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Country
  
United States

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

ISBN
  
1-930900-08-2

Author
  
Paul Feni Cooper

Published
  
4.6/5
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Language
  
English

Pages
  
305 pp

LC Class
  
PZ8.C792 Tal 2001

Copyright date
  
1929

OCLC
  
57670883

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Genres
  
Adventure, Fantasy, Folklore

Tal: His Marvelous Adventures with Noom-Zor-Noom is a novel by Paul Fenimore Cooper, illustrated by Ruth Reeves. It was first published in 1929. New editions were published in 1957, and most recently in 2001 by Purple House Press. Tal is the story of an orphan who goes on a quest to the land of Troom with a wise story teller, Noom-Zor-Noom, and his talking donkey.

Contents

Plot summary

A man and his talking donkey take a young boy, Tal, on an adventure. The man has been chosen to tell a story on an occasion of great importance and it must be the very best story possible. The man has chosen Tal to travel with him, thinking that the boy will be able to help him choose the right story. Each day they travel through different lands and meet new characters, and each night the man shares a new story with Tal. He is expecting that, by journey's end, Tal will choose the best story.

Reception

The book consists of the stories that Noom-Zor-Noom tells Tal on their way to Troom. It has been compared favorably to The Wizard of Oz, and has a journey plot. The book was reprinted in 1957, and again in 2001.

Main characters

  • Tal
  • Noom-Zor-Noom
  • Millitinkle
  • Minor characters

  • King Tazzarin of Troom
  • The Mellikanoo
  • The Wimzies
  • The Elephant Ferryman
  • Storytellers in Troom

  • Repper-Tep-Tep
  • Brah
  • Akadon
  • Punda-Poo
  • Noom-Zor-Noom
  • Locations

  • Martoona
  • Troom
  • Noom Zor Noom's Stories

  • "The Enchanted Tapestry"
  • "The Turtle"
  • "The Cloud"
  • "The Green Horse"
  • "Millitinkle"
  • "The Music Box"
  • "Trumbilloo the Magician"
  • "Sar, Nar, and Jinook"
  • "The Cobbler"
  • "Bantagooma"
  • "Tarrandar's Secret"
  • "The Toy Maker"
  • "The Four Winds"
  • "The Great Giant Bunggah"
  • References

    Tal: His Marvelous Adventures with Noom-Zor-Noom Wikipedia


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