Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap’n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum, author of the Sea Fairies, The Emerald City of Oz, Dorothy and The Wizard in Oz, Ozma of Oz, The Road to Oz, The Land of Oz, etc.
Illustrated by John R. Neill
The Famous Oz Books
By L. Frank Baum:
The Wizard of Oz
The Land of Oz
Ozma of Oz
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
The Road to Oz
The Emerald City of Oz
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Tik-Tok of Oz
The Scarecrow of Oz
Rinkitink in Oz
The Lost Princess of Oz
The Tin Woodman of Oz
The Magic of Oz
Glinda of Oz
CONTENTS
A LITTLE TALK TO MY READERS
Chapter 1. A Mysterious Arrival
Chapter 2. The Magic Umbrella
Chapter 3. A Wonderful Experience
Chapter 4. The Island in the Sky
Chapter 5. The Boolooroo of the Blues
Chapter 6. The Six Snubnosed Princesses
Chapter 7. Ghip-Ghisizzle Proves Friendly
Chapter 8. The Blue City
Chapter 9. The Tribulation of Trot
Chapter 10. The King’s Treasure Chamber
Chapter 11. Button-Bright Encounters the Blue Wolf
Chapter 12. Through the Fog Bank
Chapter 13. The Pink Country
Chapter 14. Tourmaline the Poverty Queen
Chapter 15. The Sunrise Tribe and the Sunset Tribe
Chapter 16. Rosalie the Witch
Chapter 17. The Arrival of Polychrome
Chapter 18. Mayre, Queen of the Pink Country
Chapter 19. The War of the Pinks and Blues
Chapter 20. Ghip-Ghisizzle Has a Bad Time
Chapter 21. The Capture of Cap’n Bill
Chapter 22. Trot’s Invisible Adventure
Chapter 23. The Girl and the Boolooroo
Chapter 24. The Amazing Conquest of the Blues
Chapter 25. The Ruler of Sky Island
Chapter 26. Trot Celebrates Her Victory
Chapter 27. The Fate of the Magic Umbrella
Chapter 28. The Elephant’s Head Comes to Life
Chapter 29. Trot Regulates the Pinkies
Chapter 30. The Journey Home.
A Little Talk to My Readers
With “The Sea Fairies,” my book for 1911, I ventured into a new field of fairy literature and to my delight the book was received with much approval by my former readers, many of whom have written me that they like Trot “almost as well as Dorothy.” As Dorothy was an old, old friend and Trot a new one, I think this is very high praise for Cap’n Bill’s little companion. Cap’n Bill is also a new character who seems to have won approval, and so both Trot and the old sailor are again introduced in the present story, which may be called the second of the series of adventures of Trot and Cap’n Bill.
But you will recognize some other acquaintances in “Sky Island.” Here, for instance, is Button-Bright, who once had an adventure with Dorothy in Oz, and without Button-Bright and his Magic Umbrella you will see that the story of “Sky Island” could never have been written. As Polychrome, the Rainbow’s Daughter, lives in the sky, it is natural that Trot and Button-Bright meet her during their adventures there.
This story of Sky Island has astonished me considerably, and I think it will also astonish you. The sky country is certainly a remarkable fairyland, but after reading about it I am sure you will agree with me that our old Mother Earth is a very good place to live upon and that Trot and Button-Bright and Cap’n Bill were fortunate to get back to it again.
By the way, one of my little correspondents has suggested that I print my address in this book, so that the children may know where letters will reach me. I am doing this, as you see, and hope that many will write to me and tell me how they like “Sky Island.” My greatest treasures are these letters from my readers and I am always delighted to receive them.
L. FRANK BAUM.
“OZCOT” at HOLLYWOOD in CALIFORNIA
