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derekdavis31's review against another edition
4.0
This was a wonderful entry in the Oz series.
The Hungry Tiger of Oz follows the journey of the Hungry Tiger as he attempts to satisfy his appetite for flesh. However, this doesn't go exactly as planned, as his conscience is much stronger than the desire. Along the way, we are introduced to several new characters, such as the quirky Vegetable Man and Atmos Fere. The latter is introduced as basically a kidnapper intrigued by the things living below him. As you can tell by the name of this character, Atmos lives in the sky.
As much as I loved the story, there were several glaring spelling errors in this edition of the book. I also felt that the way Atmos Fere was introduced to the book was rather quick and disturbing for a child's book:
"She was about to return to the castle when a loud bump sounded just behind her. Spinning about, Ozma saw the strangest sort of figure, sprawled over her favorite rose bush. It was four times the size of a regular man, the body something like a tremendous sausage, with a round, balloon shaped head and pudgy arms and legs. While Ozma was trying to determine what kind of being it was, the huge creature rose with a bounce and came clumping toward her. 'I told Zeph there were people at the bottom of the air!' puffed the stranger gleefully. 'Here is one now. I'll take it straight back to the sky for proof.' Ozma had just time to notice that he wore heavy iron boots, when he bent over and, tucking her under his arm as if she had been a package of sugar plums, kicked off one boot and then the other and soared, like a balloon released from its string, straight up toward the sky" (p. 146).
Toward the end of the story, Ozma does forgive her captor, and the way it is done is very well done, in my opinion. While a lot of people may take issue with Ozma's forgiving nature to her kidnapper, the book does teach about the importance of forgiveness, which is something I would love to see done in contemporary children's books, if it isn't being done already.
Wonderful book, but some questionable execution.
The Hungry Tiger of Oz follows the journey of the Hungry Tiger as he attempts to satisfy his appetite for flesh. However, this doesn't go exactly as planned, as his conscience is much stronger than the desire. Along the way, we are introduced to several new characters, such as the quirky Vegetable Man and Atmos Fere. The latter is introduced as basically a kidnapper intrigued by the things living below him. As you can tell by the name of this character, Atmos lives in the sky.
As much as I loved the story, there were several glaring spelling errors in this edition of the book. I also felt that the way Atmos Fere was introduced to the book was rather quick and disturbing for a child's book:
"She was about to return to the castle when a loud bump sounded just behind her. Spinning about, Ozma saw the strangest sort of figure, sprawled over her favorite rose bush. It was four times the size of a regular man, the body something like a tremendous sausage, with a round, balloon shaped head and pudgy arms and legs. While Ozma was trying to determine what kind of being it was, the huge creature rose with a bounce and came clumping toward her. 'I told Zeph there were people at the bottom of the air!' puffed the stranger gleefully. 'Here is one now. I'll take it straight back to the sky for proof.' Ozma had just time to notice that he wore heavy iron boots, when he bent over and, tucking her under his arm as if she had been a package of sugar plums, kicked off one boot and then the other and soared, like a balloon released from its string, straight up toward the sky" (p. 146).
Toward the end of the story, Ozma does forgive her captor, and the way it is done is very well done, in my opinion. While a lot of people may take issue with Ozma's forgiving nature to her kidnapper, the book does teach about the importance of forgiveness, which is something I would love to see done in contemporary children's books, if it isn't being done already.
Wonderful book, but some questionable execution.
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