This collection of L. Frank Baum’s Oz stories finds Dorothy being, yet again, transported to fantastic lands, where she finds herself in the midst of adventures—both pleasant and dangerous. Baum bring back all the beloved characters of Oz—Ozma, the Wizard of Oz, Sawhorse, Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tik-tok, the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, and Billina among others—and introduces ne…
In The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Ojo Munchkin pushes his uncle to visit their neighbour, the crooked magician where they meet the Patchwork girl. An unfortunate accident turns Ojo’s uncle and the magician’s wife into statues, and brings the Patchwork girl to life. The rest of the story follows their quest to bring the statues to life. Will they succeed? Read and learn! In the Tik-Tok of Oz, …
L. Frank Baum takes us to the distant island of Pingaree, where Inga, the Prince, along with King Rinkitink of Gilgad, undertakes the dangerous voyage to the Island of Regos and Coregos to rescue his captive parents and free the enslaved people of his kingdom. We get to visit, for the first time, the lands of Thi, and Herku, and meet the Bears of the Bear Centre, as Dorothy and company, which i…
The first story, The Magic of Oz, introduces us to Kiki Aru of Mount Munch and the enchanted floer pot on the Magic Isle. Kiki learns, by accident, the Magical World of transformations and joined by the wicked Ruggedo, aspires to become the King of Oz, while in another part of Oz, Trot and Cap’n Bill find their meat-legs growing roots on the Magic Isle. Glinda of Oz takes us to the mountain o…
‘Oh, it seems so wonderful that I’m going to live with you and belong to you. I’ve never belonged to anybody – not really.’ When a scrawny, freckled girl with bright red hair arrives on Prince Edward Island, Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are taken by surprise: they’d asked for a quiet boy to help with the farm work at Green Gables. But how can you return a friendless little girl t…
‘Having adventures comes natural to some people,’ said Anne serenely. ‘You just have a gift for them or you haven’t.’ Five years ago, a skinny, unwanted orphan arrived at Avonlea without a friend in the world; now it would be impossible to imagine Green Gables without Anne. Her high spirits and warm heart have won her a family and friends who love her. But when Anne starts a new j…
‘All life lessons are not learned at college. Life teaches them everywhere.’ At eighteen years old, Anne is leaving Green Gables for university – her life’s dream. But her feeling are bittersweet: although excited to see the world, she is heartbroken to leave her home and everyone she loves. Before long she has made new friends – including handsome Roy Gardner, who seems to have…
‘Gilbert, I’m afraid I’m scandalously in love with you.’ Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe are at last engage, but still they are apart: for three years Gilbert will be away at medical school, while Anne has a new job as principal of Summerside High School. Absence couldn’t make their hearts any fonder, though, and they share all their love and news in letters. At Summerside, Anne…
‘They belonged to each other; and, no matter what life might hold for them, it could never alter that. Their happiness was in each other’s keeping and both were unafraid.’ There has never been a wedding at Green Gables – that is, until now. In the old orchard on a perfect sunny day, surrounded by their dearest friends, Anne Shirley and Gilbert Bythe are married last. The couple be…
‘It’s been lovely to be Anne of Green Gables again, but it’s a hundred times lovelier to come back and be Anne of Ingleside.’ There’s never a dull moment at Ingleside, Anne’s lively home: Anne is now the mother of five children – with a sixth baby on the way. But even with endless demands on her time, she couldn’t be happier and there’s nowhere in the world she’d rather b…