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The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz #2)
Few fantasy lands have captured our hearts and imaginations as has the marvelous land of Oz. For over four generations, children and adults alike have reveled in the magical adventures of its beloved folk. 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 th
...moreHardcover, Books of Wonder, 287 pages
Published
August 15th 1985
by HarperCollins
(first published 1904)
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So. Much. Weirder. Both than your memory of this stuff, and even than the first Oz book. You've got the Scarecrow set up, "brains" and all having gone to his head, as King Fool of Emerald City, you've got an antifeminist caricature (not that i mind it when it's so transparent, even for a kid in this modern era) taking over Oz and making the men do housework, you've got the Tin Man fallen into vanity and obsessed with nickel-plating himself, you've got sudden gender-switching, a roly-po...more
This book is slightly ridiculous. It’s hard to evaluate The Marvelous Land of Oz for what it is - a children’s book and a sequel (a sequel to a great example of the genre at that) rather than just a book. But it’s a goofy, daffy book. It’s weirdly pro-women (in a way) for 1904 - everyone who makes anything happen is a woman (Jinjur, Mombi, Glinda) and the men all kind of fall into good luck and the fruits of the women’s labor. At the same time, the women who aren’t named Glinda are consistently ...more
I have rather mixed feelings about this book after reading it. I loved the first book with Dorothy and when I got this book, I expected Dorothy to somehow come back to Oz and be reaccquainted with the Tinman and the Scarecrow. But it turns out that she doesn't appear at all - in fact the main character is now a boy called Tip.[return][return]Tip is living with a wicked old woman called Mombi who practises magic. One day Tip makes a figure out of wood with a pumpkin head to scare Mombi but instea...more
I read as many Oz books as I could get my hands on as a kid, enjoying them immensely. Yet, somehow, I forgot about them ... until my five year old daughter took a fancy to the Wizard of Oz and I got introduced to the series again. As an adult, I was fascinated by the first book, but skeptical about the rest of the series, which--like many sequels--came about only after financial success and audience pressure. I guess I didn't trust my childhood self very well. … I should have.
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So there are some frustrating instances of sexism in this one, primarily in regard to Jinjur's Army, but which are somewhat redeemed towards the end by Glinda's soldiers.
Other than that, another Oz classic, as are they all. Tip is fun; the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman and Jack Pumpkinhead and the Wogglebug and the Saw Horse are silly and clever and overproud and generous all at once, in the style that will over the course of the books become totally characteristic. Lots of adventures, a...more
Other than that, another Oz classic, as are they all. Tip is fun; the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman and Jack Pumpkinhead and the Wogglebug and the Saw Horse are silly and clever and overproud and generous all at once, in the style that will over the course of the books become totally characteristic. Lots of adventures, a...more
On the up side, the inventiveness of the unusual characters and the fast paced plot kept my interest the entire way through. Also I enjoyed the positive attitudes of the Tin Man and the Scarecrow, always keeping the peace amongst the crew of travelers. On the down side, the plot starts with random and unmotivated decisions, such as Tip and Jack setting off for the Emerald City for no reason other than wanting to meet the Scarecrow. In the Wizard of Oz everyone had a strong motivation for everyth...more
I decided that in 2012 I would re-read all 14 of the original Oz book series by Frank L. Baum. This series had a huge effect on my early childhood, and now that I am older and wiser, I would like to know why. I know it isn't 2012 yet, but I've started reading the series anyway -- chalk it up to my rebellious & independent nature (undoubtedly developed during my impressionable childhood).
The first book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, so wonderfully depicted in the classic 1939 movie, w...more
The first book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, so wonderfully depicted in the classic 1939 movie, w...more
I think I was able to love this sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz more because I wasn't comparing it to my favorite movie of all time, which uses a very different voice to tell the same story. There is however a movie loosely based on this and other Oz books called Return to Oz, starring a very young Fairuza Balk as a Dorothy longing to return to the magical land of Oz. It's really fun and a little strange, and although it may not stick strictly to the facts of the books, it captures the fe...more
I liked this book. In this sequel to THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ, the boy Tip, who has been living with an old witch for all his life, goes on a journey to the Edmerald City to escape the cruel woman's turning him into a statue. With him goes Pumpkinhead, a doll of Tip's creation brought to life by the which, and saw-horse, a saw-horse brought to life by the witch's potion stolen by Tip. They meet the scarecrow and the tinman on their journey...the main plot, however, involves an army of you...more
The story of a young man who finds out, after many adventures as a boy, that he’s a girl and accepts that fact and goes on to rule Oz as it’s beloved queen. The book is noteworthy for that alone. Otherwise, it’s a fun little book. No real notable characters that I really love. Jack the Pumpkinhead and the Woglebug are the only lasting additions and neither one of them is particularly memorable to me.
I do think this is notable for the way Baum changes his world around to suite the ...more
I do think this is notable for the way Baum changes his world around to suite the ...more
Jan
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Young at heart. Great when read outloud to younger kids
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My Mom
For me this audio version with narrator Ron Knowles did not appeal to me. He starts out giving an extensive summary of all 14 Oz books. He also talks about the history of The Wizard of Oz phenomenon and the author's life.
I didn't care for his interpretation of the characters in the book. Audiobook storytellers should enhance the experience of the story. In this case the storyline and the characters deteriorate with Mr. Knowles rendering of this book. The characters sound stupid and i...more
I didn't care for his interpretation of the characters in the book. Audiobook storytellers should enhance the experience of the story. In this case the storyline and the characters deteriorate with Mr. Knowles rendering of this book. The characters sound stupid and i...more
As a long time Wizard of Oz enthusiast, I was truly surprised that I hadn't read all of the books. In fact, I had only read the first one and it was such a long time ago that I had no recollection at all. The first thing I noticed was the fact that Baum used a lot of adult references such as the puns and just overall comedy that I think would possibly be lost on children nowadays. I'm not sure if kids in his time were smarter but he surely wrote books to include enough real world humor. I re...more
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The edition I have says something on the back to the effect of "learn more adventures of the scarecrow, tin man, and Dorothy...." Yeah, well, Dorothy doesn't come out in this book, but a little boy name Tip does. And this is about his adventures with the scarecrow, tin man, a pumpkin-headed thing named Jack, a wooden saw-horse, and some jackdaw-headed monstrosity.
This book seemed to have more dialog than needed in certain places, and the characters developed over the boo...more
The edition I have says something on the back to the effect of "learn more adventures of the scarecrow, tin man, and Dorothy...." Yeah, well, Dorothy doesn't come out in this book, but a little boy name Tip does. And this is about his adventures with the scarecrow, tin man, a pumpkin-headed thing named Jack, a wooden saw-horse, and some jackdaw-headed monstrosity.
This book seemed to have more dialog than needed in certain places, and the characters developed over the boo...more
I haven't decided yet if i think this book is (a) a really bad satire, written during a time before women's suffrage truely compelled baum, or (b) a really brilliant satire, written during a time when women's suffrage truely compelled baum...
now i will have to read more about the actual person, who l. frank baum was and what he stood for...
some things i am thinking so far:
- certainly not the best writer, not on par with lewis carroll, for example
- but definate...more
now i will have to read more about the actual person, who l. frank baum was and what he stood for...
some things i am thinking so far:
- certainly not the best writer, not on par with lewis carroll, for example
- but definate...more
I adored this book! Which was a bit of a shock to me, since I enjoyed the Oz books all right when I was younger, but I was bothered by the inconsistencies from one book to the next--I had that kind of mind even then.
I saw the entire set for Kindle for a ridiculously low price, and I said, "Hey, they're classics. I'll probably read them again." And then I was away from home with no book, which is like being away from home without clothes on, for me, and there was my Kindle i...more
I saw the entire set for Kindle for a ridiculously low price, and I said, "Hey, they're classics. I'll probably read them again." And then I was away from home with no book, which is like being away from home without clothes on, for me, and there was my Kindle i...more
What a brilliant children's book. I hadn't realised there were so many others apart from The Wizard of Oz. Apparently Baum received so many letters from children after the first book that he eventually set about writing more, and this is the second in the series. So now I'm setting about catching up with my childhood.
Dorothy does not appear in this tale. This is all about a young boy named Tip, who escapes from the witch Mombi with a tub of powder that brings things to life and a scarecrow w...more
Dorothy does not appear in this tale. This is all about a young boy named Tip, who escapes from the witch Mombi with a tub of powder that brings things to life and a scarecrow w...more
While I didn't enjoy The Marvellous Land of Oz as much as The Wizard of Oz, it still had its moments.
In The Marvellous Land of Oz, Dorothy has been returned home and the Scarecrow reigns on the throne of the Emerald City. In a nearby land, a young boy, Tip, serves an old sorceress (not a witch, because those are the most powerful).
Tip and the Scarecrow end up crossing paths and a whole slew of new characters are introduced - Jack Pumpkinhead, The Gump (a flying mismash o...more
In The Marvellous Land of Oz, Dorothy has been returned home and the Scarecrow reigns on the throne of the Emerald City. In a nearby land, a young boy, Tip, serves an old sorceress (not a witch, because those are the most powerful).
Tip and the Scarecrow end up crossing paths and a whole slew of new characters are introduced - Jack Pumpkinhead, The Gump (a flying mismash o...more
This book was delightful!
This is the second book in the Wizard of Oz series, and it just as whimsical and lovely as the first one. More weird characters appear, and more craziness happens, but it's all so cute and nice. I can't believe it's over a hundred years old. Holy moly!
L. Frank Baum was before his time in his semi-feminist views! One of my favorite quotes was: "You can see how foolish it is to oppose a woman's wit." There were lots of strong female charac...more
This is the second book in the Wizard of Oz series, and it just as whimsical and lovely as the first one. More weird characters appear, and more craziness happens, but it's all so cute and nice. I can't believe it's over a hundred years old. Holy moly!
L. Frank Baum was before his time in his semi-feminist views! One of my favorite quotes was: "You can see how foolish it is to oppose a woman's wit." There were lots of strong female charac...more
I found The Marvelous Land of Oz lacking. I missed Dorothy, and some of the other major characters that I had grown fond of in the first of the series. Dorothy doesn't appear in the sequels until number 3. By the time Baum got to the second of his 13 stories of Oz, the story becomes extremely disjointed and random. It was hard getting through them because the nonsense was unsettling. Reading this book, I realized that one of the biggest mistakes an author can make is to come up with a sequel...more
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My first born daughter when she was tiny.
I found The Marvelous Land of Oz lacking. I missed Dorothy, and some of the other major characters that I had grown fond of in the first of the series. Dorothy doesn't appear in the sequels until number 3. By the time Baum got to the second of his 13 stories of Oz, the story becomes extremely disjointed and random. It was hard getting through them because the nonsense was unsettling. Reading this book, I realized that one of the biggest mistakes an author can make is to come up with a sequel...more
Such a very odd book...
We meet charming new characters like Jack Pumpkinhead, H.M. Wogglebug, Tip, the Gump and the Saw-Horse and new villains like Mombi and Jinjur. The boys love following along with the characters' travels on the map and my 8yo's favorite part was "the war - even though there wasn't any fighting."
It's interesting to look at the female characters in light of the time it was written. For turn-of-the-twentieth-century, it's actually fairly libe...more
We meet charming new characters like Jack Pumpkinhead, H.M. Wogglebug, Tip, the Gump and the Saw-Horse and new villains like Mombi and Jinjur. The boys love following along with the characters' travels on the map and my 8yo's favorite part was "the war - even though there wasn't any fighting."
It's interesting to look at the female characters in light of the time it was written. For turn-of-the-twentieth-century, it's actually fairly libe...more
In a lot of ways, this is a far better book than the original. The story is no weirder than the first, really, although it probably seems stranger given that the basic details of the first are well-known. It is, however, so much better written, as this book has a very standard plot structure that the first lacked. This book doesn't have the same moral lessons as the first, if you are expecting that; it is more of a standard adventure. Generally harmless overall, though it is interesting to n...more
Cute sequel to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," featuring Scarecrow and Tin Woodsman.
In this book, witch's apprentice Tip runs away from Mambi, taking with him her box of "Come-to-Life" powder, Jack Pumpkinhead (built by Tip) and the Saw-Horse. He goes to the Emerald City to seek asylum, just as General Jinjur and her army of girls stage a coup against the Scarecrow, who is now ruling Oz. Along the way, they also meet the Woggle-Bug and add him to their crew.
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In this book, witch's apprentice Tip runs away from Mambi, taking with him her box of "Come-to-Life" powder, Jack Pumpkinhead (built by Tip) and the Saw-Horse. He goes to the Emerald City to seek asylum, just as General Jinjur and her army of girls stage a coup against the Scarecrow, who is now ruling Oz. Along the way, they also meet the Woggle-Bug and add him to their crew.
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This was alright. Stanza is certainly helping with my intention to read "classics" this year. There were certainly elements from this story drawn into the "oh-so-not-for-kids-but-we'll-traumatize-this-generation-anyways" movie Return to Oz but it was very out-there and somehow still had a happy ending at the very last that it made me glad not to have been a child in the 40s when these books were the equivalent of Harry Potter.
The completest in me already has the r...more
The completest in me already has the r...more
The twist ending saved this book from being somewhat of an irrelevance towards the adventures of Dorothy, the most well known protagonist in the series, into one of the more memorable entries in the franchise. It doesn't quite capture as much of the clever humor as the other book in the series, but it seems Baum was looking to take Oz on from a different perspective, having the Tip native to the imaginative world which the Scarecrow and Tin Woodsman populate. I could see this book as being one o...more
The first story I can remember reading where I came away from it so enthused, so totally swept away into the story, that I wanted to recreate it in my own stories. This book was the gateway to not only L. Frank Baum's entire ouevre of Oz novels, but a lifetime of passionate reading and creative writing. The story itself is quirky and whimsical fantasy - a boy named Tip escapes from a witch named Mombi, befriends an animated pumpkin-head man and a walking sawhorse, and they journey throughout Oz....more
Unfortunately, I have not read "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Though, will do this summer. Had read other reviews that were a little contrary to mine and my children's experience while reading this story. Many of the reviews said the story was slow and not as exciting as "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." So, we went into it expecting a slow read and it turned out just the opposite for us. Of course we didn't have any other reference except the movie. And, that really didn't ...more
The book totally exceeded my expectations. We picked it up because my son is in a production of The Wizard Of Oz and we are fully obsessed with all things Oz at the moment. This, which is the second (after The Wizard Of Oz) in a series of 14 books, is a well developed story that is not just hanging on to the success of the first book. It is has magic and witches, but it is very sweet and simple. The Scarecrow and Tin Man make appearances. I suspect we will be in this series for some time, an...more
Very strange, but in a good way. Who knew that way back when, Baum wrote a sequel to The Wizard of Oz. The edition I bought is approx. 200 pages but well worth the read; it is a special kind of lovely to see someone writing for young adults before conventions were defined and the genre's cliches were there at a writer's disposal. This is the kind of young adult writing I can tolerate--messy and flawed with no attempt at the sort of hackneyed version of "young human makes an important ste...more
The Marvelous Land of Oz is the second installment in L. Frank Baum's Oz series. It follows the continuing adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tinman and a few new friends, Tip and Jack Pumpkinhead as they travel through Oz and try to retake the Emerald City after it has been overrun by a troop of girls.
The sequel has the same wonderful language and colorful, imaginative characters that appear in The Wizard of Oz, with a dash of political intrigue, though done in a lighthearted, fun ...more
The sequel has the same wonderful language and colorful, imaginative characters that appear in The Wizard of Oz, with a dash of political intrigue, though done in a lighthearted, fun ...more
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Lyman Frank Baum was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known today as simply The Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works (55 novels in total, 82 short stor...more
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“As they passed the rows of houses they saw through the open doors that men were sweeping and dusting and washing dishes, while the women sat around in groups, gossiping and laughing.
What has happened?' the Scarecrow asked a sad-looking man with a bushy beard, who wore an apron and was wheeling a baby carriage along the sidewalk.
Why, we've had a revolution, your Majesty -- as you ought to know very well,' replied the man; 'and since you went away the women have been running things to suit themselves. I'm glad you have decided to come back and restore order, for doing housework and minding the children is wearing out the strength of every man in the Emerald City.'
Hm!' said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully. 'If it is such hard work as you say, how did the women manage it so easily?'
I really do not know,' replied the man, with a deep sigh. 'Perhaps the women are made of cast-iron.”
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What has happened?' the Scarecrow asked a sad-looking man with a bushy beard, who wore an apron and was wheeling a baby carriage along the sidewalk.
Why, we've had a revolution, your Majesty -- as you ought to know very well,' replied the man; 'and since you went away the women have been running things to suit themselves. I'm glad you have decided to come back and restore order, for doing housework and minding the children is wearing out the strength of every man in the Emerald City.'
Hm!' said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully. 'If it is such hard work as you say, how did the women manage it so easily?'
I really do not know,' replied the man, with a deep sigh. 'Perhaps the women are made of cast-iron.”
“That proves you are unusual,' returned the Scarecrow; 'and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.”
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