The Cowardly Lion of Oz: The Wonderful Oz Books, #17

by Ruth Plumly Thompson

Book Overview

Return to L. Frank Baum's wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children's book series. After Notta Bit More, the circus clown, accidentally utters the transformation spell that sends him and Bob Up, the orphan boy, from the U.S. to the Munchkin kingdom of Mudge, Mustafa, the irascible ruler, magically compels them to try to capture the famous Cowardly Lion for the royal menagerie. The Lion, on a secret mission of his own, finds them instead...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345315863
• ISBN13: 9780345315861
• Release Date: May 1985
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Thompson does it again

I found "The Cowardly Lion of Oz" to be among thebest Oz Books ever written. Bob Up, an orphan teams up with Notta BitMore, a circus clown, to steal the Cowardly Lion for Mustafa ofMudge's lion collection. How they manage to run into the Lion andbefriend him, while still trying to fulfill their mission, makes for agreat story.