The Wishing Horse of Oz

Written by Ruth Plumly Thompson

Narrated by Beth Thomas

Magic wishing emeralds mysteriously arrive in the little kingdom of Skampavia. King Skamperoo immediately confiscates them and wishes to become the Emperor of Oz, with his magic horse Chalk as his advisor. All the residents of Oz are enchanted to forget Ozma and their own rulers, except for Dorothy and Pigasus the flying pig. Can Dorothy and Pigasus break the enchantment and rescue Princess Ozma? Will they forge an unlikely alliance with the Gnome King? And who is the real owner and possessor of the secret of the wishing emeralds? The Wishing Horse of Oz is the twenty-ninth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Erika
• Release date: Sep 1, 2022

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Ruth Plumly Thompson (27 July 1891 - 6 April 1976) was a children's author. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she sold her first story to St. Nicholas Magazine, a monthly children's magazine, while still in high school. After publishing her first book, The Perhappsy Chaps, she was asked to continue the Oz series following L. Frank Baum's death. Beginning in 1921, she wrote one Oz book a year through 1939; after writing two more in 1972 and 1976, she had contributed 21 new Oz books to the series.