The Emerald City of Oz
Language: English
Ages 4-8 Fiction American Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's stories Children: Grades 3-4 Children: Preschool Classic fiction (Children's Dorothy (Fictitious character) Fantasy Fantasy & magical realism (Children's Fantasy Fiction Gale General Juvenile Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Science Fiction Magic Oz (Imaginary place) Science Fiction Science fiction (Children's YA) classics
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: May 4, 1993
Description:
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