Fully illustrated with ALL of the original illustrations, carefully formatted for your ereader. Includes an all new preface by Baum expert J.C. Nusbaum.
~~From the Preface:~~
"L. Frank Baum published Magical Monarch within a year of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but it has the distinction of being the first full-length children's book he wrote. It was copyrighted in June of 1896 under the title The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People. It is interesting for Baum aficionados to read Magical Monarch with this in mind. Here, Baum is clearly feeling out what would become his signature approach to storytelling, setting his tale in a bountiful fairyland where delicious food grows on trees, inhabitants never age or die, and silliness seems the predominant cultural more..."
Eltanin Publishing has also formatted all of L. Frank Baum's Oz books:
~ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (#1)
~ The Marvelous Land of Oz (#2)
~ Ozma of Oz (#3)
~ Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (#4)
~ The Road to Oz (#5)
~ The Emerald City of Oz (#6)
~ The Patchwork Girl of Oz (#7)
~ Tik-Tok of Oz (#8)
~ The Scarecrow of Oz (#9)
~ The Lost Princess of Oz (#11)
~ The Tin Woodman of Oz (#12)
~ The Magic of Oz (#13)
~ Glinda of Oz (#14)
Also by L. Frank Baum, our fully-illustrated version of "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus" including the short story "A Kidnapped Santa Claus"
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/"Eltanin Publishing's Oz Series"
~~ This book is DRM-free, which means you can buy it and then convert it to other formats for all your ereading devices! ~~
