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Summary: Agreed: The Best of Baum's Oz Books
Review: Although he was never to enjoy the success he had with his first Oz book, Baum sure tried hard with this one (the second in the series). I like this far better than the first, more famous work. It starts off, if I remember from reading it 30 years ago, with Tip living in a cottage deep in a forest in Oz. The witch who keeps him is set on turning him into stone, so Tip must escape. This sets up a whole series of wonderful adventures and interesting characters. The Pumpkinhead character is my favorite. If only someone like Tim Burton would get a hold of this and turn it into a film, then maybe the whole Baum Oz series would get as much recognition as say the Potter series is now getting.
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Summary: Good, but not Baum's best
Review: Having read some of the other books, I'm not sure I can share their enthusiasm for this one. It is a very good book, but when ranked with all 14 of Baum's Oz books, I would put this one at twelve, maybe eleven. Baum's writing style is not as developed as in later books, and the plot is not as brilliant as in the first (and some of the laters). The Oz we see here, in fact, contradicts in many ways with the Oz as established later in the series. If you are planning to read the entire series (and if you're not planning to, you should), then read this one as you continue on to the more inspired and better written later volumes. If you are looking to read just one additional Oz book to sample what the series is like, try one of the later books. It will give you a better feel of what Baum is capable of. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is my personal favorite, but they are all good. And if you've read all the Oz books and are looking for other titles that are just as magical and just as inspired, try the Chronicles of Narnia, King Fortis the Brave or Abarat. All will introduce you to other magical worlds that are every bit as fun to visit as Oz.
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Summary: Not the best Oz book
Review: I just finished reading this to my 4-year old son after we finished the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He loved both, but I had problems with this one. The story isn't very compelling, and the writing seems somewhat stilted. And the sexism! I realize the book is 100 years old and reflects its times, but parts of it were quite offensive to this (male) reader in the 21st century. We've moved on to the next book, Ozma of Oz, and are enjoying it a great deal more than Marvelous Land of Oz.
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Summary: It's A Classic
Review: I read it a few times . It has more Excitement Then a "super hero " Comic Book! I couldn't keep it down .I even brought it to Work! If Your an Oz fan,this is a must for your bookshelf. Everyone I know has a copy of it somewhere.If you love Oz,you will LOVE this book.
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Summary: One Of My All Time Favorites
Review: This book has a special place in my heart since it was the first Oz book I ever read. The book was so exciting and fun to read that it started me on a wonderful journey through the many other delighful books in the series. Tip is a great character and his life with the witch Mombi still make me feel anxious just thinking about it. I read this to my neice and she loved it so much that she now asks me to read another Oz book just about every time I see her.
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Summary: Baum's second best Oz book
Review: This book is Baum's second best. It has such strange creatures and it has every thing the Wonderful Wizard of Oz lacked. Baum is a genuis and this book proves it.
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Summary: Great Stuff Comparable to Twain or Thurber
Review: This is the second novel in the wonderful Oz series. It's about a young boy named Tip. Tip's guardian is a witch. Tip is threatened to be turned in to stone, so Tip tries to run away. He builds a Scarecrow that comes to life. Thus begins an awesome book. It's very funny, the chracters are great. This is a classic. just as good as the first.
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Summary: read it all in 3 days and loved it
Review: this was undoubtedly the best in the oz series. i am not lying to you! in fact, i enjoyed it so much that i just couldn't put it down for THREE WHOLE DAYS!
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Summary: Fun, Good Read, but a little too much satire.
Review: We have all grown up with the Wizard of Oz movie, book one, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is basically the same story as the movie with some slight differences. Marvelous Land of Oz, the second book of the series is the one that will reel you in and have you wanting to read more. I just finished reading this one, a chapter each night, to my preschool age son. He loved it, especially the surprise ending which I won't spoil for you. Jack Pumpkinhead, the Woggle Bug and a mean witch named Mombi are all new characters, even more colorful than some of those from book one. I loved it, Jonah and I are really looking forward to starting the Ozma of Oz after we finish Black Beauty which we will begin tonight. I hope you will fall in love with the Oz series like we have. It will provide you with a great opportunity for some quality time reading with your children or grandchildren. I think that I look forward to reading time as much as he does.
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Summary: This is the one that will reel you in to the series
Review: We have all grown up with the Wizard of Oz movie, book one, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is basically the same story as the movie with some slight differences. Marvelous Land of Oz, the second book of the series is the one that will reel you in and have you wanting to read more. I just finished reading this one, a chapter each night, to my preschool age son. He loved it, especially the surprise ending which I won't spoil for you. Jack Pumpkinhead, the Woggle Bug and a mean witch named Mombi are all new characters, even more colorful than some of those from book one. I loved it, Jonah and I are really looking forward to starting the Ozma of Oz after we finish Black Beauty which we will begin tonight. I hope you will fall in love with the Oz series like we have. It will provide you with a great opportunity for some quality time reading with your children or grandchildren. I think that I look forward to reading time as much as he does.
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