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The Woggle-Bug Book: An Oz Adventure
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781515430049
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Woggle-Bug Book has long been the most rare of all of the Oz books written by L. Frank Baum. At the time of publication the Woggle-Bug was an American Icon and wildly popular. There were Woggle-Bug postcards and buttons, a Woggle-Bug song, and a Woggle-Bug board game from Parker Brothers, and a musical play.
First published in 1905, The Woggle-Bug Book is a short illustrated fantasy by L. Frank Baum that expands the imaginative world surrounding his Oz creations while standing as a self-contained tale of curiosity, vanity, and comic misadventure. Centred on the exuberant and self-important Mr. H. M. Woggle-Bug, T.E., the narrative follows his improbable rise from small beginnings to social prominence, shaped by chance, ambition, and exaggerated self-regard. Baum's tone is light yet controlled, combining playful absurdity with gentle satire of academic pretension and public spectacle. Though originally conceived for younger readers, the work reveals Baum's characteristic interest in transformation, performance, and the theatricality of identity.
Illustrated in its earliest editions and reflective of early twentieth-century American children's publishing, The Woggle-Bug Book occupies a distinctive place within Baum's broader imaginative canon. This Wilder Publications edition presents the text as a historical companion to the Oz series, preserving its period charm while situating it within the larger development of American fantasy literature.
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