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    The Patchwork Girl of Oz

    Written by L. Frank Baum

    Narrated by David Thorn and Full Cast

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    A patchwork doll comes to life, and Dorothy, the Tin Woodsman, and a host of new characters have enchanting adventures in the land of Oz.

    After a doll made out of a patchwork quilt is brought to life by a magician, she must find a way to break a spell that has turned two victims into motionless statues. A boy, the Patchwork Girl, and Bungle the glass cat go on a mission to find the ingredients for a charm that will transform the people back to life.

    Familiar Oz characters and delightful new creatures join in the whimsical adventures that take place in the magical land of Oz. The Munchkin boy, Ojo, and all the Oz Characters, including a few new ones like the Patchwork Girl and the Glass Cat, join in the search for the magic Powder of Life. Ojo's beloved Unk Nunkie has accidentally been changed into a marble statue and Ojo needs certain things for the potion that will restore Unc Nunkie to life. Looking for the ingredients for the Powder, the travelers, including Princess Dorothy and Toto (of Wizard of Oz fame), The Tin Woodman, Jack Pumpkinhead, The Scarecrow, The Hungry Tiger and the Cowardly Lion search far and wide to help Ojo. Unexpected trials force the group back to Princess Ozma of Oz and the Wizard of Oz who finally get things sorted out.

    Table of Contents
    Chapter 01: Ojo and Unc Nunkie
    Chapter 02: The Crooked Magician
    Chapter 03: The Patchwork Girl
    Chapter 04: The Glass Cat
    Chapter 05: A Terrible Accident
    Chapter 06: The Journey
    Chapter 07: The Troublesome Phonograph
    Chapter 08: The Foolish Owl and the Wise Donkey
    Chapter 09: They Meet the Woozy
    Chapter 10: Shaggy Man to the Rescue
    Chapter 11: A Good Friend
    Chapter 12: The Giant Porcupine
    Chapter 13: Scraps and the Scarecrow
    Chapter 14: Ojo Breaks the Law
    Chapter 15: Ozma's Prisoner
    Chapter 16: Princess Dorothy
    Chapter 17: Ozma and Her Friends
    Chapter 18: Ojo is Forgiven
    Chapter 19: Trouble with the Tottenhots
    Chapter 20: The Captive Yoop
    Chapter 21: Hip Hopper the Champion
    Chapter 22: The Joking Horners
    Chapter 23: Peace is Declared
    Chapter 24: Ojo Finds the Dark Well
    Chapter 25: They Bribe the Lazy Quadling
    Chapter 26: The Trick River
    Chapter 27: The Tin Woodman Objects
    Chapter 28: The Wonderful Wizard of
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlcazar Audio Works
    Release dateJan 1, 2002
    ISBN9780972499507
    Author

    L. Frank Baum

    Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919) was an American children’s book author, best known for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and several other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings).

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    • 4/5
      Ojo and the Patchwork girl travel to save Ojo's Uncle. I liked the Patchwork Girl and the Scarecrow's reaction to her.Their adventures were enjoyable.But the ending made Ojo's hard work rather pointless.
    • 4/5
      It was apparent in the previous Oz book of the series that Baum had gotten to a place where he no longer wanted to tell stories about the land of Oz, so he tried to end the series, but he kept getting letters requesting further stories. The result of these numerous requests is that two years after "The Emerald City of Oz" Baum created this new book. This book feels far superior to the previous work only because it appears Baum has gotten to a peaceful place with telling these fantastical stories. He is able to create characters again that are out of this world, but have a heart, which he was only somewhat able to do in the most recent volumes before this to some success.

      The only gripe about this book is that it is apparent that Baum does not have a love for music. In the previous volume there was a character that played music and he was ridiculed heavily and in this one a phonograph comes to life that is greatly hated by all that hear it. It feels again that Baum said that certain things do not deserve to be alive because they are so vastly different, which does not sit well with me in the slightest.

      Baum still even when being rude towards different people is able to create a wonderful adventure story where you are anticipating how you will get to the conclusion. The Patchwork Girl of Oz does not disappoint in this respect. You will wonder how they are ever going to get to the end of the book and how everything will be wrapped up in a nice ribbon for this is a children book and it must be wrapped in that ribbon.

      I was really taken in with his characterization of Scraps the Patchwork Girl of Oz in this particular story. At times she is described as crazy as she suddenly bursts into a rhyme, but this is one of his stronger characters. She is well-developed and thought-out. I am hoping that she appears in a few of the books that are in the rest of the series because she is one of Baum's better designs.
    • 5/5
      I was a fan with the Oz series growing up, and it's great to know I'm still a fan as an adult! I love revisiting these books, they truly are timeless!
    • 4/5
      It was apparent in the previous Oz book of the series that Baum had gotten to a place where he no longer wanted to tell stories about the land of Oz, so he tried to end the series, but he kept getting letters requesting further stories. The result of these numerous requests is that two years after "The Emerald City of Oz" Baum created this new book. This book feels far superior to the previous work only because it appears Baum has gotten to a peaceful place with telling these fantastical stories. He is able to create characters again that are out of this world, but have a heart, which he was only somewhat able to do in the most recent volumes before this to some success.

      The only gripe about this book is that it is apparent that Baum does not have a love for music. In the previous volume there was a character that played music and he was ridiculed heavily and in this one a phonograph comes to life that is greatly hated by all that hear it. It feels again that Baum said that certain things do not deserve to be alive because they are so vastly different, which does not sit well with me in the slightest.

      Baum still even when being rude towards different people is able to create a wonderful adventure story where you are anticipating how you will get to the conclusion. The Patchwork Girl of Oz does not disappoint in this respect. You will wonder how they are ever going to get to the end of the book and how everything will be wrapped up in a nice ribbon for this is a children book and it must be wrapped in that ribbon.

      I was really taken in with his characterization of Scraps the Patchwork Girl of Oz in this particular story. At times she is described as crazy as she suddenly bursts into a rhyme, but this is one of his stronger characters. She is well-developed and thought-out. I am hoping that she appears in a few of the books that are in the rest of the series because she is one of Baum's better designs.
    • 3/5
      Ojo the Unlucky, a Munchkin boy raised in isolation in the Blue Forest by his taciturn Unc Nunkie, finds himself setting out on a quest through the wider world of Oz in this seventh entry in L. Frank Baum's series about that magical country. After his beloved uncle is petrified at the home of the Crooked Magician - the creator of the Powder of Life, first introduced in The Marvelous Land of Oz - Ojo, in the company of Scraps the Patchwork Girl and Bungle the Glass Cat, embarks on a mission to track down the ingredients necessary for the antidote to this magical mishap. But where will he find a six-leaved clover, the left wing of a yellow butterfly, a gill of water from a dark well, three hairs from a Woozy's tail, and a drop of oil from a man's body? And how will the other residents of Oz that he encounters - the Shaggy Man, the Scarecrow, Princess Dorothy, Princess Ozma, and the Tin Woodman - react to his quest...?Although by no means a favorite, when it comes to Baum's Oz books - that honor goes to the first, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and to the third, Ozma of Oz - I have always enjoyed The Patchwork Girl of Oz, finding both Ojo and Scraps engaging characters, in their separate ways. I suppose that as a girl I identified with Ojo's rebellious resentment, in the matter of the six-leaved clover - not understanding the purpose of the law against picking it, he thought it grossly unfair - while I enjoyed Scraps' thoroughly amoral joie de vie. I imagine that readers of the time, horrified at the prospect of no more Oz books - in the previous installment, The Emerald City of Oz, Baum declared that Ozma had made her kingdom invisible to the outside world, and that there would be no more stories from Oz - were overjoyed at this return to the beloved world of fairy and magic. As for me, rereading this as an adult, I'm struck by the negative depiction of cats - Bungle here, and Eureka in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz- so far in the series. I wonder if perhaps Baum disliked them...?
    • 4/5
      After the The Emerald City of Oz, Baum was planning on ending the Oz series. Public demand and financial reasons prompted him to continue the books with The Patchwork Girl of Oz. Knowing that it wouldn?t be surprising if the story felt forced, but that?s not the case. Ojo and his uncle, Unk Nunkie are Munchkins that live in the land of Oz. While visiting their magician friend, Dr. Pipt, they see him use the Powder of Life to bring a patchwork girl to life. She?s originally created to help the Doctor?s wife clean their home, but she?s accidently given too much cleverness. The feisty girl often speaks in rhyme and stands up for her friends without thinking of the consequences. This story reunites readers with all their old favorites. Ozma, Dorothy and the Tin Woodman are all back and the Scarecrow is particularly smitten with the Patchwork Girl. The story follows Ojo as he embarks on a crusade to gather some strange items to help Dr. Pipt save his wife. Also, there?s a funny glass cat in this story that reminded me a bit of Dorothy?s bossy hen. The original illustrations are one of my favorite elements of the books and this installment is just wonderful. BOTTOM LINE: A great addition to the series, this book combines fan favorites with new characters in an excellent way. ?
    • 4/5
      It was apparent in the previous Oz book of the series that Baum had gotten to a place where he no longer wanted to tell stories about the land of Oz, so he tried to end the series, but he kept getting letters requesting further stories. The result of these numerous requests is that two years after "The Emerald City of Oz" Baum created this new book. This book feels far superior to the previous work only because it appears Baum has gotten to a peaceful place with telling these fantastical stories. He is able to create characters again that are out of this world, but have a heart, which he was only somewhat able to do in the most recent volumes before this to some success.

      The only gripe about this book is that it is apparent that Baum does not have a love for music. In the previous volume there was a character that played music and he was ridiculed heavily and in this one a phonograph comes to life that is greatly hated by all that hear it. It feels again that Baum said that certain things do not deserve to be alive because they are so vastly different, which does not sit well with me in the slightest.

      Baum still even when being rude towards different people is able to create a wonderful adventure story where you are anticipating how you will get to the conclusion. The Patchwork Girl of Oz does not disappoint in this respect. You will wonder how they are ever going to get to the end of the book and how everything will be wrapped up in a nice ribbon for this is a children book and it must be wrapped in that ribbon.

      I was really taken in with his characterization of Scraps the Patchwork Girl of Oz in this particular story. At times she is described as crazy as she suddenly bursts into a rhyme, but this is one of his stronger characters. She is well-developed and thought-out. I am hoping that she appears in a few of the books that are in the rest of the series because she is one of Baum's better designs.
    • 5/5
      When I was a little girl, I loved the Oz books. It's a love I never completely outgrew. The Patchwork Girl of Oz is my favorite of the original series. I highly recommend the 1995 hardbound "Books of Wonder" edition, which is chock-full of John R. Neill's droll and incomparable illustrations, including many colored illustrations.
    • 3/5
      When Ojo the Unlucky accidentally turns his Uncle to stone he must travel throughout the land of Oz to collect the items to restore Unk Nunky to his old self.This book was originally published in 1913 and it seems very quaint in the 21st century. Although there is a vague through-line, the book is not terribly plot-driven. It is more a series of vignettes to show off Baum's imagination. Each chapter could almost stand alone, especially since the characters explain why they are on their journey every time they meet someone new. This amounts to just about every other chapter since they cover a great deal of ground and meet a large number of creatures. The book is charming, but can be difficult to get into. It is more about exploring Oz than exploring the people there.It would be a good book for elementary schools and public library youth collections, but it is not as special as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
    • 3/5
      In which Scraps, the Patchwork Girl, is brought to life and the Munchkin boy Ojo sets out on a quest to find the magical cure that will release his Unc Nunkie from a spell that has turned him into a marble statue.