L. Frank Baum

Ozma of Oz

I was disappointed with this book. While the storyline and characters were good, Dorothy's reappearance was problematic. Her ability to speak proper English seemed to have regressed, with poorly constructed sentences and abbreviated words. This is bothersome for a few reasons: 1) She spoke properly in the first book, so her age doesn't excuse poor grammar; 2) Heroes in books shouldn't model improper speech; and 3) The unorthodox words make it harder for the intended child audience to read. I hope Dorothy has an intellectual awakening before the next book, or I may not continue the series.

Liana

Neil. John R.

Sarah Sammis

Ozma is one of my favorite books in the series. BILL!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sam Pulliam

This book is the third book in the Wizard of Oz series and was written by Baum for fans who wanted to know what happened to Dorothy and Ozma after the first two books. I loved being able to see more world building as well as Baum's ability to create really weird and interesting characters. For example, Dorothy meets a woman who has a collection of heads she can change whenever she wants. As with the other Oz books, the plot isn't groundbreaking but I'm still enjoying this series for seeing the different people our heroes encounter. I also appreciate that the books continue to be adventure stories centered around and written for girls.
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One thing I didn't enjoy as much about this book was the fact that Dorothy felt very different from the one was knew in the first book. The fact that she was drawn differently might have added to that sentiment.

Tom Turner

If you've seen the 1985 movie Return to Oz you will no doubt recognise elements of this book. While the Gump and Pumpkin Head were pulled from The Marvelous Land of Oz (the previous Oz book.) Pretty much the rest of the movie was taken from this book.


Ozma of Oz configure the perfectly peculiar style from the first two. As I suspected would be the case, also starts to tie loose ends together from the previous works so it definitely starts feeling like the series is one cohesive whole. Because so much of it was familiar from the movie it's hard for me to evaluate the book on its own merits. This is diffent from other adaptations because it wasn't a diet adaptation, so it's impossible to say "Movie did X better while book did Y better." and unlike WWoO the story isn't an institution.

Ultimately it was an enjoyable entry.

Ozma of Oz (Wonderful Oz Books)

Danielle Crain

Its been enjoyable listening to the Oz books with my children through Librivox. 

Ozma of Oz is the story of Dorothy who is en route with her Uncle to Australia who gets tossed out of the boat and finds herself in fairy land with her companion Billina the chicken. Once in fairy land she meets Tick-Tock and a group of familiar adventurers from Oz and together they go and try to rescue the Queen of Ev and her children from the wicked Gnome King.

The first thing we noticed about this particular book was that Dorothy's drastic personality change. We experienced some personality changes with Scarecrow and Nick Chopper in the last book, but the changes in Dorothy seemed a bit extreme - particularly with her accent. It was also hard to see some of our favorite characters have to take the back burner, and at times I thought it might be easier to not have them in the book all together. We really enjoyed the character of the Gnome King, despite his evil ways. 

The story did drag in a few places, but overall the storyline kept our interest. We have already started the next book in the series: 

  
 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.

My Ratings:

5*****I loved this book, consider it an all time favorite
4**** Thoroughly enjoyed the book and will recommend it
3*** I liked it well enough,
2** Brain Candy - It was okay. Writing mediocre, will
keep/re-read if part of a series
1* didn't like/possibly not finished. (less)

Hannah Alexander 

When a storm blows Dorothy to the land of Ev where lunches grow on trees, she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and Princess Ozma, and together they set out to free the Queen of Ev and her ten children.

Melanie Knight

Anna Bold

Amanda

Jacalyn Boggs

Rowan Myers

Annie

Stephanie Ridiculous

Allie Herrington

Alost

Isabelle Reads

Destiny Martino

Tasha Dykstra

Bridget Buckley 

Kerri Miller

Lyman Frank Baum

Sara Bow

Fantasy and adventure in the fairy land of Ev with Dorothy, Princess Ozma, a wicked Nome King, an enchanted royal family, and more. 111 black-and-white illustrations.

Jennifer Oramous

When a storm blows Dorothy to the land of Ev where lunches grow on trees, whe meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and Princess Ozma, and together they set out to free the Queen of Ev and her ten children.

Ozma of Oz

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