Complete and unabridged. A boy king of an island of laughter is captured with his parents by the Nome King, and sets out with a talking goat and a pearl that grants wishes he is too polite to use. Baum had written the story years earlier as King Rinkitink and turned it into an Oz book when his publisher asked for one. The rescue is managed almost entirely by good manners. Its 99 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.