FREE OZ: MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ PDF Eric Shanower,Skottie Young | 200 pages | 04 May 2011 | Marvel Comics | 9780785140283 | English | New York, United States The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum - Free Ebook 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. 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 the original John R. Neill color plates, its colorful pictorial binding, and the many black-and-white illustrations that bring it to joyous life. First Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz inL. Frank Baum's The Marvelous Land of Oz is the story of the wonderful adventures of the young boy named Tip as he travels throughout the many lands of Oz. How they thwart the wicked plans of the evil witch Mombi and overcome the rebellion of General Jinjur and her army of young women is a tale as exciting and endearing today as it was when first published over eighty years ago. Afterword by Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz Glassman. A facsimile of the rare first edition, complete with all 16 original color plates, a colorful pictorial binding, and over of Neill's drawings. A Books of Wonder R Classic. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Frank Baum. Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Frank Baum. David McKee Illustrations. 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 Few fantasy lands have captured our hearts and imaginations as has the marvelous land of Oz. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published April 2nd by Puffin Classics first published More Details Original Title. NikidikMr. Woggle-Bug, T. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Marvelous Land of Ozplease sign up. Timothy Morrison it gets more and more campy at around this point. Why did the Wizard of Oz give baby Ozma to Mombi? See all 5 questions about The Marvelous Land of Oz…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz filters. Sort order. Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. In the northern Land of Oz, there lived a boy called Tip who was reared by a haggard old woman named Mombi. One day, Tip got the idea to startle Mombi, so he took a large pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz a face into it, then put it atop a body made of sticks and dressed in bright clothing. Mombi was not amused Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz Tip's practical joke, so she decided to concoct a spell to turn the boy into a marble stat Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz Beginning to Bookend. Mombi was not amused by Tip's practical joke, so she decided to concoct a spell to turn the boy into a marble statue. Determined not to spend the rest of his life as a garden ornament, Tip took the pumpkin man he created and Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz off on an adventure. The Land of Oz offers the same type of topsy-turvy logic that permeates all of the Oz books. Tip wriggled around upon his stool and stared a while at the kettle, which was beginning to bubble. Then he would glance at the stern and wrinkled features of the witch and wish he were any place but in that dim and smoky kitchen, where even Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz shadows cast by the candle upon the wall were enough to give one the horrors. So an hour passed away, during which the silence was only broken by the bubbling of the pot hissing on the flames. Tip travels with a most peculiar cast of enchanted comrades. While some familiar characters make appearances, many new characters are introduced. Among Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz is General Jinjur and her army of women soldiers. Jinjur feels the Emerald City has been ruled by men for too long. She plans to invade the city and use its gemstones to make sparkly jewelry and spend the treasury to buy a dozen gowns for every woman in the army. Just when it seems the underlying message borders on sexist, the story redeems itself: "Why, we've had Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz revolution, Your Majesty Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz 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. View all 4 comments. May 01, Jason Koivu rated it really liked it Shelves: fantasy. A straw king? Transgender issues addressed? What in the heck's a wogglebug? Heaven knows what's going on here, but I like it! Strange though it may sound, I preferred this sequel over the first book in L. I'm beginning to think my reaction to the Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz book may have been prejudiced! You see, having only known the land of Oz from the Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz, I wa A straw king? You see, having only known the land of Oz from the movie, I was expecting that Oz, but that's not what The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is, not entirely. After getting over that slight disappointment, I was able to relax and enjoy The Marvelous Land of Oz with its storyline completely unknown to me, its numerous unfamiliar characters and its delightful surprise ending. Just like the first book, the narrative follows a similar "road trip" path in which the principle characters must journey on and on, overcoming occasional obstacles on their way to save the day, all culminating in a very enjoyable adventure indeed! A bit of the old under the microscope treatment For the time in which it was produced pre-women's suffrage I wasn't too surprised to see stereotypical depictions of women, or more specifically, girls. However, I was happy to see various forms of female empowerment balancing it out. That sort of sensitivity towards gender issues seems rare for its time. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised. After all, Baum was writing with a female audience in mind, as that's where his fan base overwhelmingly lay. View all 12 comments. An orphan boy called Tip was one Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz the inhabitants of a magical place called Oz. He lived with an evil witch Mombi who decided to turn him into a marble statue one day being fed up with his pranks. Tip escaped and headed for the Emerald City having nothing better to do. He arrived just in time to see the big trouble for the city's ruler: none other than Scarecrow. He got involved and had a lot of adventures in the Land of Oz as a result. Let me get this straight: the Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz reason this book avoid An orphan boy called Tip was one of the inhabitants of a magical place called Oz. Let me get this straight: the only reason this book avoided the dreadful two-star rating is my overall respect for the series and its influence on children literature worldwide; this and the fact that I read it three times: the last time was to refresh my memory for the review. I did not like the direction the series went after the first book. The main focus became to introduce new granted sometimes Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz characters at a fast rate. This combined with the struggle to show the majority of the characters from the previous installments resulted in a real overpopulation of Oz. This means each character received less and less screen time in each subsequent installment. The result of this can already be seeing in the second book. I insist that Dorothy was the real star of the original story and I doubt anybody would argue with this. To my complete disappointment she is not here at all, and neither is Cowardly Lion. Tip is a poor substitute for Dorothy. For starters he is not exactly Oliver Twist, despite being an orphan living with an old hag. The Marvelous Land Of Oz, by L. Frank Baum. The protagonist is a boy named Tipwho for as long as he can remember has been under the guardianship of a witch named Mombi in the Gillikin Country. As Mombi is returning home, Tip plans to frighten her with a scarecrow he has made.