The Royal Book of Oz (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
Ruth Plumly Thompson
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
When the professor decides to outline the ancestry of the eminent people of Oz, Scarecrow feels left out. He doesn't have a family tree - unless you count the bean pole on which he had been placed when the farmer put him in the cornfield! So he decides to seek out his roots . . . which leads him, Dorothy, and the Cowardly Lion on adventures they never dreamed, meeting new friends (and foes) along the way. (Introduction by TriciaG)
Cast list:
Narrator: KHand
Scarecrow: Chuck Williamson
Dorothy: Victoria P
Cowardly Lion: Woolly Bee
Sir Hokus: Peter Parshall
Drummer/Happy Toko, Big Fix : Todd Jenken
Dromedary, Fix King : Janet
Chief Poker, General, Fix 1, Comfortable Camel: P. J. Morgan
Professor Wogglebug, Old Gentleman/The Grand Chew Chew: Beth Thomas
Zif, Rattlesnake, Middling Son, Blink, Big Bush, Randum, Grandson/Grandsons, Wizard: Kristin Gjerløw
Jack, A-B-Sea Serpent, Muddle, Others/Courtiers/People, Sticken, Prince 2, Wizard of Oz: ToddHW
Tik-Tok, Middling Father, Poke Man, Silver Man, Giant, Bed: sunny1849
Farmer, Pokes, Sticken: Annika Vera
Tin Woodman, Middling King, Prince 1: Sophia Noelle
Scraps, Others/Courtiers/People: Frances Brown
Glinda, Betsy Bobbin, Little Bush, Others/Courtiers/People: Charlotte Brown
Ozma, Winkie Lady, Lantern 1, Memo, Grandsons, Princess Orange Blossom: thestorygirl
Jellia Jamb, Pokes, Lantern 2, Grandsons, Others/Courtiers/People, Prince 3: TriciaG
Middling Singer: David Lawrence
Editors: Kristin Gjerløw, Kimberly Krause, Gillian Schnurr, Rob Board and Dave Harrell. (4 hr 35 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 3:32 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Professor Wogglebug's Great Idea | 12:57 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| The Scarecrow's Family Tree | 12:35 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Down the Magic Bean Pole | 10:21 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Dorothy's Lonely Breakfast | 16:25 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Sir Hokus of Pokes | 15:47 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Singing Their Way Out of Pokes | 9:26 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| The Scarecrow is Hailed as Emperor! | 14:53 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| The Scarecrow Studies the Silver Island | 16:46 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| "Save Us With Your Magic, Exalted One!" | 13:33 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Princess Ozma and Betsy Bobbin Talk It Over | 3:22 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Sir Hokus Overcometh the Giant | 8:52 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Dorothy and Sir Hokus Come to Fix City | 18:49 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Dancing Beds and the Roads That Unrolled | 12:34 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Sons and Grandsons Greet the Scarecrow | 10:51 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| The Three Princes Plot to Undo the Emperor | 10:09 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Dorothy and Her Guardians Meet New Friends | 12:28 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Doubty and Camy Vanish Into Space | 4:35 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Dorothy Finds the Scarecrow! | 15:03 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Planning to Fly From the Silver Island | 5:21 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Dorothy Upsets the Ceremony of the Island | 11:46 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| The Escape From the Silver Island | 8:36 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| The Flight of the Parasol | 2:28 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Safe at Last in the Land of Oz | 8:13 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Homeward Bound to the Emerald City | 16:02 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Reviews
awesome listen
Bryan McLean
great book loved the voice actors. wasn't sure at first but loved it by the end.
Great Book but Some Complains
mima
I love this book but the picture is silly it looks like Dirthey is a damsel in It really reminds me of L.Frank. Baums books. It’s a great listen too and the voices make it more real but they can be a bit annoying. The ads also happen at every chapter which is ugh but it’s free so I get it. I really like the story but when it’s the Scarecrow parts it drags on when he is emperor. I like the concept of the Scarecrow having a background and Ruth is a good writer. I have mixed feelings but I liked the story!
cliyd
I think it’s a good book but the part where the scarecrow was on the silver island didn’t seem like oz. But the adventure of dorthy and the cowardly lion sounds like an oz adventure.
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lavender cookie ðª
It would have been five âï¸s if Judy Bieber had read it