(For one example, Dorothy and Billina shipwrecked back in book #3, just like Betsy and Hank were in this one.) I liked the puns (Queen Ann Soforth) and the alliteration in every chapter title ('Tik-Tok Tackles a Tough Task'), but, I'm afraid, little else.įor more book reviews, come visit my blog, Build Enough Bookshelves. More so than the others, this book seemed to be a rehash and thrown-together bit of a bunch of stories. Glinda was in the *south*, not the north.Ī little consistency! Is that too much to ask?! And your mental map of Oz is completely screwed up. If Ozma has the Nome King's Magic Belt, she doesn't need the Wizard to transport people anywhere - she can do it herself. Really? Don't you remember that Shaggy and Polychrome met each other and traveled together three books ago? Or that the Love Magnet doesn't need to be seen to work? And why on earth did you change the Nome King's name from Roquat to Ruggedo? Even my 9-year-old remembered that Ozma had told him his name after he drank from the Waters of Oblivion before she sent him back home through the tunnel. 'Join Tik-Tok and friends on an exciting, imaginative journey through the thrilling world of Oz, complete with hairbreadth escapes, wild puns, and mystifying magic.An enduring favorite.'-School Library Journal. Now, in this beautiful reproduction of the rare first edition, a whole new generation can discover the enchantment and joy that have made the Oz series such an enduring favorite. Neill, as well as a facsimile of Neill's full-color map endpapers of Oz and the enchanted realms that surround it-the first maps of Oz ever published Tik-Tok of Oz is the eighth Oz novel and the first to bring a girl other than Dorothy to Oz. Capturing all the fun are twelve color plates and nearly eighty black-and-white drawings by Oz artist John R. The rest of Baum's tale is filled with hairbreadth escapes, wild puns, and mystifying magic. 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. There they meet the Shaggy Man, who is on a quest to rescue his brother from the clutches of the wicked Nome King. 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 Queen Ann Soforth musters an unlikely army and sets off to conquer the rest of Oz. The fun begins in an isolated corner of Oz, in the small country of Oogaboo.

Join Tik-Tok, the Shaggy Man, and a host of other friends-both old and new-on an exciting, imaginative journey through the world of Oz.

Tik tok of oz by l frank baum