Ruth Plumly Thompson: GRANDPA IN OZ

Written by Ruth Plumly Thompson

Narrated by philip chenevert

Prince Tatters of Ragbag and Grampa, a former soldier, set out to search for King Fumbo's lost head and a fortune to save the kingdom. Meanwhile, in Perhaps City in the Maybe Mountains the Princess Pretty Good disappears after the prophet Abrog foresees her marrying a monster if she does not marry in four days. Another great book in the world of Oz. And with, a live iron weathercock, they visit a Wizard's Garden and discover Urtha, a lovely girl made all of flowers -- and proceed to fall, swim, explode, sail, and fly above and below Oz and Ev. Grampa and Co. eventually meet Dorothy herself, traveling with a Forgetful Poet in search of the missing princess of Perhaps City who has been condemned to marry a monster! Ruth Plumly Thompson really hits her stride in this book, telling the OZ story with her own dash and style that will make you smile and outright laugh each chapter. The puns are continuous and those will make you groan!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Philip Chenevert
• Release date: Apr 10, 2024
• ISBN: 9798882437755

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.