Mr. Tinker in Oz

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Title Mr. Tinker In Oz
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Mr. Tinker in Oz by James Howe
Author James Howe
Illustrator David Rose
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy/Childrens book
Publisher Random House
Released 1985
Pages 64
ISBN 0394970381

This is an apocryphal Oz book, published in 1985 by Random House involving an inventor responsible for Tik-Tok the Clockwork man and Dorothy and their adventure in Oz.

[edit] Plot

One night in Kansas, Dorothy meets Ezra P. Tinker, the inventor of Tik-tok the Clockwork man and he tells her the thousand year guarantee has just run down. With the help of Mister Tinker's speckoscope and Julius Quickscissors they return to Oz. They encounter a group of babies called the Widdlebits and trek across the bottomless swamp. Finally, they make it to the Emerald City, where Dorothy is able to be sent home once again.


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