The Emerald City of Oz (Books of Wonder)

SUMMARY: For the first time in more than eighty years, the most spectacularly illustrated of all the Oz books is available again with the metallic "emerald" green ink that illuminated the color plates of the original edition.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?All the enchantment of Oz is here for a whole new generation to discover in this deluxe new edition featuring ninety black-and-white pictures and sixteen dazzling five-color plates by Oz artist John R. Neill.Afterword by Peter Glassman. For the first time in more than eighty years, the most spectacularly illustrated of all the Oz books is available with the metallic "emerald" green ink that illuminated the original edition. A Books of Wonder(R) Classic General,Fantasy,Children: Grades 3-4,Classics,Juvenile Fiction,Children's Books,YA),Science Fiction; Fantasy; Magic,Gale; Dorothy (Fictitious character),Oz (Imaginary place),Ages 4-8 Fiction,Children's Fiction,Children's stories; American,Classic fiction (Children's,Fantasy & magical realism (Children's,Science fiction (Children's,Children: Preschool,Juvenile Science Fiction,Fantasy fiction; Juvenile From the book:Perhaps I should admit on the title page that this book is "By L. Frank Baum and his correspondents," for I have used many suggestions conveyed to me in letters from children. Once on a time I really imagined myself "an author of fairy tales," but now I am merely an editor or private secretary for a host of youngsters whose ideas I am requestsed to weave into the thread of my stories. These ideas are often clever. They are also logical and interesting. So I have used them whenever I could find an opportunity, and it is but just that I acknowledge my indebtedness to my little friends. Dorothy's aunt and uncle get acquainted with Oz after they lose their farm, and Ozma invites them to live with her.