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The Road to Oz Hardcover – April 24, 1991

by L. Frank Baum (Author), John R. Neill (Illustrator), Peter Glassman (Afterword)
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Dorothy and Toto are off again on an exciting adventure down The Road to Oz!

In order to help the lovable, ever-wandering Shaggy Man, Dorothy and Toto must journey through magical and mysterious lands. Soon the three are joined by a lost lad named Button-Bright and the beautiful young Polychromethe Rainbow's Daughter. With magic at work and danger about, these new friends must journey through cities of talking beasts, across the Deadly Desert into the Truth Pond, and through many other strange and incredible places before they can reach the Emerald City.

Along the way, Dorothy and her companions encounter a whole new assortment of fantastic and funny characters—the crafty King Dox of Foxville, the magical donkey King Kik-a-bray, the terrible bigheaded Scoodlers, and Johnny Dooit (who can do anything)—along with old friends Jack Pumpkinhead, Tik-tok, Billina, and, of course, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, and the wonderful Wizard himself.

The Road to Oz is the fifth adventure in the magical Land of Oz. For the first time since the original 1909 edition, this stunning new facsimile edition illustrates Dorothy's fantastic adventures on different colors of paper reflecting where she and her friends are on the road to Oz. Featuring all of John R. Neill's 126 striking pen-and-ink drawings, this handsome deluxe edition is one to be treasured for years to come.

Afterword by Peter Glassman. This deluxe facsimile of the fifth Oz adventure reunites Dorothy and her friends for Princess Ozma's glorious birthday party. A Books of Wonder Classic.

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    8 - 12 years
  2. Book 5 of 14
    Oz Books
  3. Print length
    267 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    3 - 6
  6. Dimensions
    7 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
  7. Publisher
    HarperCollins
  8. Publication date
    April 24, 1991
  9. ISBN-10
    0688099971
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0688099978
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Dorothy and Toto are off again on an exciting adventure down The Road to Oz!

In order to help the lovable, ever-wandering Shaggy Man, Dorothy and Toto must journey through magical and mysterious lands. Soon the three are joined by a lost lad named Button-Bright and the beautiful young Polychromethe Rainbow's Daughter. With magic at work and danger about, these new friends must journey through cities of talking beasts, across the Deadly Desert into the Truth Pond, and through many other strange and incredible places before they can reach the Emerald City.

Along the way, Dorothy and her companions encounter a whole new assortment of fantastic and funny characters--the crafty King Dox of Foxville, the magical donkey King Kik-a-bray, the terrible bigheaded Scoodlers, and Johnny Dooit (who can do anything)--along with old friends Jack Pumpkinhead, Tik-tok, Billina, and, of course, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, and the wonderful Wizard himself.

The Road to Oz is the fifth adventure in the magical Land of Oz. For the first time since the original 1909 edition, this stunning new facsimile edition illustrates Dorothy's fantastic adventures on different colors of paper reflecting where she and her friends are on the road to Oz. Featuring all of John R. Neill's 126 striking pen-and-ink drawings, this handsome deluxe edition is one to be treasured for years to come.

Afterword by Peter Glassman. This deluxe facsimile of the fifth Oz adventure reunites Dorothy and her friends for Princess Ozma's glorious birthday party. For the first time since the original 1909 edition, the 126 masterful illustrations are printed on colored papers, exactly as the author intended. A Books of Wonder Classic.

About the Author

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.



John R. Neill was born in Philadelphia in 1877. In 1904, at the age of twenty-six, Neill received his first major book assignment, as illustrator for The Marvelous Land of Oz. From then until his death in 1943, Neill would illustrate over forty Oz books, including three he wrote himself. Today, his fabulous illustrations are synonymous with Oz.

Peter Glassman is the owner of Books of Wonder, the New York City bookstore and publisher specializing in new and old imaginative books for children. He is also the editor of the Books of Wonder Classics, a series of deluxe facsimiles and newly illustrated editions of timeless tales. And he is the author of The Wizard Next Door, illustrated by Steven Kellogg. Mr. Glassman lives in New York City.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins (April 24, 1991)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 267 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0688099971
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0688099978
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 6
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.81 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
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Lyman Frank Baum was born in Chittenango, New York, on May 15, 1856. Over the course of his life, Baum raised fancy poultry, sold fireworks, managed an opera house, opened a department store, and an edited a newspaper before finally turning to writing. In 1900, he published his best known book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Eventually he wrote fifty-five novels, including thirteen Oz books, plus four “lost” novels, eighty-three short stories, more than two hundred poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings. Baum died on May 6, 1919. He is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California.

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D. Byrd
5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpieces for children
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2018
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The Oz series by L. Frank Baum was my favorite as a child. Now I'm reading them in order to my grandson. We started when he was just two with the Wizard of Oz, which he loved, and which we read twice. We never finished the second book in the series, The Land of Oz. It's a bit "talkier" than the others, and he had trouble following it. So we're saving that one until he's a bit older and will appreciate the surprise ending. But, after that, we simply moved on to the third, fourth and now fifth books, and, without a doubt, they're all masterpieces of children's literature. They are just so inventive, so much fun and so surprising at times. His eyes light up when we talk about the books and the characters in them. Dorothy, the Wizard, Ozma and the rest are as real to him (and to me) as any friends. He's always, always ready to read a chapter of an Oz book with me! I'm not sure which one of us enjoys them more ...
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5.0 out of 5 stars a grand evocation of a child's birthday party
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2006
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L Baum - Road to Oz. Books of Wonder reprint first edition

As noted by some other reviewers Road to Oz doesn't conform to the usual requirements of a fairy tale such as a quest or continual action adventure. However, I believe Baum was aiming at something different here, namely, evoking the wonder, anticipation and shared excitement that young children feel at a birthday party (the point of the book is the celebration of Ozma's birthday). The first edition of the book was even printed with paper of different colors like the colored paper used for decorations. In these terms, Road to Oz is perhaps one of the best written of the Oz series with very few false notes or awkward characters. The characters of Button Bright, Polychrome, the Shaggy Man and Johnny DoIt are particularly good. Actually there is a quite a bit of action and adventure before Dorothy and her companions arrive in Oz. The transformations of Button-Bright and the Shaggy Man into fox and donkey respectively, while straight out of Classical myth, have an unusual twist: their motivation stems not from malice or the Gods' sport, but rather from the transformer's inability of seeing more than one standard of beauty. Once in Oz, Baum handles the pageantry and socializing in deft fashion for a children's story. In short, an essential part of the Oz series.
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Lee Edward Fodi
4.0 out of 5 stars A rainbow of characters
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2006
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L. Frank Baum returns to Oz with a splash in this book, inviting Oz fans to the royal birthday party of Ozma and treating them to a "who's who" in the world of faerie--why even old Santa Claus makes an appearance! As a child, I was just pleased to have Toto back in Oz (his first return since "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"), and one of my favorite illustrations in the whole book shows the little black fellow getting a friendly pat on the head from the Cowardly Lion as the two old friends reunite. There are some new characters in this book of course, including the delightful trio of Button Bright, Polychrome, and the Shaggy Man. I'm inclined to think that these were three of Baum's favorites, for while he often created characters that never made significant appearances in later books (Eureka the kitten, Billina the hen, Woot the Wanderer, etc), these three all played leading roles in future Oz installments. Character is definitely the focus in this book, and like much of Baum's work, "The Road to Oz" does not have a definite plot. Still, for any fan of Oz, it provides such wonderful escape that this party is one that you won't want to miss. The illustrations in "The Road to Oz" demonstrate the talents of John R. Neill at their peek, and this edition of the book is printed on colored pages to mirror the rainbow shades of the Land of Oz--at first this ploy seems a bit distracting, but by the end of the book one realizes that Oz is just that colorful.
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dominic m.
5.0 out of 5 stars Another must have for Oz fans.
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020
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L. Frank Baum's original 14 Oz books are incredible stories. It's not all yellow brick roads and silver slippers! Far from it! Baum's writing is at times extremely dark and always witty. I do not recommend Rinkitink in Oz as it is not canon and a departure from the overall storyline. I do, however, recommend The Sea Fairies by Baum, even with its delirious plot holes and the fact that it doesn't take place in Oz, it's still a fun underwater ride.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid!
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2008
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This is my second favorite of the Oz series, right after Ozma of Oz. I love the new characters, the Shaggy Man and Polly especially. I really like that, while there are some challenges in the book, the main goal is a happy one. They're not on the run from anyone, they're all on their way to Ozma's birthday party, where they meet the greatest assortment of colorful individuals. Unlike some of the other books in the series, this one really stays true to the spirit of Oz, with unique but awesome characters like Johnny Dooit and Baum's version of Santa Claus, who is of course close friends with Ozma :) I suppose the only complaint I have is that the chapter titles give away way too much of what's going to happen, but that's the same in all of the Oz books. Again, loved seeing the reunions between many of the characters, even though they have been reuinted in the series already, it's always awesome seeing the original cast of Oz characters together and having fun.
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ajt
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful edition!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2013
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I ordered the entire set and love them! The printing stays true to original formatting and illustrations, many of which are in color. I consider the "Books of Wonder" series to be collectible-worthy for OZ book fans. They will look very nice on the shelf, and they will be wonderful copies of the stories to read aloud to my children, as they were read aloud to me.
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Holly V. Reese
2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing.
Reviewed in Germany on January 18, 2019
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I have one of the Books of Wonder hardcover editions of this work that reproduces the original. In that edition, the formatting of the first edition is restored, and it contains John Neill's wonderful illustrations, both color and ink drawings; and these illustrations are reproduced well--very clear. It also was faithful to a gimmick used in the original editions; a different colored paper used for each chapter of the book, representing the different lands visited in the story. While admittedly a gimmick, this touch adds much to the fun of reading the book.

This edition...well, is very disappointing. The formatting is changed, the colored pages are of course not used, and the Illustrations are of poor quality; grayscale and very pixelly/grainy. On the other hand, this is better than another softcover edition I've purchased here on amazon, that says it is illustrated, but does not use the John Neill illustrations at all--rather substituting public domain artwork with no connection to the story whatsover. At least this edition includes both the original text and illustrations, albeit with a disappointing level of quality.
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