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51) "Glinda of Oz" - Baum (ostensibly)
This was the oddest book so far. I think the thing that bothered me most was that Toto disappeared without comment. And the illustrations also suffered. Glinda's hair... thing got really weird. In all the previous books she clearly wore a snood, but this suddenly became some kind of turned up whatsijigger. Baum supposedly finished this before he died, but then again he was old, and probably his illustrator (John Neiill) was as well.
Oh, but Ozma does go out and do things, and have an adventure. Maybe Toto disappeared because whoever took over wanted Ozma and Dorothy to have alone time, but I don't know why they couldn't have just had him say he didn't happen to feel like traipsing all over the country this time. Either that or he had finally been eaten by the Hungry Tiger, who was then executed for it, and that's why the Hungry Tiger is also missing from this one.
This was the oddest book so far. I think the thing that bothered me most was that Toto disappeared without comment. And the illustrations also suffered. Glinda's hair... thing got really weird. In all the previous books she clearly wore a snood, but this suddenly became some kind of turned up whatsijigger. Baum supposedly finished this before he died, but then again he was old, and probably his illustrator (John Neiill) was as well.
Oh, but Ozma does go out and do things, and have an adventure. Maybe Toto disappeared because whoever took over wanted Ozma and Dorothy to have alone time, but I don't know why they couldn't have just had him say he didn't happen to feel like traipsing all over the country this time. Either that or he had finally been eaten by the Hungry Tiger, who was then executed for it, and that's why the Hungry Tiger is also missing from this one.