Also, there was a definite antagonist, giving Prince Inga a goal to strive for right from the get-go; this was a nice change from many of the Oz books which are basically a plot-less road-trip through Ozian oddities. I would recommend this book to any lover of the Oz stories, and also to anyone who wants a good fairy tale story. Because most of the established characters like Dorothy, the Wizard, and Ozma don't show up till the very end, this book can easily be enjoyed by someone with no previous knowledge of any of Baum's other books.
This is one of my favorites of the original Oz books. There's actually some real dramatic tension during Prince Inga's multiple attempts to rescue his parents and their people from Regos and Coregos and especially when Prince Inga and Rinkitink are separated and challenged by the Nome King's magic! I'm less enamored of Do This is one of my favorites of the original Oz books. I'm less enamored of Dorothy and the Wizard as the deus ex machina that swoop in at the end to make everything right with a basket of eggs and a well-placed foot-stamp or two, and the obligatory banquet in the second to last chapter where every personage of any standing in Oz makes an appearance.
The title is a bit disingenuous since Oz doesn't even come up until chapter 20 of 24, and I'm not sure why Rinkitink gets top billing over Prince Inga. But Oz was what was selling, so I'm sure that's why Mr. Baum threw them in at the end and Rinkitink is just a lot of fun to say! For more book reviews, come visit my blog, Build Enough Bookshelves.
Aug 24, Kathrin rated it it was ok Shelves: At this point my determination to finish the series is far greater than the joy I take from reading the books. This would actually be a good reason to stop reading them but I really want to see if there's still a great book left in the series.
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I was especially disappointed by this book as it had hardly anything to do with Oz and the title is confusing as well. I guess I would much rather read something new about Oz than just having a random story about another place. Nevertheless, some of the ch At this point my determination to finish the series is far greater than the joy I take from reading the books.
Nevertheless, some of the characters were likable and I liked the part about the three pearls a lot. Unfortunately, Rinkitink annoyed me way more than he should have which is why I settled for two stars in the end. Nice but not necessary to read. May 29, Christine Shilling rated it really liked it.
One of my favourites and better than the last few. I liked the new characters and there was a real sense of adventure. I'm a bit tired of the way Dorothy, Ozma and Glinda always show up to save the day. Even though Inga and everyone were doing fine without them, they come along and steal the glory. Nov 26, Kirsten Dent rated it it was amazing.
Rinkitink In Oz has definitely been one of the better books of the series so far with some stories being quite repetitive and rehash of previous stories this one offered something new. My 8 year old son enjoyed listening to his book a lot and was quite upset when he had finished it. Mar 11, Janelle rated it really liked it Shelves: This was such a fun story.
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I loved the characters, although Rinkitink was annoying at times with his constant laughing and references to not being able to do things because he was too fat. But I guess as a publishing venture, it was best to keep it in the Oz franchise. May 26, Garrett Zecker rated it liked it. Doma Publishing's Wizard of Oz collection has taken me several years to read with my son at bedtime.
It was interesting revisiting the texts that I read swiftly through my youth, as I was about his age when I read them and remembered little beyond some of the characters that don't appear in any of the books. I picked up a copy of this version since, for 99c, I could have the complete series along with "All the original artwork by the great illustrator W.
Denslow over 1, classic illustratio Doma Publishing's Wizard of Oz collection has taken me several years to read with my son at bedtime. Denslow over 1, classic illustrations ", and to read the complete book text at bedtime with all original color illustrations on my Kindle Fire knowing that there would be cross-linked tables of contents and no layout issues, it was worth my buck rather than taking them all out of the library.
We read these books before bed at home and under the stars by a campfire in the forest, in a hotel in Montreal and in a seaside cottage in Nova Scotia, on a boat and in a car. We read it everywhere, thanks to the Kindle's mobility. You may be reading this review on one of the individual pages for the original books on Goodreads or Amazon, and if so, all I did was cross-link the books along with the correct dates we read the original texts.
The only book I did not cross-link with original dates was the Woggle-bug book, which if you know, is short. Instead, I counted that final book as the review for Doma's Kindle version. You may notice that some books have longer reading spans — probably for two reasons. One, I traded off reading with my wife sometimes, and two, sometimes we needed a little Baum break and read some other books. It did get a little old sometimes, and there are fourteen books totaling pages in their original library printing. The first thing I think is worth mentioning is that when I first read these books, it was as a child would read them.
I remember them being repetitive but familiar. An antiquated adventure, but a serial adventure with recurring characters unparalleled in any other literature. As an adult with an MA in literature and soon and MFA in fiction , I am actually somewhat unimpressed with the series. Baum wrote a whimsical set of tales, but they are torturously repetitive and would be easy to plug-and-play by replacing characters and moments with a computer to make an entirely new book.
But, they are children's books, and we are completely enthralled and comforted by the familiar. Is not Shakespeare the same play-to-play structurally? Are not Pixar or Star Wars movies definitively archetypal in timing, execution, structure, and character so that they can be completely replaced and reapplied to a new story? Even the films — heck, even the trailers - are cut the same, and if you play them all at once, magic happens see: I suppose where the real magic of these books happens is in their origin.
Baum wrote something completely original that took the world by storm and continues to be a whimsical American bellwether for children's fantasy. It is one of the original series specifically for children, spanning fourteen books written almost yearly and gobbled up by a hungry public.
It still remains at the forefront of American culture in many revisits in Hollywood let no one forget the horrific beauty that is Return To Oz and capitalizing on nostalgia as recently as six months ago I received a mailing from The Bradford Exchange that was selling original library-bound volumes signed by — get this — Baum's great-grandson I love an autographed book if only for the idea of the magic it transmits even though it is somewhat meaningless, but maybe someone can convince me where the magic is in having it signed by a probably elderly great-grandchild who likely never met his great-grandfather?
So, while some of the books were awesome and some of them were difficult to slog through, I have my favorites. I will also say that the introductions that each volume opens with were sweet letters from the author to his fans, and it was easy to tell that he truly, truly loved his job writing for children. He knew his audience, he knew what worked, and he sold books. Furthermore, I imagined with great sentimentality mailbags upon mailbags arriving at his house filled to the brim of letters from children all over the world, and the responsibility he probably felt to personally respond to each of them.
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For my career, that is the best anyone can hope for. What follows is my and my son's short reviews of the individual books in the series. I remember the movie, but there's a lot of parts that are different. Me — I mean, classic, right? The book pretty much follows the film almost entirely with few exceptions. In hindsight after finishing the entire series, it is worth nothing that it is considerably one of the best books in the series, while many others are of questionable quality. Jack Pumpkinhead and Tip escaped and it was really cool. An enjoyable book, quite different than the first book but engineered beautifully with plot and characterization.
What was most engaging about this text was Ozma and Tip, and what this book says about gender and youth. I think there is a lot that can be examined about gender at birth and the fluidity of gender as a social construct, witch curse or no. They saved the Queen. Me — This is the second book that Return to Oz was conceived from and a very engaging book.
This one requires more understanding and construction of the Oz Universe including the transformation of several of our characters into ornaments and the outwitting of the Nome King in order to save our friends.
This was one of my final favorites before the quality of the books fell, as far as I am concerned. There was the vegetable people underground and nothing really happened? Me — Yeah, this one was a bust for me. I think Baum was making some kind of satirical point lost to history Or maybe the obvious non-referential one, but still, just seemed like the episodic nonsense that didn't have a point most of the time.
Keep the beginning, I guess and then skip to the final third, and there's your story. I guess I'll leave off there. Me — Another one that I thought was a little redundant and repetitive without much of a point. They get lost, they make it back, there are some weird artifacts that help them I did like the new characters, however, who make many more appearances in the future books.
Shaggy Man and Polychrome are great. If I lived there I would sell it all and be rich. There was a war. Me — This one was pretty good until the end, where everything was buttoned up apologies, button bright pretty quickly without there being much of a solid reason. The conflicts were all contrived and there were some more ridiculously ridiculous new characters who never showed up again in the series. A great diversion, but with little substance toward the end.
In the end, it didn't matter that they found all the stuff, so it was kinda crazy and funny. Me — This was relatively silly. I enjoyed it, and the Patchwork Girl is a character I can really get behind as a foil to some of the other characters and somewhat mischievous. The plot is ridiculous, but the powder of life and the glass cat are somewhat illuminating elements of this text. Scraps made this a fun one.
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There was a man who was not as evil as the other army general guys. Me — This one was primarily about The Shaggy Man and his adventure to resolve a variety of political and interconnected issues happening surrounding everyone's messing around with the Nome King. There is a huge tube that goes through the center of the earth that everything centers on, and Shaggy is trying to get the Nome King to release his brother the whole time.
There are a lot of characterization, detail, and plot errors in this that postdate some facts from the earlier books — which is kind of weird — and the intrigue surrounding the plot is somewhat complicating for kids. What I thought was the coolest element was the character of Quox, who passes more than a coincidental resemblance to Catbus from Miyazaki's Totoro.
Second, if I was in Jinxland, I think I would rather be back in oz. This one is probably the height of the ridiculousness, with little shallow plot item after little shallow plot item heaped upon one another. At the end, The Scarecrow has to and succeeds in recapturing Jinxland for Gloria, its rightful ruler, and returns to the Emerald City for a celebration. I liked the name Kaliko, and the way Dorothy comes to the rescue of everyone being clever solves the problem.
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What's with all the problems? I feel like there's thousands. Me — This one was pretty good, as it seemed to deviate from the regular universe of Oz and focus on a different set of locations and characters.
It had a very Tolkienian feel in terms of plot, structure, and internal political commentary. It felt very different from the others, and most elements in the text had a point and a long-term purpose. I enjoyed this one. At the end they searched for the tools and didn't need them and it was useless. Me — Lost Princess was fun. Everything in this one felt a little random, but it all ties back together in the end.
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This one was pretty diversionary but not as bad as some of the others. It was all pretty weird because they all had their new needs as animals and it didn't match with what they were. The love story was kinda weird since the girl didn't want the tin woodmen anymore and the fact that they left and it was all for nothing didn't make sense. Me — A lot of randomness in this one as well, but there is a love story at its core as we learn of a twin brother that the Tin Woodman had all along who shares the love of a long lost young lady named Nimee Amee.
A lot of diversionary stories, adventures, and one cool twist by the end, and everyone arrives back where they started. Not the best, but entertaining. This one, while random at times, was a quality read. What if you wanted to turn yourself into a pea shooter from Plants Vs Zombies? I don't even know how to pronounce the word. I never heard of it, this nonsense word. Me — This one had a funny gimmick in it with a secret word that when spoken could turn anyone into anything.
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Views Read Edit View history. Variant 'B' with captioned plates. Light edgewear to the binding; tight and sound.. Illustrated in color and black and white by John R. Marks Rare Books Published: Light edgewear to the binding; tight and sound. Ships with Tracking Number! Buy with confidence, excellent customer service! Reilly and Britton Co. Post As No Color Plates. Arroyo Seco Books Published: V Good with lightly worn cover and edges, several light spots to rear boards.
There are no publishers ads on verso of ownership leaf, but under author's name on title page, listed to The Scarecrow of Oz Light rubbing at edges, nick to cloth at rear of spine top; dime sized area of light discoloration of cloth at back lower leading corner; light soil to cover label. Overall a relatively clean, tight copy. Very Good condition Edition: Frank Baum- Illustrated by John R. This book only ends up in Oz at the end, because Baum originally wrote it as a non-Oz book, entitled King Rinkitink, and only rewrote it later.
Wear to crown and heel. Residue to rear panel. Rare Book Cellar Published: Rinkitink in OZ Baum, L. No ads, pictorial eps, 12 color plates, Scarecrow of Oz immediately preceding book last listed on title page, all indicating this is a first edition; NOT a first issue, however. Well worn, but complete. Spine ends and corners just a touch bumped. A nice early reprint of this title. Jeryl Metz, Books Published: Frank Circa reprint. Blue cloth with coloured plate laid onto cover. Rinkitink in Oz L. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. Front jacket flap lists a summary of the book, rear flap lists titles through Captain Salt in Oz.
Nice jacket with small chips at the spine extremities and a few nicks to the edges.