The Enchanted Island of Yew [Paperback]

L. Frank Baum (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Blue Unicorn Editions (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583960899
• ISBN-13: 978-1583960899
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,411,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT ORDER THE BLUE UNICORN EDITION!!!!!!!, July 21, 2001

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Scott Andrew Hutchins (Bronx, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Enchanted Island of Yew (Paperback)

The Blue Unicorn Edition is an incredibly shoddy book-- an InstaBook. It looks like a printout of an unillustrated web page. To top it off, the author's name is given on the cover as "Frank L. Baum," which showed these people had no idea what they were doing, not to mention it's poorly cut and there are blobs of ink all over the book. I'm going to send it back and exchange it for the Wildside edition. I know their books are good quality, since Phyliis Ann Karr showed me hers from them.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent novel, not-so-good illustrations, January 11, 2000

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[e-mail] (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Enchanted Island of Yew (Paperback)

The novel is a typical Baum fantasy, that is, carelessly plotted, but filled with wonderful creations (there is more invention in one Baum novel than in a basket of trilogies by any current fantasy writer), and often amusing (the reformation of the thieves is hilarious). As for this particular edition: No one can fault the publisher for being stingy with George O'Connor's illustrations--there are approximately fifty--but that is not necessarily a good thing. O'Connor's work seems crude to me, and he has an annoying tendency to stray from the text--for example, the hero, Prince Marvel, is repeatedly described as "small" and "slight," yet O'Connor consistently depicts someone who could wrestle Superman.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Baum's other magical land, December 1, 1997

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This review is from: Enchanted Island of Yew (Paperback)

Baum whisks us to another world, with the androgynous and entrancing Prince Marvel, who pines to become mortal. This is one of Baum's "non-Oz" best! Several parts of the book shine with ingenuity, and only from the pen of Baum could this have come to paper. No other author of children's novels writes like this, and no other author can bring to the world such a magical feast like THE ENCHANTED ISLAND OF YEW. A great recommendation for a young one, or for anyone who desires light-hearted, escapist, high fantasy.