L. Frank Baum 2 hr 55 min read

Blown overboard in a storm, Dorothy washes up in the fairy land of Ev with a talking yellow hen, and joins Ozma and her friends to free a royal family from the wicked Nome King.

L. Frank Baum's 1907 novel, the third Oz book, is a beloved adventure introducing Tik-Tok, Billina, and the Nome King. Warm, inventive, delightful children's fantasy. Read it for a classic Oz quest full of magic, danger, and wonder, one of the most cherished of the whole series.

In its time

Published in 1907, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

2 hr 55 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

John R. Neill