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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1921
  • Latest Book:
    April 2003
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Multi-Author Series List

Wonderful Oz

15 - The Royal Book of Oz (1921)
16 - Kabumpo in Oz (1922)
17 - The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923)
18 - Grampa in Oz (1924)
19 - The Lost King of Oz (1925)
20 - The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1926)
21 - The Gnome King of Oz (1927)
22 - The Giant Horse of Oz (1928)
23 - Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929)
24 - The Yellow Knight of Oz (1930)
25 - Pirates in Oz (1931)
26 - The Purple Prince of Oz (1932)
27 - Ojo in Oz (1933)
28 - Speedy in Oz (1934)
29 - The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935)
30 - Captain Salt in Oz (1936)
31 - Handy Mandy in Oz (1937)
32 - The Silver Princess in Oz (1938)
33 - Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939)

Book List in Order: 20 titles



  • Ruth Plumly Thompson was an American author best known for writing many novels in the magical land of Oz.  Thompson was a big fan of L. Frank Baum’s classic books growing up and decided to write books on the series after Baum’s death in 1919...



  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.
     
    Prince Pompadore is celebrating his eighteenth birthday when out of his birthday cake bursts a magic scroll, a magic mirror, and a doorknob. ...



  • Introduction by the AuthorThis is the Cowardly Lion's book, because it is mostly about him and the people who were hunting him. Why, I do not believe there has been so much excitement in Oz since the Scarecrow fell down his family tree. Imagine anyon...



  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.

    When King Fumbo of Ragbad loses his head in a storm, Prince Tatters, accompanied by the wise and wonderful old soldier Grampa, sets off to find t...



  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.
     
    Mombi, perhaps the wickedest witch in Oz history, sets out to find the legendary Lost King of Oz whom she enchanted many years before. Pajuka...



  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.

    When the winsome Hungry Tiger is whisked away to the Kingdom of Rash in an attempt to satisfy his appetite, Little Betsy Bobbin and the perky Veg...



  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.

    Ruggedo, the wicked old Gnome King, escapes from Runaway Island and sets out to reclaim his own kingdom and ravage Oz. Together with Peter, an u...



  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.

    The Scarecrow, tiny Trot from California, and Benny (a living stone statue from Boston) encounter High Boy, whose telescopic legs and airy perso...



  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.

    Peter, the lad from Philadelphia, joins forces with Jack Pumpkinhead to rescue Ozma and the Emerald City from conquest by Mogodore, the infamous...






  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.

    Sir Hokus of Pokes sets off on a quest and discovers instead of one of the greatest feats of enchantment in Oz history: two entire kingdoms tran...



  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.
     
    The old Gnome King attempts to capture the Emerald City and regain his magic belt, much to the horror of Peter, the Philadelphia boy who retur...



  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.
     
    Prince Randy of Regalia must prove his right to be a royal. On his adventure-filled quest to fulfill the tasks set him, Randy meets the frien...



  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.
     
    When Ojo, everyone’s favorite Munchkin boy, is kidnapped -- first by gypsies and then by a roving robber band -- he makes an adventurous esc...



  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.
     
    Legendary Umbrella Island flies magically through the air . . . until it careens smack into the forehead of an extremely unpleasant giant! Me...



  • Return to L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children’s book series.

    Three emerald necklaces cause everyone in Oz to forget all about Princess Ozma, the Wizard, and Glinda the Good and acknowledge instead a fat ol...



  • CAPTAIN SALT IN OZ - L. FRANK BAUM - ILLUSTRATED CLASSIC STORY - THE GUNSTON TRUSTIt has taken three years, eleven months and twenty six days since Captain Salt, sailing his ship the Crescent Moon, finally arrives at port. Sure to be exciting as fant...



  • HANDY MANDY IN OZ - CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED CLASSIC - THE GUNSTON TRUSTThe heroine is an honest and industrious goat-girl named Mandy, who grazes her flock on the slopes of Mt. Mern. Another exciting adventure begins with this strangly different girl ...



  • "Prepare to shed a few pounds in Headland and get all wrapped up in the Box Wood with Randy and Kabumpo and a pair of marooned out-of-this-worlders, Planetty and her fire-breathing steed Thun. Then dare yourself to prospect the dark mines of madness ...



  • OZOPLANNING WITH THE WIZARD OF OZ - BY L. FRANK BAUM - CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED OZ CLASSIC - THE GUNSTON TRUSTCastles in the sky and cities in the clouds take this continued classic adventure of Oz into forward looking fantasy with flying machines and ...






Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ruth Plumly Thompson has published 20 books.

Ruth Plumly Thompson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Sissajig and Other Surprises, was published in April 2003.

The first book by Ruth Plumly Thompson, The Royal Book of Oz, was published in January 1921.

No. Ruth Plumly Thompson does not write books in series.