The Wishing Horse of Oz
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| Author | Ruth Plumly Thompson |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | John R. Neill |
| Genre | Juvenile fantasy |
| Published | Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1935[1] |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 298 |
| OCLC | 2764298 |
The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935) is the twenty-ninth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the fifteenth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was Illustrated by John R. Neill. This book marked the point at which Thompson had written more Oz books than Baum himself.[2]
This Oz mystery starts in the small, poor kingdom of Skampavia, where King Skamperoo wishes for a horse using enchanted emerald necklaces. When Chalk, a talking Horse from Oz, falls from the sky, Skamperoo decides the emeralds must be from the Emerald City, and decides to conquer all of Oz. He magically causes all the residents of Oz to forget their rightful rulers and accept him as their emperor instead.[3] Only Dorothy and Pigasus, the flying pig, are able to remember Princess Ozma, the true ruler of Oz, and together they set out to rescue her.[4] The mystery in this story is how to make the necklaces grant wishes; only the horse Chalk knows how to do this.
This was the last Oz book to feature illustrations in color, and only the first edition and the International Wizard of Oz Club edition (1990) have them.[5]
Copyright status
This book, along with Thompson's next four, did not get renewed for copyright, making them public domain and freely readable online.
References
- ^ The Wishing Horse of Oz. OCLC 2764298 – via OCLC Worldcat.
- ^ "The Wishing Horse of Oz". They Royal Blog of Oz. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ Ness, Mari (13 May 2010). "Taxation in Fairyland: The Wishing Horse of Oz". Tor.com. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ Jack Snow, Who's Who in Oz, Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1954; New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988; pp. 33, 193.
- ^ "The Wishing Horse of Oz". Celebrating the New Century of Oz. Oz Central LLC. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
External links
- The Wishing Horse of Oz at Project Gutenberg
The Wishing Horse of Oz public domain audiobook at LibriVox- On The Wishing Horse of Oz
- The Wishing Horse of Oz title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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