The Giant Garden of Oz - Hardcover

Shanower, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0929605233 ISBN 13: 9780929605234

Publisher: Books of Wonder, 1993

Synopsis

When the vegetables in Uncle Henry and Aunt Em's garden grow unusually large, Dorothy discovers that the laziness of a nasty old witch named Old Magda is the cause and sets out to get things back to normal

About this title

About the Author

Eisner Award–winning author Eric James Shanower is an American writer and illustrator of comics. He is best known for his Oz novels and comics and for his ongoing retelling of the Trojan War, Age of Bronze.

From School Library Journal

Gr 4-6-Giant vegetables in their garden have endangered Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. Dorothy sets out to save the farm and eventually meets a witch named Old Magda. Naturally, she is old, toothless, and nasty to children. She does not like doing mundane chores, and her magical attempts to avoid them are responsible for the bumper crop swallowing the farm. By the time everyone has had an adventure or two, Magda repents. Dorothy's family reclaims their land and the girl finds peace in a pasture with a cow named Imogene. Shanower has competently illustrated his sixth effort on behalf of Oz, but he should have left the writing to someone else. Sentence construction is awkward, dialogue is incredible, and character development is weak. Even with its forced whimsy, the plot fails from the start. For a top-notch graphic novel, try Wendy and Richard Pinis's ``Elfquest'' books (Warp Graphics and Father Tree Pr). For a good Oz story, stick to L. Frank Baum.-Patricia A. Dollisch, DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur, GA

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Edition details

• Publisher: Books of Wonder
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0929605233
• ISBN 13: 9780929605234
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 178