Sky Island by L Frank Baum
Frank Baum was a famous author of children's books. He is best noted for his book The Wizard of Oz. Baum used several pen names when writing different series. He used the pen name Edith van Dyke when writing books for adolescent girls. Sky Island is the sequel to The Sea Fairies published in 1911. Trot lives in southern California where she meets a little boy with an umbrella. Button Bright uses his family's magic umbrella to go on adventures. The children want to visit a near by island but end up literally in an island in the sky. The three travelers land on the blue side of Sky Island, which is a grim country ruled by a sadistic tyrant, the Boolooroo of the Blues. They escape through a fog and end up in the pink half of the island. The pink country is a much friendlier and more relaxed place than the blue side, with cheerfully chubby residents.
Baum, Lyman Frank: - Born in Chittenango, New York, Baum was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W.W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known today as simply The Wizard of Oz. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, first published in 1900, and produced for stage in 1902, was immortalized through the 1939 movie starring Judy Garland, and soon become an iconic part of American culture. A mix of fairy tale and fable, the moral of the story - that with the help of a few good friends, you can find all that you need within yourself- resonated with American audiences for many years. Baum was a prolific writer, who in addition to children's books, wrote plays, short stories, and fantasy under various pseudonyms, and was pressured by his fans into writing many sequels to his The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781438526119 |
| ISBN 10 | 1438526113 |
| Title | Sky Island |
| Author | L Frank Baum |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Book Jungle |
| Year published | 2009-10-08 |
| Number of pages | 152 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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