Sky Island
BY L. FRANK BAUM, 1912
List of chapters
1. A MYSTERIOUS ARRIVAL
2. THE MAGIC UMBRELLA
3. A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE
4. THE ISLAND IN THE SKY
5. THE BOOLOOROO OF THE BLUES
6. THE SIX SNUBNOSED PRINCESSES
7. GHIP-GHISIZZLE PROVES FRIENDLY
8. THE BLUE CITY
9. THE TRIBULATION OF TROT
10. THE KING'S TREASURE CHAMBER
11. BUTTON-BRIGHT ENCOUNTERS THE BLUE WOLF
12. THROUGH THE FOG BANK
13. THE PINK COUNTRY
14. TOURMALINE THE POVERTY QUEEN
15. THE SUNRISE TRIBE AND THE SUNSET TRIBE
16. ROSALIE THE WITCH
17. THE ARRIVAL OF POLYCHROME
18. MAYRE, QUEEN OF THE PINK COUNTRY
19. THE WAR OF THE PINKS AND BLUES
20. GHIP-GHISIZZLE HAS A BAD TIME
21. THE CAPTURE OF CAP'N BILL
22. TROT'S INVISIBLE ADVENTURE
23. THE GIRL AND THE BOOLOOROO
24. THE AMAZING CONQUEST OF THE BLUES
25. THE RULER OF SKY ISLAND
26. TROT CELEBRATES THE VICTORY
27. THE FATE OF THE MAGIC UMBRELLA
28. THE ELEPHANT'S HEAD COMES TO LIFE
29. TROT REGULATES THE PINKIES
30. THE JOURNEY HOME
This sequel to The Sea Fairies continues the adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill. Published in 1912, fans still clamored for more Oz books, and Baum recontinued them the following year with The Patchwork Girl of Oz.
Trot and Cap'n Bill explored the realms at the bottom of the sea in their first book. This one takes them high in the air to a world in the clouds. Accompanying them on their adventure is Button-Bright, familiar to Oz readers as the ever getting lost boy in The Road to Oz. Button-Bright has found an umbrella in his attic that can take him anywhere he tells it; the crew run into problems when directions become too specific. Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter also makes a guest appearance. A very annoying rhyming parrot is introduced, as well as Giant Frogs and a mysterious elephant. Button-Bright's magic Umbrella is a bit like Mary Poppins' umbrella. A creative use of the nature of clouds, particularly their absorption of the sun's setting and rising colours, is displayed.
Baum brings Trot and Cap'n Bill to Oz in the ninth Oz book, The Scarecrow of Oz.