Books with title Patchwork Girl of Oz White Cover

This book introduces us to Ojo, The Unlucky, a munchkin boy, who sets out on a quest to save his Uncle, Unc Nunkie from starvation, and begins by visiting old friend Dr. Pipt. Dr. Pipt demonstrated his 'Powder of Life' which animates any object it touches with magic words. He invented this powder for his wife, Margolette, to bring a patchwork doll to life to be her slave. However, another of Dr. Pipts inventions, the Liquid of Petrifacation, has spilled on his wife and him turning them to marble. The only way to save his uncle is to find an antidote for the Liquid of Petrification. He needs to find 5 specific ingredients for the antidote.Ojos searches through Oz, for these 5 ingredients: 1. 3 hairs from the tip of a Woozy tail. 2. A gill ( quarter pint) of water from a dark well. 3. A drop of oil from a live human body. 4. A 6 leaf clover. 5. The left wing of a yellow butterfly Ojo has collected all but the left wing because Yellow butterfly's only live in the Country of Winkie, where the Tin Man is emperor and he will not allow any living thing to die, even to save another. So they return to Emerald City and enlist the help of the Wizard of Oz. The wizard grants his wish and then renamed him Ojo The Lucky.

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856-May 6, 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books ever written in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known today as simply The Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works, and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen.

This book introduces us to Ojo, The Unlucky, a munchkin boy, who sets out on a quest to save his Uncle, Unc Nunkie from starvation, and begins by visiting old friend Dr. Pipt. Dr. Pipt demonstrated his 'Powder of Life' which animates any object it touches with magic words. He invented this powder for his wife, Margolette, to bring a patchwork doll to life to be her slave. However, another of Dr. Pipts inventions, the Liquid of Petrifacation, has spilled on his wife and him turning them to marble. The only way to save his uncle is to find an antidote for the Liquid of Petrification. He needs to find 5 specific ingredients for the antidote.Ojos searches through Oz, for these 5 ingredients: 1. 3 hairs from the tip of a Woozy tail. 2. A gill ( quarter pint) of water from a dark well. 3. A drop of oil from a live human body. 4. A 6 leaf clover. 5. The left wing of a yellow butterfly Ojo has collected all but the left wing because Yellow butterfly's only live in the Country of Winkie, where the Tin Man is emperor and he will not allow any living thing to die, even to save another. So they return to Emerald City and enlist the help of the Wizard of Oz. The wizard grants his wish and then renamed him Ojo The Lucky.

Through the kindness of Dorothy Gale of Kansas, afterward Princess Dorothy of Oz, an humble writer in the United States of America was once appointed Royal Historian of Oz, with the privilege of writing the chronicle of that wonderful fairyland. But after making six books about the adventures of those interesting but queer people who live in the Land of Oz, the Historian learned with sorrow that by an edict of the Supreme Ruler, Ozma of Oz, her country would thereafter be rendered invisible to all who lived outside its borders and that all communication with Oz would, in the future, be cut off. The children who had learned to look for the books about Oz and who loved the stories about the gay and happy people inhabiting that favored country, were as sorry as their Historian that there would be no more books of Oz stories. They wrote many letters asking if the Historian did not know of some adventures to write about that had happened before the Land of Oz was shut out from all the rest of the world. But he did not know of any. Finally one of the children inquired why we couldn't hear from Princess Dorothy by wireless telegraph, which would enable her to communicate to the Historian whatever happened in the far-off Land of Oz without his seeing her, or even knowing just where Oz is.

"Where's the butter, Unc Nunkie?" asked Ojo.Unc looked out of the window and stroked his long beard. Then he turned to the Munchkinboy and shook his head."Isn't," said he."Isn't any butter? That's too bad, Unc. Where's the jam then?" inquired Ojo, standing on astool so he could look through all the shelves of the cupboard. But Unc Nunkie shook his headagain."Gone," he said."No jam, either? And no cake—no jelly—no apples—nothing but bread?""All," said Unc, again stroking his beard as he gazed from the window.The little boy brought the stool and sat beside his uncle, munching the dry bread slowly andseeming in deep thought."Nothing grows in our yard but the bread tree," he mused, "and there are only two moreloaves on that tree; and they're not ripe yet. Tell me, Unc; why are we so poor?"The old Munchkin turned and looked at Ojo. He had kindly eyes, but he hadn't smiled orlaughed in so long that the boy had forgotten that Unc Nunkie could look any other way thansolemn. And Unc never spoke any more words than he was obliged to, so his little nephew, wholived alone with him, had learned to understand a great deal from one word."Why are we so poor, Unc?" repeated the boy."Not," said the old Munchkin."I think we are," declared Ojo. "What have we got?""House," said Unc Nunkie."I know; but everyone in the Land of Oz has a place to live. What else, Unc?""Bread.""I'm eating the last loaf that's ripe. There; I've put aside your share, Unc. It's on the table, soyou can eat it when you get hungry. But when that is gone, what shall we eat, Unc?"

The seventh book in the line of stories set in the Land of Oz, The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum features numerous characters that are already well-known to fans of Oz and introduces some new ones, too. The story is magical and delightful for readers of all ages – the characters are charming and the Land of Oz offers a lot to experience and to explore. The Patchwork Girl of Oz tells the story of Ojo the Unlucky, a Munchkin boy serving his uncle, Unc Nunkie. The two are suffering from hunger and they must get out of the dark forest, therefore they pay a visit to his Unc Nunkie’s friend, the Crooked Magician. During the visit they get introduced to one of the Magician’s creatures, a girl made entirely of quilt patches and stuffed with cotton and they also see how another invention of the magician, the Powder of Life animates whatever it is applied on. Unc Nunkie comes into contact with a potion made by his friend, the Liquid of Petrifaction and is turned to stone by it; therefore, Ojo must set out and search the Land of Oz for the five ingredients needed for making an antidote. During his quest, he is helped by the patchwork girl, but not only. Other inhabitants of the forest also join them, so Ojo and the girl get help from the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Woozy, even Dorothy herself. They manage to find four of the ingredients they need, but for finding the last one they need even more powerful help, so they must go to the Wizard of Oz. The story is not only about a wonderful, magical and also heroic quest – it is also a story of development that shows how Ojo becomes more mature with each and every adventure he goes through and also an entertaining and intriguing story with an important moral at the end.