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Meanwhile, Dorothy has moved to Oz with her Uncle Henry and Auntie Em after life got hard in Kansas. They tour the land, having entertaining adventures, and return to the Emerald City just as the armies of the Nome King are beginning their final assault. L. Frank Baum is best known for his "Oz" books, starting with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Baum wrote a total of fourteen Oz books during his lifetime, plus a collection of stories.The Emerald City of Oz is the fifth book of the series.

Dorothy's adventures begin when she tries to help a stranger find the road he is seeking. On the way, they encounter the boy Button Bright, get lost, and find themselves in Oz. Once in Oz they encounter a variety of new characters, good, bad, and amusing, as they try to reach the Emerald City in time for Ozma's birthday. L. Frank Baum is best known for his "Oz" books, starting with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Baum wrote a total of fourteen Oz books during his lifetime, plus a collection of stories.

In all the fairy tales Hortense read, the houses were deliriously strange . . . and now she was going to stay in one, with her grandparents!Later, a great tortoise-shell cat sauntered in while her grandparents were talking -- about ghosts! "That cat . . . he understands every word," Hortense said to herself with conviction.She began to be a little afraid of the cat . . . for everything in the room disliked him, she sensed. The lowboy no longer smiled but looked rather solemn and foolish. The chairs stood stiffly, as though offended at his presence. The white owl on the shelf glared fiercely with his yellow eyes, and the firedogs in the hearth fairly snapped their teeth!

Cayke the Cookie Cook has lost the Diamond Dishpan! And Toto has lost his growl! But the Magical Kingdom of Oz suffers a more staggering loss: for Ozma is gone. Dorothy rushes to the Magic Picture, to learn where Oz's beloved leader might be. But the Magic Picture -- gone, too!

The evil Nome King is determined to recover the Magic Belt from Ozma, ruler of Oz. He plans to tunnel under the Deadly Desert that surrounds Oz, to emerge in the Emerald City and lay waste to it and the land around it. Meanwhile, Dorothy has moved to Oz with her Uncle Henry and Auntie Em after life got hard in Kansas. They tour the land, having entertaining adventures, and return to the Emerald City just as the armies of the Nome King are beginning their final assault.