Ruth Plumly Thompson 2 hr 38 min read

Just when the Royal Historian expected a drowsy year of birthdays and visits, a radiogram arrives from the Emerald City, and the ever-hungry Hungry Tiger is drawn into a fresh Oz adventure.

Ruth Plumly Thompson's 1926 novel is a delightful entry in the beloved Oz series. Warm, whimsical, gloriously inventive. Read it for a rousing Oz tale starring the lovable Hungry Tiger, who longs to eat fat babies but never does, as Thompson, the second Royal Historian, spins another fairyland romp.

In its time

Published in 1926, during the 1920s, the pulp era proper.

Reading it

2 hr 38 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

John R. Neill