**Book 1 * Book 2 * Book 3**
The title of this book is a little misleading. You assume that Dorothy and the Wizard (yes, from the first book), are going to be in Oz for all or most of the book. In reality, they don't arrive in Oz until the last half of the book.
Dorothy is in California, meets Zeb, who is going to take her to his Uncle's ranch where Uncle Henry is for a little bit. But, it's California in the early 1900s. An earthquake strikes and Zeb, Dorothy, Eureka (Dorothy's kitten), and Jim (the cab-horse) fall through the earth. The Wizard appears later.
I won't say that the adventures were bad, but they definitely weren't really exciting. Vegetable people, wooden gargoyles, dragons, and invisible people are encountered through the book before Dorothy and the group end up in Oz.
I don't know how I'm really feeling about these books. They honestly seem a little overworked. But the preschooler is enjoying them, and I'm determined to finish this series before moving on to another. I'm kind of hoping that later books will be a little bit better. We'll find out, won't we?
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