into BDSM, and I volunteered, saying that I am such a pain, a heinous fella that if she meets me, all she has to do is stay around and she can get the (psychological) kicks she will not get anywhere else…the trouble may be that she may be looking for handcuffs and other paraphernalia, not a talker
Reversal of Fortune https://realini.blogspot.com/2017/04/... is the Academy Ward Winning film where Jeremy Irons has the leading role, and he got the Oscar for that – it serves here as an example of how I jump from one thing to the next and make it difficult (or impossible) for others to follow (The Sauna Wizard calls this ‘vraiste’) and then there is the connection between Bulow aka Jeremy Irons and my case, he was a rich bastard, accused of killing his spouse (Glenn Close, if my memory is still good) and evidently, in a very tense, or should we say disastrous marital relationship, which is what I have to face daily – studies showed that the married have a happier life, live longer than the divorced, but at the bottom of the charts are the people who stay in conflictual marriages – it is the equivalent of going through a car crash every single god damn day…and it is all my fault!
Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...
Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works
‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’
‚Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’
“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”
July 11, 2016
This booklet consists of six short stories — or, perhaps it would be more accurate to call them tiny stories (not even "little stories", as the title of the booklet says). Alas, all the stories are very boring, and they don't even have any point to them. For this reason, I wouldn't recommend this booklet to anybody, not even children. Children should be given entertaining and fun stories to read, so that they would learn to enjoy reading and to love books. Boring, pointless stories like the ones in this booklet too easily tend to make children think that reading is boring, and turns them away from books and reading, and that is something that would be very unfortunate.
The only funny thing in all the six stories in this book is the names of three imps mentioned in one story: Olite, Udent and Ertinent, i.e. imp Olite, imp Udent and imp Ertinent. So, if in a booklet of six stories the only funny and slightly entertaining thing is three puns, I just don't see any incentive to read such an uninteresting and pointless booklet. One's time would be much better spent by reading something that's worth reading, whether one is a child or an adult.
The only funny thing in all the six stories in this book is the names of three imps mentioned in one story: Olite, Udent and Ertinent, i.e. imp Olite, imp Udent and imp Ertinent. So, if in a booklet of six stories the only funny and slightly entertaining thing is three puns, I just don't see any incentive to read such an uninteresting and pointless booklet. One's time would be much better spent by reading something that's worth reading, whether one is a child or an adult.
August 21, 2016
Este es un libro perfecto para aquellos que salieron de "El Mago de Oz" queriendo mucho más, o para los que como yo, aún no se embarcaron en la aventura junto a Dorothy conocieran ese espectacular y fantástico mucho y un poco más de sus personajes.
Son 9 cuentos cortos, si no recuerdo mal, de personajes muy conocidos de "El Mago de Oz" como la misma Dorothy, el León cobarde, el hombre de Hojalata y muchos más.
Historias cortitas, bonicas y que vienen perfectas para completar el famosísimo y aclamado libro.
Son 9 cuentos cortos, si no recuerdo mal, de personajes muy conocidos de "El Mago de Oz" como la misma Dorothy, el León cobarde, el hombre de Hojalata y muchos más.
Historias cortitas, bonicas y que vienen perfectas para completar el famosísimo y aclamado libro.
May 11, 2013
Technically maybe a three plus. This was a quick read with just a handful of stories featuring favorite characters: Scarecrow, Nick Chopper, Tik Tok, etc. Some are a little stronger than others, but though the shorter format seems to bring out more of Baum's didactic side, they're all still pretty entertaining in their own way. "The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman" kind of deviated from the characterization a bit for the sake of slapstick, but it's a pretty minor complaint.
January 31, 2022
Some short stories by Baum. I really liked it. Some more than others, but overall they were good. I love how they all have a little moral to it. It definitely makes the book more interesting. I thought it was funny and very entertaining. I loved the adventures that takes place in Oz. It is such a creative world, that it peaks my imagination.
November 2, 2017
A cute collection of Oz short-shorts. This collection is intended for a younger audience than the approximate child or MG reading level that might enjoy the regular Oz books. Each story is just a few pages long, has a very simple plot, and has a very obvious moral at the end. Great for younger readers, or for anyone who just enjoys the simplicity of Baum's Oz.
November 13, 2014
This was a quick, fun and light read! A collection of short stories about Oz, the Lion and the Tiger, the Imps, Ozma, Tinman and the Scarecrow. I love the stories and I enjoyed each one of them. I like the story of the Lion and the Tiger, so cute!!
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