EBI #158 and Book 16
A two-fer for you today, guys. First up, this week's Everything But Imaginary column talks about graphic novels at the public library... personally, I don't think there are enough. Click the image for the link...
Second, continuing with the book_it_2006 project...
Book 15: Merry Go Round in Oz
Authors: Eloise Jarvis McGraw & Lauren McGraw Wagner
Genre: Fantasy/Young REaders
Number of pages: 303
Pages Read This Year: 4514
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B
Short description/summary of the book: from Amazon
Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, and Robin Brown, a young boy from Oregon, join old and new friends on a magical quest to solve a mystery.
My Thoughts: Continuing my insane ambition to read virtually every Oz book ever written, this 1963 piece is really an unusual contribution to the Oz mythos. This book is the story of Robin Brown, an orphan who is whisked away to Oz when, riding a merry go round, he managed to grab the fabled brass ring. He and his horse are propelled to Baum's magic land where the horse comes to life and, together, they try to find a way home. Meanwhile, in the tiny Kingdom of Halidom (one of many of the smaller kingdoms in Oz's borders), the royal family awakens to discover the country's third magic circlet has been stolen. Together the three circlets give them wisdom, strength and skill, and with all three lost over the years, they people are rendered nearly useless. The Prince of Halidom and a small band of friends set out to find all three lost circlets.
The book's Oz connections are slim -- Ozma and Dorothy decide to hold an Easter party and Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion set out to visit the Easter Bunny. Along the way, the three groups of adventurers come together in the quest to find the Golden Circlets. The writers (a mother-daughter team) deserve a lot of credit for breaking from the usual Oz pattern, and in fact, Dorothy and the Lion and, in fact, Oz itself could easily be left out of this story without many major changes. Still, together the book is a nice little chapter in the rich history of Oz.
In the Queue: Coraline by Neil Gaiman, A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore, Asimov Laughs Again by Isaac Asimov
Second, continuing with the book_it_2006 project...
Book 15: Merry Go Round in Oz
Authors: Eloise Jarvis McGraw & Lauren McGraw Wagner
Genre: Fantasy/Young REaders
Number of pages: 303
Pages Read This Year: 4514
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B
Short description/summary of the book: from Amazon
Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, and Robin Brown, a young boy from Oregon, join old and new friends on a magical quest to solve a mystery.
My Thoughts: Continuing my insane ambition to read virtually every Oz book ever written, this 1963 piece is really an unusual contribution to the Oz mythos. This book is the story of Robin Brown, an orphan who is whisked away to Oz when, riding a merry go round, he managed to grab the fabled brass ring. He and his horse are propelled to Baum's magic land where the horse comes to life and, together, they try to find a way home. Meanwhile, in the tiny Kingdom of Halidom (one of many of the smaller kingdoms in Oz's borders), the royal family awakens to discover the country's third magic circlet has been stolen. Together the three circlets give them wisdom, strength and skill, and with all three lost over the years, they people are rendered nearly useless. The Prince of Halidom and a small band of friends set out to find all three lost circlets.
The book's Oz connections are slim -- Ozma and Dorothy decide to hold an Easter party and Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion set out to visit the Easter Bunny. Along the way, the three groups of adventurers come together in the quest to find the Golden Circlets. The writers (a mother-daughter team) deserve a lot of credit for breaking from the usual Oz pattern, and in fact, Dorothy and the Lion and, in fact, Oz itself could easily be left out of this story without many major changes. Still, together the book is a nice little chapter in the rich history of Oz.
In the Queue: Coraline by Neil Gaiman, A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore, Asimov Laughs Again by Isaac Asimov