The Royal Book of Oz (Dramatic Reading): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Royal Book of Oz (Dramatic Reading), credited to Ruth Plumly Thompson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Royal Book of Oz (Dramatic Reading) by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Read in English by David Lawrence; TriciaG; Janet; Beth Thomas; thestorygirl; Kristin Gjerløw; ToddHW; Chuck Williamson; Frances Brown; Woolly Bee; Victoria P; Annika Vera; Sophia Noelle; Peter Parshall; Charlotte Brown; KHand; Todd Jenken; sunny1849; and P. J. Morgan. When the professor decides to outline the ancestry of the eminent people of Oz, Scarecrow feels left out. He doesn't have a family tree - unless you count the bean pole on which he had been placed when the farmer put him in the cornfield! So he decides to seek out his roots . . . which leads him, Dorothy, and the Cowardly Lion on adventures they never dreamed, meeting new friends (and foes) along the way. (Introduction by TriciaG) Cast list: Narrator: KHand Scarecrow: Chuck Williamson Dorothy: Victoria P Cowardly Lion: Woolly Bee Sir Hokus: Peter Parshall Drummer/Happy Toko, Big Fix : Todd Jenken Dromedary, Fix King : Janet Chief Poker, General, Fix 1, Comfortable Camel: P. J. Morgan Professor Wogglebug, Old Gentleman/The Grand Chew Chew: Beth Thomas Zif, Rattlesnake, Middling Son, Blink, Big Bush, Randum, Grandson/Grandsons, Wizard: Kristin Gjerløw Jack, A-B-Sea Serpent, Muddle, Others/Courtiers/People, Sticken, Prince 2, Wizard of Oz: ToddHW Tik-Tok, Middling Father, Poke Man, Silver Man, Giant, Bed: sunny1849 Farmer, Pokes, Sticken: Annika Vera Tin Woodman, Middling King, Prince 1: Sophia Noelle Scraps, Others/Courtiers/People: Frances Brown Glinda, Betsy Bobbin, Little Bush, Others/Courtiers/People: Charlotte Brown Ozma, Winkie Lady, Lantern 1, Memo, Grandsons, Princess Orange Blossom: thestorygirl Jellia Jamb, Pokes, Lantern 2, Grandsons, Others/Courtiers/People, Prince 3: TriciaG Middling Singer: David Lawrence Editors: Kristin Gjerløw, Kimberly Krause, Gillian Schnurr, Rob Marland and Dave Harrell.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Royal Book of Oz (Dramatic Reading)
• Author credits: Ruth Plumly Thompson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 4:35:24

Catalogue topics

• adventure
• wizard of oz
• dorothy
• fantasy
• family
• children's fiction
• scarecrow
• sir hokus

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 00 - Preface — 3:32
2. 01 - Professor Wogglebug's Great Idea — 12:57
3. 02 - The Scarecrow's Family Tree — 12:35
4. 03 - Down the Magic Bean Pole — 10:21
5. 04 - Dorothy's Lonely Breakfast — 16:25
6. 05 - Sir Hokus of Pokes — 15:47
7. 06 - Singing Their Way Out of Pokes — 9:26
8. 07 - The Scarecrow is Hailed as Emperor! — 14:53
9. 08 - The Scarecrow Studies the Silver Island — 16:46
10. 09 - Save Us With Your Magic, Exalted One! — 13:33
11. 10 - Princess Ozma and Betsy Bobbin Talk It Over — 3:22
12. 11 - Sir Hokus Overcometh the Giant — 8:52
13. 12 - Dorothy and Sir Hokus Come to Fix City — 18:49
14. 13 - Dancing Beds and the Roads That Unrolled — 12:34
15. 14 - Sons and Grandsons Greet the Scarecrow — 10:51
16. 15 - The Three Princes Plot to Undo the Emperor — 10:09
17. 16 - Dorothy and Her Guardians Meet New Friends — 12:28
18. 17 - Doubty and Camy Vanish Into Space — 4:35
19. 18 - Dorothy Finds the Scarecrow! — 15:03
20. 19 - Planning to Fly From the Silver Island — 5:21
21. 20 - Dorothy Upsets the Ceremony of the Island — 11:46
22. 21 - The Escape From the Silver Island — 8:36
23. 22 - The Flight of the Parasol — 2:28
24. 23 - Safe at Last in the Land of Oz — 8:13

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