Entries Categorized as 'Incredibook!'
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, Fiction, Incredibook!, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Jules Verne, Seafaring
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On October 2nd 1872, Phileas Fogg, an English gentlemen who lives a life of clock-like regularity, makes a 20,000 pound bet with his friends at the reform club that it is possible to travel around the world in eighty days. Phileas leaves at once, barely giving Passepartout, his valet, time to pack their bags. Everything seems fine, but soon Phileas Fogg is followed by a detective named Fix, who has reason to believe that Fogg is a bank robber. Will Phileas Fogg be able to win his wager? And will he be arrested by Fix? This is a classic Jules Verne with a surprising ending.
Great book! Phileas is so irritatingly calm that you may find yourself panicking more than usual just to make up for it. I have seen the movie starring David Niven and there are quite a few differences from the book. But, it still is enjoyable. (Can you guess what I’m going to say next?) Close! First I’m going to say that the ending surprised me (in a good way). Okay, now I’ll say it: Read this book! It’s one of Jules Verne’s best.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:Animals, Good Read Aloud, L. Frank Baum, Oz
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Rinkitink, the fat and jolly king, along with Bilbil, his grouchy goat, arrive at the peaceful island of Pingaree where vast quantities of pearls are harvested every year. During their visit, Pingaree is attacked by warriors from the islands of Regos and Coregos who carry off the entire inhabitants of the island. Only Rinkitink, Bilbil and Prince Inga escape. They set off together to rescue the prince’s people, aided by three magic pearls: a pink pearl that will protect its owner from all dangers, a blue pearl that will give to the person who carries it a strength so great that no power can resist him, and a pure white pearl, which can speak, and its words are always wise and helpful. Their quest leads them across the Nonestic Ocean to the islands of Regos and Coregos and, eventually, to the dark underground domains of the Nome King himself, where Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz arrive just in time.
I hadn’t read the Oz books in quite some time, so going back through and re-reading them was a delight. They’re written in a style that people of all ages can enjoy and love. Rinkitink is always laughing and the three magic pearls add an exciting twist to a wonderful story. Rinkitink in Oz was and is one of my favorites.
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:Animals, Bears, Cats, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Unicorns
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On Mount Munch, Kiki Aru has discovered his father’s magical secret word: Pyrzqxgl, which will transform him or anyone else he wishes to change to a different form. He turns himself into a hawk and flies over the Deadly Desert, away from Oz, and after spending a day in Ix, turns himself back again in the Land of Ev. There he joins with the Nome King and the two stir up trouble in the Forest of Gugu against Ozma and the land of Oz.
This is probably one of my favorite Oz books! Please read this one!
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:Animals, Dragons, Funny, Good Read Aloud, L. Frank Baum, Oz
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Queen Ann Soforth is tired of ruling Oogaboo, a small corner of Oz, and so she forms an army of seventeen of her eighteen male subjects and sets out to conquer the world. Meanwhile, Betsy Bobbin and Hank the mule are shipwrecked and meet the Shaggy Man, who is looking for his long lost brother; The rose princess Ozga, who has been exiled; Polychrome, the rainbow’s daughter; and Tik-Tok, the clockwork man. The two parties meet up on the way to rescue the Shaggy Man’s brother from the evil Nome King.
This is not my favorite Oz book, but it’s high on my list. Dorothy does not enter the story until near the end, but Tik-Tok of Oz contains the same humor and story characteristics as many other Oz books. L. Frank Baum’s humor will appeal to all, and several of his jokes are funny in multiple ways, so you may find a joke funny, and then read it a year later and notice something about the same passage that’s hilarious. I love writers who can make all ages laugh in different ways. Also a high point, the Nome King returns, and he’s the best Oz bad guy in the series.
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:L. Frank Baum, Oz
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Trot, Cap’n Bill, and an Ork, by way of a tunnel, find themselves on an island, on which lives Pessim, a grumpy little man. Then they are flown to the Land of Mo, where it snows popcorn and rains lemonade! Eventualy, they arrive in Jinxland, which is in the Quadling country of Oz, but separated by a row of mountains. There they, with the aid of the Scarecrow, defeat Blinkie the witch, Googly-goo, and King Krewel and Jinxland appoints a new king and queen.
I like this book. Button-Bright is also in this one! Enjoy!
You can also buy The Scarecrow of Oz from Amazon in the United Kingdom and Canada.
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