The Gnome King of Oz

Name: The Gnome King of Oz
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Ruth Plumly Thompson
ISBN: 9781666662900

Author: Ruth Plumly Thompson

Series: Oz (Thompson) #7

Narrator: Eunice Wong

Unabridged: 4 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 03/26/2024

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Action & Adventure Stories, Classic Children's Stories

Synopsis

When, as in the case of The Gnome King of Oz, the story-skill, the jollity, the succession of events, all continue to be so vigorously alive, the author deserves naught but praise. — The Atlantic City Sunday Press Enjoy the twenty-first entry in the Oz series, featuring such characters as Ruggedo the Gnome King; Grumpy the Bear; and Scraps, the Patchwork Girl of Oz.

About Ruth Plumly Thompson

Ruth Plumly Thompson (27 July 1891 - 6 April 1976) was a children's author. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she sold her first story to St. Nicholas Magazine, a monthly children's magazine, while still in high school. After publishing her first book, The Perhappsy Chaps, she was asked to continue the Oz series following L. Frank Baum's death. Beginning in 1921, she wrote one Oz book a year through 1939; after writing two more in 1972 and 1976, she had contributed 21 new Oz books to the series.

About Eunice Wong

Eunice Wong is an audiobook narrator and an award-winning, Juilliard-trained actor who works in professional theatres across the United States and in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fred on January 19, 2016

Those whose only familiarity with Oz comes from the MGM film and/or the first Oz book (or even the "Wicked" series and Broadway show and the recent James Franco "Oz" movie) likely believe that the arch-enemy in the Oz series is the Wicked Witch of the West. Not so. The Wicked Witch was only in the f......more

Goodreads review by Steve on March 01, 2011

I have a character named Plumly featured in future Ebooks of my children's fantasy series. I'm honoring Ruth Plumly Thompson, who carried on with the Oz books after L. Frank Baum's death. The Scraps storyline was excellent in this one.......more

Goodreads review by Rose on March 02, 2025

the first* actually good RPT book! it's no wonder the cover is falling off my copy, this was one of my favorites as a child and i see why. unlike a lot of her books, this one has neutral and friendly side characters as well as malevolent ones, and even (in the spirit of baum) some side characters who......more

Goodreads review by Dane on October 05, 2022

This is the latest in my read through of the Oz series, and at this point I’m at the 21st book and counting. I was reading these as a buddy read with Joel Swagman, but he’s dropped out because he was reading the royalty free versions and by now, I think it’s back under copyright. Thompson did a good......more

Goodreads review by Derek on May 10, 2021

Another amazing entry in the Oz series! I have always appreciated the work done by both Baum and Thompson with Ruggedo the Gnome. I think Ms. Thompson really shines in this installment, not just with the storyline, but with the title character in particular. What I particularly enjoy about the serie......more