The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People

by L. Frank Baum

Overview

Unlike the classic Oz series (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequel The Marvelous Land of Oz, Dover), this is not a single book-length story, but a collection of 14 surprises. But Mo, the land where these stores all take place, is like Oz in many ways: it is also a land of enchantment where marvelous things happen, where people do not die, and where animals can talk.

The landscape of Mo abounds in things children love to eat, and everything anyone wants grow from its trees. The stories of "The Strange Adventures of the King's Head," telling of the Monarch's battle with the Purple Dragon and of the woodchipper who fashioned him a new head in exhange for his daughter's hand; of wicked "King Scowleyow and His Cast-Iron Man" who is a precursor of Tik-Tok; of "Duchess Bredenbutta's Visit to Turveyland," where everyone stands on his head at dinner and handles knife and fork with his toes; and the other surprising tales are as richly imagined and skillfully told as any of L. Frank Baum's classics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781458706973
Publisher:	ReadHowYouWant
Publication date:	01/01/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	153 KB

About the Author

Date of Birth:

May 15, 1856

Date of Death:

May 6, 1919

Place of Birth:

Chittenango, New York

Place of Death:

Hollywood, California

Education:

Attended Peekskill Military Academy and Syracuse Classical School