Um, really? These books are just getting weirder and more inconsistent...which is probably still good for young readers, but not so much for adults.

The rules keep changing, and are somehow different for some people than others. Animals can talk in fairy countries (except, of course for Toto, for some unknown reason). A bear-skin rug brought to life cannot speak because he has no lungs (yet the Pumpkin Head and Wooden Sawhorse brought to life by the same exact magic can speak...without lungs, tongues, lips, etc.).

And, um, Santa...really?

There's no moral or lessons to learn here (which was Baum's point to begin with...but...), characters are terribly opinionated, pretty rude, and quite vain.

But, at last, we finally get to travel by bubble. :)