The Emerald City of Oz - L. Frank Baum

Title: The Emerald City of Oz Author: L. Frank Baum Genre: Classics Rating: 6/10 # pages: Audiobook Date read: February, 2008

Summary: Join Dorothy and the Wonderful Wizard as they take Aunt Em and Uncle Henry on a fabulous tour of Oz. During their journey they encounter such amazing and amusing people as King Kleaver with his Spoon Brigade and Miss Cuttenclip of the land of paper dolls. But while Dorothy and her friends play, the wicked Nome King has joined forces with the terrible Whimsies, the fearsome Growleywogs, and the evil Phanfasms in a plot to capture the Emerald City. Will Dorothy's friends discover the danger before it's too late?

Review: The Emerald City of Oz suffers from the same issue as The Road to Oz... too many characters, too little plot. I did prefer this one to RtO though as it seemed better spaced, and there actually was some plot with the Nome invasion. I also liked Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's reaction to Oz, even if they did seem terribly naive at times.

I actually saw a cartoon version of this as a kid, but as it was before I spoke English and without subtitles, I didn't get all that much out of it. It would be fun to see it again now :)

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