Grampa in Oz

1924 book by Ruth Plumly Thompson

Grampa in Oz

Author	Ruth Plumly Thompson
Illustrator	John R. Neill
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	The Oz books
Genre	Children's novel
Publisher	Reilly & Lee
Publication date	1924
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Preceded by	The Cowardly Lion of Oz
Followed by	The Lost King of Oz

Grampa in Oz (1924) is the eighteenth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the fourth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Unlike in Baum's books, Grampa in Oz presents a kingdom in Oz that has a monetary economy, and is on the verge of economic collapse.^[1]

Plot

Things are going from bad to worse in the dilapidated kingdom of Ragbad; even the rag crop is failing. To top it all off (or not), King Fumbo's head is blown away in a ferocious storm (with "ten thousand pounds of thunder"). Prince Tatters of Ragbad, and Grampa, a former soldier and the bravest man in the kingdom (population 27), set out on a three-fold quest: for King Fumbo's lost head, a fortune to save the bankrupt kingdom, and a princess for Tatters to marry. They are joined by Bill, an iron weathercock from Chicago, who was brought to life by an electrical storm and blown to Oz.^[2]

Meanwhile, in Perhaps City in the Maybe Mountains, the Princess Pretty Good has a problem: the prophet Abrog (also known as Gorba) foresees her marrying a monster if she does not marry in four days. (He suggests himself as her bridegroom.) When Pretty Good resists, Abrog kidnaps her and tries to transform her into a clod of earth; but since she is, in fact, more than just pretty good, as princesses go, Pretty Good turns into the beautiful flower fairy Urtha.^[3]

Wide-ranging adventures — from Fire Island to Isa Poso to Monday Mountain — culminate in the location and restoration of King Fumbo's head. Dorothy (with the help of Percy Vere the forgetful poet)^[4] manages to restore order. Prince Tatters ends up married to Princess Pretty Good — which is pretty good for him.

References

^ Simpson, Paul (2013). A Brief Guide to Oz. Constable & Robinson Ltd. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-1-47210-988-0. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ Jack Snow, Who's Who in Oz, Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1954; New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988; pp. 17, 73, 81, 208-9.
^ Who's Who in Oz, pp. 5, 167.
^ Who's Who in Oz, pp. 58-9, 158-9.

External links

Grampa in Oz at Project Gutenberg
A detailed discussion of Grampa in Oz among Oz fans at Pumperdink.org
Review/discussion of Grampa in Oz at Tor.com
Grampa in Oz title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

The Oz books
Previous book: The Cowardly Lion of Oz	Grampa in Oz 1924	Next book: The Lost King of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Books

Novels

Baum	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) Ozma of Oz (1907) Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908) The Road to Oz (1909) The Emerald City of Oz (1910) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913) Tik-Tok of Oz (1914) The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) Rinkitink in Oz (1916) The Lost Princess of Oz (1917) The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918) The Magic of Oz (1919) Glinda of Oz (1920)
Thompson	The Royal Book of Oz (1921) Kabumpo in Oz (1922) The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923) Grampa in Oz (1924) The Lost King of Oz (1925) The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1926) The Gnome King of Oz (1927) The Giant Horse of Oz (1928) Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929) The Yellow Knight of Oz (1930) Pirates in Oz (1931) The Purple Prince of Oz (1932) Ojo in Oz (1933) Speedy in Oz (1934) The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935) Captain Salt in Oz (1936) Handy Mandy in Oz (1937) The Silver Princess in Oz (1938) Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939) Yankee in Oz (1972) The Enchanted Island of Oz (1976)
Others	The Wonder City of Oz (1940) The Scalawagons of Oz (1941) Lucky Bucky in Oz (1942) The Magical Mimics in Oz (1946) The Shaggy Man of Oz (1949) The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951) Merry Go Round in Oz (1963) The Forbidden Fountain of Oz (1980) The Ozmapolitan of Oz (1986) The Wicked Witch of Oz (1993) The Giant Garden of Oz (1993) The Runaway in Oz (1995) The Rundelstone of Oz (2000) The Emerald Wand of Oz (2005) Trouble Under Oz (2006)

Other books

The Magical Monarch of Mo (1899)
Dot and Tot of Merryland (1901)
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902)
Queen Zixi of Ix (1904)
John Dough and the Cherub (1906)
The Sea Fairies (1911)
Sky Island (1912)
Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1913)

Characters

Baum

Post-Baum

Elements

Authors

Writers	L. Frank Baum Ruth Plumly Thompson John R. Neill Jack Snow Rachel Cosgrove Payes Eloise Jarvis McGraw Dick Martin Alexander Volkov Eric Shanower Gregory Maguire Sherwood Smith Roger S. Baum
Illustrators	William Wallace Denslow John R. Neill Frank Kramer Dirk Gringhuis Dick Martin Leonid Vladimirsky Eric Shanower William Stout

Adaptations

Stage	The Wizard of Oz (1902) The Woggle-Bug (1905) The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913) The Wizard of Oz (1942) The Wiz (1974) The Marvelous Land of Oz (1981) The Wizard of Oz (1987) The Wizard of A.I.D.S. (1987) Twister (1994) Wicked (2003) The Wizard of Oz (2011) The Woodsman (2012)
Films	The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914) His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914) The Wizard of Oz (1925) The Wizard of Oz (1933) The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Wizard of Oz (1950) The Rainbow Road to Oz (unproduced) Return to Oz (1964, TV) The Wizard of Mars (1965) The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969) Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde (1971) Journey Back to Oz (1972) Oz (1976) The Wiz (1978) The Wizard of Oz (1982) Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz (1984) Return to Oz (1985) Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz (1987) The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990) The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995) Lion of Oz (2000) The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) Apocalypse Oz (2006) After the Wizard (2011) Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011) Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2012) Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014) OzLand (2014) Guardians of Oz (2015) The Wiz Live! (2015) Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016) The Steam Engines of Oz (2018) Rainbow (2022) Wicked (2024) Wicked Part Two (2025)
TV series	Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961) Off to See the Wizard (1967–68) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986–87) The Wizard of Oz (1990) The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (1992–93) The Oz Kids (1996) Tin Man (2007) "Wizard of Odd" (2010) Once Upon a Time (2011–18) Lost in Oz (2015–18) Emerald City (2017) Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (2017–20)
Books	The Wizard of the Emerald City (1939) A Barnstormer in Oz (1982) Mister Tinker in Oz (1985) Dorothy of Oz (1989) Sir Harold and the Gnome King (1991) Was (1992) Queen Ann in Oz (1993) The Magic Dishpan of Oz (1994) The Wicked Years series (1995–2011) Visitors from Oz (1998) Paradox in Oz (1999) Oz Before the Rainbow (2000) The Hidden Prince of Oz (2000) The Unknown Witches of Oz (2000) Bloodstained Oz (2006) The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls (2006) Dorothy Must Die (2014) The Wicked Will Rise (2015)
Comics	Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1904–05) Adventures in Oz (1986–92) The Enchanted Apples of Oz (1986) Oz Squad (1991) Lost Girls (1991–92) Dorothy (2004–07) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2005) Cheshire Crossing (2006–19) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2009) The Marvelous Land of Oz (2010)
Games	The Wizard of Oz (1985) The Wizard of Oz (1993) The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road (2008) Emerald City Confidential (2009) The Wizard of Oz (2010) The Wizard of Oz (2013)
Related	The Oz Film Manufacturing Company The International Wizard of Oz Club The Baum Bugle Oz Park Land of Oz Wizard of Oz festival Wizard of Oz Museum Oz-story Magazine