Marvelous Land of Oz (version 3)
Marvelous Land of Oz (version 3)
The Marvelous Land of Oz is the book that transformed a single fairy tale into an entire universe. Picking up where The Wonderful Wizard of Oz left off, Baum introduces us to the boy Tip, a mischievous orphan escaping the cruel witch Old Mombi, and her band of magical creations: a wooden sawhorse brought to life and a man with a pumpkin for a head. Tip's flight toward the Emerald City reunites us with the Scarecrow, now ruling wisely as the city's beloved monarch, and introduces the Tin Woodman in his own adventure. What follows is a tale of revolution, transformation, and the question of what it means to have a heart. Baum's prose crackles with invention: there are flying girls, magical powder, gender-bending transformations, and a general store of impossible things. This is Oz at its most playful and its most strange, a world where anything can happen and usually does. It endures because it understands that children crave both wonder and agency, both safety and danger.
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