Ozma of Oz (Version 2, dramatic reading)

Written by L. Frank Baum

Narrated by LibriVox Community

Ozma of Oz was the third title in the Oz series by L. Frank Baum. In this book Dorothy is shipwrecked and lands on the shores of a fairy country that adjoins Oz, the land of Ev. There she meets Tiktok, a wind-up mechanical man; a talking chicken, Billina; and Ozma, the girl ruler of Oz who is leading a quest to rescue the royal family of Ev from their captivity by the Nome King. Dorothy is also reunited with her old friends, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion. Together the adventurers travel to the Nome King’s underground kingdom and have many exciting adventures before returning to Oz, and for Dorothy, eventual return to her family in the “civilized” world. (Summary by Judy Bieber)

Cast:

Narrators: Paul Harvey, staticstasy, David Lawrence, Kara Shallenberg, Miriam Esther Goldman, TriciaG, rymd80, & Mark F. Smith
Dorothy Gale: Elizabeth Klett
Billina the Chicken, Sawhorse: Miriam Esther Goldman
Wheelers, Leader of the Wheelers, Big Red Colonel, Hungry Tiger, The Nome King: Christian Brock
TikTok the Machine Man, General 1: Mark F. Smith
Nanda the Maid & Glinda: Raegan Payne
Princess Langdiwere & Queen of Ev: TriciaG
Scarecrow: David O'Connell
Ozma of Oz: staticstasy
Tin Woodman: Denny Sayers
Cowardly Lion: Padraig O'hIceadha
General 2, Private Omby Amby, Nome Captain: Matt L Speer
Captain, Chief Steward, Major, Uncle Henry: Barry Eads
Prince Evring: Henry Frigon
Jinjur & Jellia Jamb: Caroline Shapiro
General 3: Beverly Scott

Editors: Jennifer Stearns & TriciaG
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Jc Guan & TriciaG

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919) was an American children’s book author, best known for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and several other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings).