Monday, January 1, 2018

The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum


Title: The Tin Woodman of Oz
Author: L Frank Baum
Pages: 294
Finished: December 31, 2017

First Sentence: The Tin Woodman sat on his glittering tin throne in the handsome tin hall of his splendid tin castle in the Winkie Country of the Land of Oz.

Summary: When Woot the Wanderer wanders into the Tin Woodman's castle and tells the Woodman that he was wrong in never checking up on his sweetheart Nimmee Amee, the Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, and Woot all travel off to Munchkin Country to find her. As with any Oz book, they meet with many adventures.

Thoughts: Funny enough, I feel like his later books are better than his middle books. There's some weirdness where they talk about how Oz became a fairy country that seems contradictory to earlier information (particularly the bit about how no one ever dies, but then we know that Ozma is the latest in a long line of Oz rulers...). The bit with Ku Klip and the various body parts of the tin men was a bit dark, but perhaps a kid would enjoy it. Honestly, these book seem best suited as read alouds to first and second graders.

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