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Merry Go Round in Oz
1963
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3.72
Average Rating
303
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Robin Brown mounts a merry-go-round in Oregon, grabs the brass ring, and suddenly he and his scarlet carousel horse fly off to Oz! With the magically animated merry-go-round horse as a companion, Robin joins Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, Prince Gules, and a unicorn on a quest to save the Kingdom of Halidom.Merry Go Round in Oz was the 40th and last of the original Oz books issued by L. Frank Baum's own publishers. Written by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (winner of three Newbery Honor Medals) and her daughter, and illustrated by beloved Oz artist Dick Martin, this is a complete facsimile of the original 1963 edition.
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3.72
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Author

Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Author · 14 books

Eloise Jarvis McGraw was an author of children's books. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels Moccasin Trail (1952), The Golden Goblet (1962), and The Moorchild (1997). A Really Weird Summer (1977) won an Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America. McGraw had a very strong interest in history, and among the many books she wrote for children are Greensleeves, Pharaoh, The Seventeenth Swap, and Mara, Daughter of the Nile. McGraw also contributed to the Oz series started by L. Frank Baum, writing with her daughter Lauren Lynn McGraw (Wagner) Merry Go Round in Oz (the last of the Oz books issued by Baum's publisher) and The Forbidden Fountain of Oz, and later writing The Rundelstone of Oz on her own. The actual writing of the books was done entirely by Eloise; Lauren made story contributions significant enough for Eloise to assign her co-authorship credit. She lived for many years in Portland, Oregon before dying in late 2000 of "complications of cancer". McGraw was married to William Corbin McGraw, who died in 1999. They had two children, Peter and Lauren. -Wikipedia

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