Books with title Otis and the Scarecrow

L Frank Baum considered The Scarecrow of Oz to be his best book. It opens with Trot and Cap'n Bill rowing along a shore of the Pacific Ocean, a mighty whirlpool engulfs them and sinks their boat. The old sailorman and the little girl are miraculously saved and regain consciousness to find themselves in a sea cavern. (To this day, Trot asserts she felt mermaid arms about her during those terrible moments under water.) They experience one perilous adventure after another until eventually they make their way to Jinxland and meet the Scarecrow who takes charge of things once Cap'n Bill is transformed into a tiny grasshopper with a wooden leg. Will the Captain remain a grasshopper or will Trot, the Scarecrow, and their friends be able to restore him to his former shape and life? Find out in the exciting conclusion of The Scarecrow of Oz. This lavishly illustrated edition has more than one hundred illustrations by John R. Neill.

The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal favorite of the Oz books and tells of Cap'n Bill and Trot journeying to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow, overthrowing the cruel King Krewl of Jinxland. Cap'n Bill and Trot (Mayre Griffiths) had previously appeared in two other novels by Baum, The Sea Fairies and Sky Island. Odin’s Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind’s literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The scarecrow in the Williams’s field was certainly scary, and not just to crows.Bobby couldn’t say why exactly he found it as scary as he did. He just did.He told himself it was only some material filled with straw, but avoided going near it, all the same. He preferred it if he didn’t have to even think about it.The scarecrow had been there forever, or so it seemed. It had certainly been there as long as he’d been around, and as far as Bobby was concerned that was forever enough.Find out what happens when Bobby is forced to go into the cornfield and face the scarecrow in this short but creepy tale.Ages 9 and up.LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

Number 9 in the Ballantine Fantasy Classics of the A Wonderful Oz books series. Need to send a gift? We offer free domestic drop shipping, free gift wrapping and card for almost any occasion. Just let us know the occasion and your message. Our front cover shows the Scarecrow and Dorothy flying on bird-like creatures. Any other cover shown is provided by Amazon. This offer is also available to our international customers. as long as the s/h to both countries are the same. Any questions? Please email us prior to purchasing.

A tattered scarecrow stands in the middle of a muddy field, taking no notice of the violent thunderstorm around him. But when a bolt of lightning strikes him, fizzing its way through his turnip head and down his broomstick, the Scarecrow blinks with surprise–and comes to life. So begins the story of the Scarecrow, a courteous but pea-brained fellow with grand ideas. He meets a boy, Jack, who becomes his faithful servant. Leaving behind his bird-scaring duties, the Scarecrow sets out for Spring Valley, with Jack at his side. As the valiant Scarecrow plunges them into terrifying dangers–battles, brigands, broken hearts, and treasure islands–he never realizes he’s being followed by the one family who desperately wishes he’d never sprung to life. Will the Scarecrow discover the secret to his past before the crooked Buffalonis close in on him?

The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth Oz book. In this story, Trot, a young girl from California, and her peg-legged sailor friend, Cap'n Bill, find themselves on a perilous voyage when a whirlpool leaves them stranded in an underwater cave. There they are befriended by a most curious creature - the Ork. With four paddle-like wings, legs like a stork's, a parrot's head, and a tail like a propeller, the Ork proves to be a very welcome and helpful companion.

Cap'n Bill, a sailor with a wooden peg-leg, and his friend, a little girl named Trot, set out from California on a calm day for a short ride in their row-boat. A freak whirlpool capsizes their boat and pulls them under water, where they are carried by mermaids (referred to but not seen) to a cave. They are soon joined by a flying creature called an Ork. Passing through a dark tunnel out of the cave, the three arrive at an island inhabited by a grim man calling himself Pessim the Observer. Cap'n Bill and Trot reduce their size by eating magic shrinking-berries, and the Ork carries them away from the island to the land of Mo, where they eat another type of magic berries and resume their normal size.They meet the Bumpy Man, who specializes in serving sugar and molasses and has some of their appearance too. After dining on Mo rain (lemonade) and Mo snow (popcorn), they run into Button Bright, the boy from The Road to Oz who has gotten lost again. Cap'n Bill calls down some of the native birds (who, like all birds in fairy countries, can talk back) and offers them the "growing" berries to make them large enough to carry himself, Trot, and Button-Bright to the land of Oz. When they make it across the desert, Button-Bright, Cap'n Bill, and Trot are set down in a field and the Ork leaves them to find his own country, which he got lost from on a routine flight.The place Button-Bright, Cap'n Bill, and Trot have arrived in, Jinxland, is cut off from the rest of Oz by a range of high mountains and a bottomless crevice. The kingdom has had a turbulent recent history. The rightful king of Jinxland, King Kynd, was removed by his prime minister Phearse, who was in turn removed by his prime minister Krewl who now rules over the land. An unpleasant but wealthy citizen named Googly-Goo seeks to marry King Kynd's daughter, Princess Gloria; however, she is in love with Pon, the current gardener's boy, who is the son of the first usurper Phearse. King Krewl and Googly-Goo hire a witch named Blinkie to freeze Gloria's heart so that she will no longer love Pon. Cap'n Bill happens on this plot, and to keep him from interfering, Blinkie turns him into a grasshopper. She then freezes Gloria's heart. Googly-Goo proposes to her, but now that her heart is frozen, she does not love anyone at all, including Googly-Goo, whose proposal she scornfully declines.The Scarecrow is at Glinda's palace in the Quadling Country and learns about these events from reading Glinda's Great Book of Records, a magical volume which transcribes every event in the world at the instant it happens. The Scarecrow wants to help Cap'n Bill, Button-Bright, and Trot, and Glinda sends him to Jinxland with some of her magic to aid him. The Scarecrow travels to Jinxland and joins forces with Trot, Cap'n Bill (who is still a grasshopper), and the Ork, who flies off to his homeland for reinforcements. The Scarecrow attempts to depose Krewl and is captured, with Googly-Goo suggesting the Scarecrow be burned, but then the Ork arrives just in time with fifty other Orks, who attack the Jinxlanders and turn the tables on Krewl. The victorious party then arrives at Blinkie's and makes her undo her magic on Cap'n Bill and Princess Gloria by using a magic powder to shrink her in size. When she has undone her evil spells, the Scarecrow stops Blinkie's shrinking, but she remains at a small size and loses all her magic powers.Gloria takes the throne of Jinxland and elevates Pon to be her royal consort, and the Scarecrow, Button-Bright, Cap'n Bill, Trot, and the Orks return to the Emerald City for a celebration.

Trot and Cap'n Bill are boating along the California coast. The weather suddenly turns stormy; their rowboat is caught is a whirlpool and dragged down. (Trot feels herself supported and protected by "unseen arms" — her mermaid friends from The Sea Fairies.) The two surface in a submarine cave, with only a dark tunnel for an apparent exit. Trot and the Cap'n are joined in the cave by a strange creature called an Ork, a stork-like parrot-headed thing with a propeller tail. After making friends, the two ride on the Ork's back, and fly through the tunnel, out of the cave, and to a nearby island. They have an episode with magic berries (the lavender ones make you shrink, the dark purple ones make you grow).The trio fly to the Land of Mo, where they meet a Bumpy Man. They eat and drink Mo snow (popcorn) and rain (lemonade). They meet Button-Bright, who has gotten lost again. Cap'n Bill makes a deal with the local (talking) birds, who eat the purple berries and grow large enough to carry passengers across the Deadly Desert to Oz. The Ork leaves to find his own way home.Trot, Button-Bright, and the Cap'n have landed in a remote corner of Oz called Jinxland. The local politics are complex: the rightful ruler, King Kynd, has been disposed of by his prime minister Phearse; King Phearse was in turn done away with by his prime minister, now King Krewl. Krewl wants to marry Kynd's daughter Gloria to a decrepit, but very wealthy, old lord called Googly-Goo. Gloria, however, loves Pon the gardener, son of Phearse. Krewl and Googly-Goo feel that if they can't have Gloria, then Pon certainly can't either. They hire the witch Blinkie to freeze her heart. When Cap'n Bill learns of the plot, Blinkie transforms him into a grasshopper (with a wooden leg).At Glinda's palace in the Quadling Country of Oz, the Scarecrow learns of these events from the Great Book of Records. Glinda sends the Scarecrow to Jinxland with some magic, to help. On his way, the Scarecrow also meets the Ork. Once in Jinxland, the Scarecrow runs into difficulties with King Krewl, and faces immolation; the Ork and fifty of his compatriots arrive to dispose of the villains and rescue the heroes. The Scarecrow, using Glinda's magic, shrinks Blinkie until she reverses her spell on Gloria and returns the Cap'n to human form. (The witch is left small and devoid of magic.)Gloria assumes the Jinxland throne and selects Pon as her consort. The Scarecrow, the humans, and the Orks go to the Emerald City for a congratulatory celebration with Hank the Mule, Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion, and Toto. (non illustrated)