: Frank Baum
: The Emerald City of Oz
: Seltzer Books
: 9781455446841
: 1
: CHF 0.10
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: Kinder- und Jugendbücher
: English
: 271
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: ePUB

With 16 color illustrations. 'Wherein is recorded the Perilous Quest ofPrince Inga of Pingaree and KingRinkitink in the Magical Isles that lie beyondthe Borderlandof Oz'. The Oz series includes: 1 The Wizard of Oz,2 The Land of Oz,3 Ozma of Oz,4 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz,5 The Road to Oz,6 The Emerald City of Oz,7 The Patchwork Girl of Oz,8 Tik-Tok of Oz,9 The Scarecrow of Oz, 10 Rinkitink in Oz, 11 The Lost Princess of Oz, 12 The Tin Woodman of Oz, 13 The Magic of Oz, and 14 Glinda of Oz. According to Wikipedia: 'Lyman Frank Baum (1856 - 1919) was an American author, poet, playwright, actor and independent filmmaker, best known today as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known now as simply The Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works (55 novels in total, 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen.'

17.  How They Came to Bunbury


 

 Wandering through the woods, without knowing where you are going or what adventure you are about to meet next, is not as pleasant as one might think.  The woods are always beautiful and impressive, and if you are not worried or hungry you may enjoy them immensely; but Dorothy was worried and hungry that morning, so she paid little attention to the beauties of the forest, and hurried along as fast as she could go.  She tried to keep in one direction and not circle around, but she was not at all sure that the direction she had chosen would lead her to the camp.

 

By and by, to her great joy, she came upon a path.  It ran to the right and to the left, being lost in the trees in both directions, and just before her, upon a big oak, were fastened two signs, with arms pointing both ways.  One sign read:

 

 TAKE THE OTHER ROAD TO BUNBURY

 

 and the second sign read:

 

 TAKE THE OTHER ROAD TO BUNNYBURY

 

 "Well!" exclaimed Billina, eyeing the signs,"this looks as if we were getting back to civilization again."

 

"I'm not sure about the civil'zation, dear," replied the little girl;"but