Ruth Plumly Thompson

Kabumpo in Oz (1922) is the sixteenth Oz book, and the second written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was the first Oz book fully credited to her. During Prince Pompadore of Pumperdink's eighteenth birthday celebration, his birthday cake explodes, revealing a magic scroll, a magic mirror, and a doorknob. The scroll warns the prince that if he doesn't wed a "proper princess" within seven days, his entire kingdom will disappear. The prince, along with the...

Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939) is the thirty-third in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the nineteenth and last written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was illustrated by John R. Neill. The story opens with a dinner party, attended by seven of the characters from Baum's inaugural book, including the castle-housemaid Jellia Jam. After the dinner, the Wizard takes his guests to a glass-domed building that contains...

The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923) is the seventeenth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the third written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was illustrated by John R. Neill. The story opens with Mustafa of Mudge, a turbaned desert monarch with blue whiskers, who collects lions. Mustafa demands one more lion - he already has nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and a half lions, but there are no more lions in Mudge,...

In the small, poor kingdom of Skampavia, King Skamperoo wishes for a horse using enchanted emerald necklaces. When Chalk, a talking Horse from Oz, falls from the sky, everything changes for Skamperoo and for Oz. Only Dorothy and Pigasus, the flying pig, can save Oz from Skamperoo's cunning plan, and only then with vital help from Chalk, who has a talent everybody needs and nobody else has. This edition features over 100 stunning original images by...

Prince Pompadore is celebrating his eighteenth birthday when out of his birthday cake bursts a magic scroll, a magic mirror, and a doorknob. The scroll warns the young prince that if he does not marry a "proper princess" in a week, his entire kingdom will disappear. With the help of his elephant Kabumpo, Prince Pompadore sets out to Emerald City to find a princess to marry. However, the proper princess that the Prince is searching for may not be who...

On many a day had Handy, the Goat Girl of Mern, pursued her goats up and down the rocky eminences of her native mountain. And never-NEVER-in her fourteen or so years' experience had she been blown up by a mountain spring. But there comes, in every one's experience a day which is unlike every other day, and so it was with the Goat Girl. As she was pursuing What-a-butter, her favorite goat, there was a sudden crash, a whish, and up flew the slab of...

In the final Wizard of Oz adventure, the original characters join forces with Jellia Jamb in the flight of a lifetime to Stratovania. What happens next will amaze you, in this story featuring well over 100 illustrations by John R. Neill.

Young King Randy of Regalia is visited by his old friend, Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Pumperdink. Together, they set out to visit their friend Jinnicky the Red Jinn, meeting some fascinating characters on the way. But when they reach Jinnicky's palace, they find that all is not well in the Land of Ev. This fully illustrated edition is filled with over 100 of the superb original illustrations by John R. Neill.

Ruth Plumly Thompson was handpicked by L. Frank Baum's estate to continue on the wonderful stories from the Land of Oz because of her delightful and lively writing style. Collected here together are three of her best Oz books carrying on Baum's delightful series. Journey with the Scarecrow and discover his royal past in The Royal Book of Oz. Adventure with Kabumpo the elephant and Ruggedo the Nome King in Kabumpo in Oz. And in Ozoplaning with the...

For generations L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz books have captured and enthralled millions of readers. These stories are as delightful today as they were the day they were, written. Collected here for the first time are eighteen complete Oz books. Now you can thrill will Dorothy and Toto as they discover Oz in the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Race through, the countryside with Tip and Jack Pumpkinhead, as they flee the wicked witch, Mobi in The Marvelous Land...