Caitlin
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I am an Oz book freak. I read this as a kid and forgot about it. I am so happy to add it to the literature..... Buy it here:
Joan's World: King Rinkitink and the magic pearls
By Joan Morris
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 04/24/2010 01:00:00 AM PDT
DEAR JOAN:
I've been thinking about a children's book I read in elementary school, back in the 1960s. It was about a young prince (or maybe princess) whose dad's castle was destroyed by the enemy.
In the story, he or she was able to retrieve three pearls ? one white, one blue and the last, pink. Each would speak to him, giving advice and special powers, such as superhuman strength.
I tried searching the Internet, but there are apparently hundreds, if not thousands, of books with the word "pearl" in the title.
If you can provide any help with this, I'd appreciate it. You must have one of those pearls; your powers of finding the obscure are incredible.
? Michael, Concord
Dear Michael:
No magic pearls ? just my collection of "Pearls Before Swine" comic strips. But I do think I've found your book.
It is "Rinkitink in Oz" by L. Frank Baum. It was written in 1916 and is the 10th book in the "Land of Oz" series. You won't find any of the usual Oz characters in the book, however, until the end. Apparently Baum had written Rinkitink before starting the series and only later decided to make it part of the legacy.
The book is set in Pingaree and begins as Inga, son of Pingaree's King Kitticut and Queen Garee, is about to come of age. Kitticut tells Inga about the pearls, which helped Inga's grandfather thwart an invasion many years earlier.