Synopsis:

  The Road to Oz takes Dorothy and her friends on an adventure in Oz to a grand party in honor of Ozma's birthday. It all starts near her home on Uncle Henry's farm in Kansas when she tries to help a shaggy stranger find the road he is seeking. On the way they find a young boy, Button-Bright, and together they get lost, only to find themselves in the fairylands of Oz.

  Once again in the Land of Oz, Dorothy and her friends encounter a number of new fantasy characters: some good, some bad, some amusing, and all entertaining. They make their way eventually to the Emerald City to participate in Ozma's Birthday Celebration. In the end, Dorothy arrives safely back home, a little tired from her adventures, but quite content.

  Note: Many of the characters that appear at Ozma's birthday party (Queen Zixi of Ix, John Dough, Chick the Cherub, Bruin the rubber bear, the Queen of Merryland, and of course, Santa Claus) were all previously introduced in Baum's other "non-Oz" stories, as he appeared to resign himself to unite all of his fairylands as one, continuing and expanding the saga of Oz.

  Note: The full title was The Road to Oz:  In Which Is Related How Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter Met on an Enchanted Road and Followed it All the Way to the Marvelous Land of Oz.