The Giant Garden of Oz

by Eric Shanower

Book Overview

When Dorothy visits Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's new farm in Oz, all the crops suddenly grow to gigantic, unmanageable proportions. Determined to help her aunt and uncle, Dorothy sets off at once with Toto, her faithful dog, and Billina, the spunky yellow chicken, to get help from the Emerald City. But when her companions mysteriously disappear, Dorothy must travel on alone, meeting old and new friends along the way, in an amazing adventure that takes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486798356
• ISBN13: 9780486798356
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 and higher

Customer Reviews

Dorothy has trouble when she visits Aunt Em & Uncle Henry!

Trouble is the last thing Dorothy expects when she visits her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry on their few farm in Oz. But before she knows it, Dorothy is in over her head--literally--when the vegetables in her aunt and uncle's garden grow to gigantic proportions. Dorothy sets out with Toto and Billina to get help from the Emerald City. But things get worse before they get better when Toto and Billina mysteriously disappear. Traveling alone, Dorothy meets friends old and new, including Imogene, a cow who gives the most amazing milk, and the Wizard of Oz, who has taken up an old hobby again. Eric Shanower's 40 striking b/w illustrations are great too. It was great fun both for me (mom) and my kids!

How Dorothy saves her Aunt & Uncle from their huge garden.

This is a book about the time that Dorothy went to visit her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. They finally got their new farm from Ozma, after 70 years. On Dorothy's first night there, the garden grows to gigantic proportions and she has to go find help. It takes a day of traveling and losing both Toto and Billina in the garden for her to get out. She finds a house that had been torn apart, with huge holes in a garden, once filled with giant veggies? She meets a new friend along the way, Imogene the cow, who can give milk, or cream , or skimm milk, or others, depending on her mood. What will happen? Will Dorothy get to the Emerald City in time to save her family? And what will happen to Toto and Billina? And what does a cow have to do with the story line? Find out by reading this terrific book!