Ojo in Oz
8 best books like Ojo in Oz (Ruth Plumly Thompson): The Bat-Poet, Sky Island, Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: The Seven Cities of Gold, In Mike We Trust, This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World, Masquerade, Love from Paddington, The Emerald Wand of Oz
| Author | Randall Jarrell |
| ISBN | 0062050842 |
There was once a little brown bat who couldn't sleep days—he kept waking up and looking at the world. Before long he began to see things differently from the other bats who from dawn to sunset never opened their eyes. The Bat-Poet is the story of how he tried to make the other bats see the world his way.
With...
| Author | L. Frank Baum |
| ISBN | 0486423603 |
This captivating tale by the "royal historian of Oz" recounts the further adventures of a little girl named Trot and Cap'n Bill, an old sailor, after their visit to the Sea Fairies. A remarkable fairyland in sky country, Sky Island turns out to be a place that Trot, Cap'n Bill, and their friend — a little...
| Author | Carl Barks |
| ISBN | 1606997955 |
Uncle Scrooge takes Donald and the nephews on a perilous trek in search of the fabled seven cities of gold! This is the Scrooge story famous for providing Steven Spielberg and George Lucas with inspiration for parts of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Speaking of gold and movies, James Bond fans might recognize...
| Author | P.E. Ryan |
| ISBN | 0060858133 |
Honesty.
He wanted it. He craved it.
He could barely remember what it was. When Garth's uncle comes to visit, he's like a breath of very needed fresh air. Mike is laid-back and relaxed—and willing to accept Garth for who he is, without question. For the first time in a long while, Garth feels...
| Author | Naomi Shihab Nye |
| ISBN | 0689806302 |
Naomi Shihab Nye complied a book of poems from around the world and named it, This Same Sky. This work proves as a physical representation of the collective human consciousness, with nature being present through most of the rhythmic lines of each individual piece.
One could almost think each poem...
Certain books are just shot through with nostalgia, to the point where all you have to do is open them, and you're transported back to childhood. Masquerade is one of those books for me, I had the great luck to have been living on an RAF base in the UK when this came out, and my elementary school class fell immediately...
| Author | Michael Bond |
| ISBN | 0062368176 |
A brand-new novel from Michael Bond, celebrating Paddington's many adventures!
Told through Paddington's letters to his aunt Lucy back in Peru, this new novel offers Paddington's own special view on some of his most famous tales. Filled with Paddington's signature charm and with black-and-white...
| Author | Sherwood Smith |
| ISBN | 0060296070 |
As a long-time fan of L. Frank Baum's Oz books, I'm generally suspicious of newer books by other authors set in his world; I'm not even a big fan of Ruth Plumly Thompson, his immediate successor. However, I liked Sherwood Smith's Crown Duel enough that I thought it would be worth giving her Oz book, The Emerald...
