The Wonder City of Oz

About “The Wonder City of Oz”

The Wonder City of Oz (1940) is the thirty-fourth book in the Oz series, written and illustrated solely by John R. Neill. It marks a shift in tone, introducing a modern-day reimagining of Oz, as noted by David L. Greene and Dick Martin. In Neill's version, the Emerald City features skyscrapers and gas stations. Inanimate objects come to life, such as houses that talk and fight, shoes that sing, and clocks that run. The book was followed by Neill's The Scalawagons of Oz in 1941. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)