The Magical Monarch of Mo is a 1899 novel written by L. Frank Baum. Instead of a single story, each chapter is its own self-contained adventure, following the adventures of the titular Monarch of Mo.
The Magical Monarch of Mo provides examples of:
- Alliterative Title: The Magical Monarch of Mo.
- Cloud Cuckoo Land: Mo is a place where the treatment for sore throat is to remove a person's neck, turn it inside out, put it out to cure,
turn it right-side-in again, and put the person's neck back. You can also get out of a deep pit by pushing the side so hard it flips the pit upside-down so you're at the top, not the bottom. - Grows on Trees: In the land of Mo, everything the people need in their daily lives grows on trees. This includes swords, hats, rings, peanuts, medicine, preserved apricots, shrimp salad, animal crackers, and bicycles.
- Weird Weather: In Mo it rains lemonade and snows popcorn, "and the lightning in the sky resembles the most beautiful fireworks; and the thunder is usually a chorus from the opera of Tannhäuser."
