Never heard of the other Oz books? I grew up on 'em. :) Well, the real ones, that is. L. Frank Baum wrote the original 14 (Lost Princess would be #11), as well as other Oz-related books. After Baum, the nearest to "official" Oz writing went to Ruth Plumly Thompson, and after that, other authors picked up the idea and expanded the universe by over a hundred more.
Personally, I stick with the original 14. I tried reading a couple latter ones, and didn't like the style nearly as much. I'm in the middle of reading them to Justin, now (we're up to #6).
I quite like a very large percentage of them, though Martin Gardner wrote an entirely crappy one - very disappointing considering how much I love his work in general.
No, it's the "Junior Edition" that I've never seen before...
The Lost Princess of Oz is an old familiar book, but I've never heard of junior editions. Do you know if they're the same text? Have they been simplified? How?
This is an ongoing debate. I've not read up on it enough to know what the current status is, but last I looked, there was a bunch of "He meant it!" "No, he didn't!" "Yes he did" going around.
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Date: 2005-11-24 11:27 pm (UTC)Personally, I stick with the original 14. I tried reading a couple latter ones, and didn't like the style nearly as much. I'm in the middle of reading them to Justin, now (we're up to #6).
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Date: 2005-11-25 06:00 am (UTC)I quite like a very large percentage of them, though Martin Gardner wrote an entirely crappy one - very disappointing considering how much I love his work in general.
No, it's the "Junior Edition" that I've never seen before...
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Date: 2005-11-24 11:33 pm (UTC)Gregorian read a few and was pretty fond of them, but we didn't re-discover them until he was kind of beyond them in reading level, I think.
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Date: 2005-11-25 06:01 am (UTC)That said, at some point, you should both go back to them. They have their issues, but in general, they're quite wonderful.
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Date: 2005-11-25 12:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-25 06:02 am (UTC)It's the "Junior Editions" that I'd never seen.
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Date: 2005-11-25 06:05 am (UTC)I didn't see a credit for who did the abridging, nor did I catch the dates.
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Date: 2005-12-06 12:34 am (UTC)It might ruin the story for me. =/
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Date: 2005-12-14 10:17 pm (UTC)Snopes ( http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/rosie.htm ) comes down on the "No, he didn't" side, as does The Straight Dope ( http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_392.html ).
Ok, so there's no ongoing debate. :)
(Hi. Who are you?)
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Date: 2005-12-18 03:48 pm (UTC)I think I must have bumped into you at