Original title: "The Scarecrow of Oz" Literature used: 1) book "Scarecrow of Oz", publishing house "Reilly and Britton", USA, Chicago, 1915 // 2) book "The Scarecrow of Oz", publishing house " Terra", Russia, Moscow, 1992, ISBN: 5-85255-259-3 Translator: Sergey Borisovich Belov Artist: John Rea Neil ContentsChapter 1. WhirlpoolChapter 2. Island under waterChapter 3. OrcChapter 4. The end of the tunnelChapter 5 . Old Man VredinChapter 6. Crumbs in the BonnetChapter 7. LumpyChapter 8. The Appearance of ButtonChapter 9. Kingdom of JinxiaChapter 10. The Gardener's AssistantChapter 11. King Grub and Googie GooChapter 12. Grasshopper with a Wooden LegChapter 13. Glinda and the ScarecrowChapter 14. Heart of IceChapter 15. Trot Meets ScarecrowHead 16. Pon calls on the king to surrender Chapter 17. Orc saves Nugovka Chapter 18. The Scarecrow meets enemyChapter 19. Victory over BlinkyChapter 20. Queen GloriaChapter 21. Dorothy, Betsy and OzmaChapter 22. WaterfallChapter 23. The Country of OzChapter 24. The ceremonial reception Before you is a book that Baum considered his best work about the Country of Oz. Its beginning was quite peaceful. Trot and Captain Bill are sailing on a boat along the Pacific coast. They are going to visit one of the many caves near their home on the California coast. Suddenly, the friends find themselves in a giant whirlpool. By some miracle, the old sailor and the girl escape death and, having regained consciousness, find themselves in an underwater cave (Trot to this day claims that she felt the mermaid’s hands on herself during those terrible moments under water). From this moment on, one dangerous adventure gives way to another. In the kingdom of Jinxia they meet the Scarecrow. When Captain Bill turns into a tiny grasshopper with a wooden leg, the Scarecrow immediately takes charge of matters. Upon arrival of travelers in the Emerald City, a magnificent royal welcome awaits them. Source: Dear friends! I bring to your attention a collection of fairy tales by the wonderful American children's writer Lyman Frank Baum in Russian. All books are homemade and have never been published in this form. I wanted to convey to you the charm of old books, present them in an authentic, undistorted and unpainted form. It was precisely these fairy tales with stunning, magnificent drawings that American children read 100 years ago. For my works I used only original illustrations from Baum's first editions of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. All the drawings have been restored, the inscriptions have been Russified, because my books are intended for Russian-speaking readers. Some of them have special wide margins on which illustrations are placed, as was done in the original Baum books. I would like to note that in addition to the classic books about the Land of Oz, other works of the writer that are less known in our country are also distributed here, such as “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus”, “Queen Zixie from Country X”, “Sea Fairies”, “The Island in heaven" and others. There are currently 16 books being given away, 10 of which are about Oz. Unfortunately, due to family circumstances, work on the project has been suspended. Sincerely, pavel_7_8