I checked this out of the library when I was in early elementary school (sometime between 1970 and 1974), and even now I remember it fondly. It was one of my favorite Oz books and one of the most memorable. For years afterward, when I rode a merry-go-round I would hope that it would start spinning faster and send me off to Oz. ( )

One of the late imitation Oz books, which I got more-or-less by accident --I focus on the original Baum series. As the title indicates, a boy (Robin Brown) gets to Oz on a merry go round. There is a modern social touch in that he is a fosterchild from Oregon. ( )