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A review by quoththegirl
Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum
3.0
The fourteenth and final Oz book to be completely written by L. Frank Baum. I'll be ready for a bit of an Oz break after we finish book 15 (based on Baum's notes). I would probably have enjoyed this more if I'd had a bit of a breathing space beforehand, but we're trying to finish reading the series aloud before our big Oz party in August. There were some neat ideas in this one, and we get to meet yet more unusual Oz denizens.
One weird thing: the original manuscript featured Red Reera as a wired-together skeleton with red eyes burning in its skull. What the heck, Baum?? He changed Red Reera to a gray ape in an apron for the printed manuscript because, hey, why not? Less trauma for the kiddos, his editors probably thought.
One weird thing: the original manuscript featured Red Reera as a wired-together skeleton with red eyes burning in its skull. What the heck, Baum?? He changed Red Reera to a gray ape in an apron for the printed manuscript because, hey, why not? Less trauma for the kiddos, his editors probably thought.