Books with title L. F. Baum - Tik-Tok of Oz

The fun begins in an isolated corner of Oz, in the small country of Oogaboo. There Queen Ann Soforth musters an unlikely army and sets off to conquer the rest of Oz. Meanwhile, a girl from Oklahoma named Betsy Bobbin and her companion, Hank the mule, are shipwrecked and washed ashore in the Rose Kingdom, a magical land of talking roses. There they meet the Shaggy Man, who is on a quest to rescue his brother from the clutches of the wicked Nome King. Betsy, Hank, and the Rose Princess join the Shaggy Man on his journey, and before long they meet up with Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter; Tik-Tok; and Queen Ann with her army. The rest of Baum's tale is filled with hairbreadth escapes, wild puns, and mystifying magic.

One of the more complicated, but often regarded as equally delightful and charming as many of the other L. Frank Baum Oz books, Tik-Tok of Oz introduces a number of new characters, unique challenges and outstanding tales of adventure and mystery that your little ones will be completely captivated by. The story behind the story was actually that Baum wanted to write a play based on the third Oz book. However, as he couldn't use Dorothy and some of the characters from the book in question, he fashioned new characters that would become just as loved and would even be present in later novels, such as The Lost Princess of Oz. Tik-Tok of Oz is a unique tale that features Queen Ann Soforth, the queen of a tiny kingdom in Oz, setting out on an adventure to conquer the entire land of Oz with the help of her small army of only a little over a dozen men. Young and yearning for adventure, the queen was influenced by a joke told by her sister, who actually told her to raise an army and conquer Oz herself. From Glinda learning about the queen's plans and using her magic to thwart them, to another new set of characters – Betsy Bobbin and her companion, Hank the Mule – being shipwrecked in the Rose Kingdom, the story offers plenty of remarkable events and magical outcomes that will delight, surprise and enchant any child who reads Baum's now eighth book in his Oz series. Tik-Tok of Oz is also the first book that brings a girl other than Dorothy to the magical land of Oz. The many generations of children who loved Dorothy and her friends have also been delighted to find this story, featuring slightly more original characters taking her place. If you and your child enjoy the first few books in Baum's Oz series, Tik-Tok of Oz is quite possibly one of the most fun and exciting of his novels you could next consider.

Tik Tok Of Oz By L. Frank Baum - Queen Ann Soforth of Oogaboo, a small monarchy separated from the rest of Oz's Winkie Country, sets out to raise a strong army to conquer Oz. Seventeen men eventually make up the mighty Army of Oogaboo as they march out of their valley. The Oz book series is widely lovely by many, works of pure magic. Any profits made from the sale of this book will go towards supporting the Freeriver Community project, a project that aims to support community and encourage well-being. To learn more about the Freeriver Community project please visit the website- www.freerivercommunity.com

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Tik-Tok of Oz is the eighth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum, published on June 19, 1914. The book actually has little to do with Tik-Tok and is primarily the quest of the Shaggy Man (introduced in The Road to Oz) to rescue his brother, and his resulting conflict with the Nome King. The endpapers of the first edition held maps: one of Oz itself, and one of the continent on which Oz and its neighboring countries belonged. These were the first maps printed of Oz. 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.

In Tik-Tok of Oz Betsy Bobbin is shipwrecked in the Nonestic Ocean with her friend Hank the mule. The two drift to shore in the Rose Kingdom on a fragment of wreckage. Betsy meets the Shaggy Man and accompanies him to the Nome Kingdom, where Shaggy hopes to release his brother, a prisoner of the Nome King. The group experiences many fascinating and exciting adventures on their way to the Nome Kingdom. They meet Queen Ann Soforth of Oogaboo and her army, and the lovely Polychrome, who has lost her rainbow again; they rescue Tik-Tok from a well; and are dropped through a Hollow Tube to the other side of the world where they meet Quox, the dragon. Will they ever rescue the Shaggy Man's brother? This lavishly illustrated edition has more than one hundred illustrations by John R. Neill.

Queen Ann Soforth of Oogaboo, a small monarchy separated from the rest of Oz's Winkie Country, sets out to raise an army to conquer Oz. Seventeen men eventually make up the Army of Oogaboo; they march out of their valley. Glinda magically rearranges the path through the mountains and Queen Ann and her army march out of Oz into a low-lying, befogged country. Betsy Bobbin, a girl who is a year older than Dorothy Gale, and her loyal mule Hank are washed ashore during a storm. They arrive at a large greenhouse that is the domain of the Rose Kingdom, where the roses tell them that no strangers are allowed. Just as the Royal Gardener (apparently the only human allowed in this flowery kingdom) is about to pass sentence on Betsy and Hank, the Shaggy Man falls through the greenhouse's roof, and charms the Gardener into sparing all of their lives with his Love Magnet. The flowers, not having hearts, are unaffected by the Magnet, and force the travellers to leave, taking with them the newly plucked Rose Princess Ozga, a cousin of Ozma, the ruler of Oz.