#Ozathon2024: Rereading The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum

We’ve come to book 6 in the series, and this book marks a major turning point.  Written in 1910 from Baum’s home in Coronado, California, his author’s note emphasizes that this book is a result of his correspondence with many readers: “Children love these stories because children have helped to create them.” In some ways, it’s very similar to Road to Oz, in that there’s a long road trip and lots of strange creatures are introduced. The good news, though, is that this book feels much more planned than the last two. There’s the return of an old enemy, an epic ...