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A boy named Tip, who lives with a cruel old witch named Mombi in the Gillikin country of Oz, carves a man with a pumpkin for a head to frighten her. Instead…
A boy named Tip, who lives with a cruel old witch named Mombi in the Gillikin country of Oz, carves a man with a pumpkin for a head to frighten her. Instead she brings Jack Pumpkinhead to life with a magic powder, and Tip runs away with him. On their way to the Emerald City they find the Scarecrow, now its king, just as the city is captured by General Jinjur and an army of girls armed with knitting needles, and they join the Tin Woodman, a wooden Saw-Horse and the learned Woggle-Bug to set things right.
Context and significance
L. Frank Baum published this sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1904, after thousands of children wrote asking for more. Dorothy does not appear, but its surprising ending, which reveals the true ruler of Oz, made it one of the most loved of the fourteen Oz books Baum wrote. See his life.
About the author
L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) tried many careers before he found his calling: actor, breeder of fancy chickens, shopkeeper and newspaper editor in South Dakota, and travelling salesman. In Chicago he began writing for children, and in 1900, with illustrations by W. W. Denslow, published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Its success led to thirteen more Oz books, written partly because children demanded them, and Baum moved to Hollywood, where he even founded a film company. He wanted to write American fairy tales that entertained without frightening children with moral lessons.