Ruth Plumly Thompson 3 hr 20 min read

Kabumpo the Elegant Elephant, wise, old, and kindly, joins a prince and the charming wooden doll Peg Amy on an adventure, with a surprising Box of Magic and the Gnome King's mischief.

Ruth Plumly Thompson's 1922 novel, the fifteenth Oz book, continues Baum's series with her trademark whimsy and wordplay. Charming, fast, inventive children's fantasy. Read it for a delightful Oz romp starring one of the series' most beloved new characters, a dapper royal elephant.

In its time

Published in 1922, during the 1920s, the pulp era proper.

Reading it

3 hr 20 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

John R. Neill