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    The Magic of Oz
    The Magic of Oz
    The Magic of Oz
    Audiobook3 hours

    The Magic of Oz

    Written by L. Frank Baum

    Narrated by John Heller

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    A young Munchkin boy, Kiki Aru, discovers a forbidden magical word in his father's laboratory while exploring one day and gets himself into a world of trouble. Since Princess Ozma had decreed that magic was forbidden to be practice by anyone except Glinda the Good Witch, Oz has been lacking in magical adventures and Kiki quickly changes that. Kiki uses the magic word, "pyrzqxgl," to transform himself and others into animals, including an exiled Nome, Ruggedo. Ruggedo and Kiki plan an invasion of Oz, changing people to animals and vice versa to get their way. It falls into the hands of the Wizard to start changing things back to normal, with Dorothy there to assist him. They encounter several other familiar faces during their adventure, including Cap'n Bill and Trot.
    L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author of children's books, most famous for his "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Baum wrote 13 sequels to his first Oz book and still has a huge fan base to this day. "The Magic of Oz" was the 13th book in the Oz series and was published one month after Baum's death in 1919.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateMar 26, 2013
    ISBN9781469024998
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    L. Frank Baum

    L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900 and received enormous, immediate success. Baum went on to write seventeen additional novels in the Oz series. Today, he is considered the father of the American fairy tale. His stories inspired the 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz, one of the most widely viewed movies of all time. MinaLima is an award-winning graphic design studio founded by Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima, renowned for establishing the visual graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film series. Specializing in graphic design and illustration, Miraphora and Eduardo have continued their involvement in the Harry Potter franchise through numerous design commissions, from creating all the graphic elements for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando Resort, to designing award-winning publications for the brand. Their best-selling books include Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone, Harry Potter Film Wizardry, The Case of Beasts: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Archive of Magic: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts screenplays. MinaLima studio is renowned internationally for telling stories through design and has created its own MinaLima Classics series, reimagining a growing collection of much-loved tales including Peter Pan, The Secret Garden, and Pinocchio.

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    • 4/5
      This has never been one of my favorite Baum Oz books, but on my first re-read as an adult, I found it surprisingly enjoyable. It's easy to dismiss as one of Baum's last four Oz stories because the other three are so startling in what they're doing differently, plot-wise; Lost Princess is a roadshow, with appearances from almost every one of Baum's protagonists, a peculiarly spiritual ending; Tin Woodman is an existential novel with moments of extreme dissonance; Glinda is female-oriented proto-science fiction. Magic is far more...well, normal...but there are still surprises: an unhappy, disgruntled protagonist; an invasion that peters out mid-book; and a generally melancholy tone for what's supposedly a book about a party. It's still not the most memorable book in the series, but it's better than I'd ever given it credit for, and more interesting than the mid-series books where Baum was clearly focusing elsewhere. If this is a "lesser" story, it's only because it's a bit more familiar; as a writer, he's clearly firing on all cylinders and perhaps, just before his death, at the peak of his abilities.
    • 4/5
      Every one is try to find the perfect present for Ozma's birthday. While Kiki and the Gnome King plot to take over Oz. No ones plans go quite the way the expected.
    • 3/5
      Another uneven Baum Oz book. Had a lot more creative ideas and plotlines than some of the recent others, although resolves the conflict too early and succumbs again to ending the story with several unnecessary chapters on another "Oz celebration" and re-describing all the characters all over again. But it is worth listening to for some of the imaginative aspects and the conflict, while it lasts. Narrator Johnny Heller is one of the preeminent audiobook voiceover artists today.
    • 5/5
      "Pyrzqxgl"This word, which is nearly impossible to pronounce, is a magic spell that allows Kiki Aru to transform himself into all kinds of creatures - and a word you will find yourself struggling to pronounce yourself as you read this book (I made the mistake of reading it aloud to a friend's younger sister once).On his journey, he meets the Nome, Ruggedo, who entices Kiki to join him in getting his revenge on the people of Oz. Meanwhile, Dorothy and her friends are traveling to find the perfect birthday gift for their friend, Princess Ozma.This book is full of fun and magic throughout and a must-read for any fan of Oz.
    • 4/5
      One of the last of the Oz books to be written by Baum --he mentions in his introduction that he has had a long serious illness -- with Dorothy and her friends seeking a birthday present for Ozma.