When the Scarecrow returns to the corn field where Dorothy first found him, he discovers that his old bean pole is magical. Sent tumbling far below the surface of Oz down to the Silver Islands, the Scarecrow discovers that he is supposedly the re-created Emperor Chang Wang Woe of this distant kingdom. But is the Scarecrow ready to give up his life in Oz and rule the Silver Islands?First issued in 1921, The Royal Book of Oz was the first of 19 Oz books written by Thompson with the Baum family's approval. It is available now for the first time in over 60 years with all 12 color plates and over 100 black-and-white drawings by John R. Neill.