"Frizzimund's Quest" Digireads for December 2017

Thomas, Goldilocks and White Bear meet Amber, Petie and Raggedy Ann. They begin a new series of adventures by landing on the patoopah train. But there is a problem.

The train can't run because it has no patoopah. All the supply was stolen by pirates. What a predicament for the Little Man with the Big Voice. Will Thomas and friends be able to get some patoopah for the train?

In the meantime the dining car with their favorite waiter, Paul has enough treats for all the adventurers. Even White Bear gets a treat to enjoy with his new mouth.

Entering Patoopah Land they meet Salamander who has some patoopah. He tells them that Redbeard and his pirates have taken all the money he was going to use to buy patoopah seeds.

In Pirate Land they meet Redbeard, the pirate who stole the patoopah from the Little Man with the Big Voice. Redbeard will not return the money until he gets something of equal value in return.

The adventurers get three diamonds from Mama Bear. One of the diamonds pays for Captain Hook's paddlewheel in the Land of Machines. Goldilocks still hasn't found any more angel food cake since having some on the dining car on the patoopah train.

The young adventurers travel from one land to another. In each they find information as to where they might be able to replace the diamonds they got from Mama Bear.

Geraldine Frog likes to be called "Queen" Geraldine, which Peter Pan sometimes forgets. She says there is no treasure in her land but Peter Pan says that he moved it and can't remember where to. In a flash of brilliance he says he might have put it in Fuzziwig's castle.

King Fuzziwig tells Thomas and his friends that they can have replacements for the diamonds out of Peter Pan's treasure since Pan said he would give them some if he could remember where he'd placed the treasure. They pick out a diamond, a ruby and a sapphire.

Will those jewels be acceptable to Redbeard? We'll have to read the last half of the book to find out.

Ozimund has a brother named Frizzimund and a sister named Jerrimund. Ozimund is a mouth fixer, Frizzimund fixes eyes and Jerrimund fixes noses. All of them require a fee before any fix is made.

The adventurers seek the amber that Redbeard stole from Frizzimund. He has to have it returned before he will give Raggedy Ann real eyes.

Peter Pan has become the caretaker of the amber but he can’t remember where he put it. Not in Neverland and not in the Land of Dreams. The group has to continue their quest to find Frizzimund’s amber.

We have to read the last quarter of the book to find out how the quest is resolved.

The adventurers transfer from home to all the lands instantly every time the signal of joining hands, a BOOM, and a bell ringing three times is heard.

This convention moves the quest along at a quick pace. Just fast enough so a child keeps his or her interest in each chapter.

With the exchange of jewels and Captain Hook's Blue Ribbon the questors return to Patoopah Land and return the seed money to Sal.

With the amber also returned by Redbeard, Amber and company return to Frizzimundia and get real eyes for Raggedy Ann.

Raggedy Ann still needs a real mouth. So they return to Ozimundia, tour Ozimund's white garden and get a real mouth for the doll.

With a real mouth and eyes for Raggedy Ann Frizzimund's Quest is finished.

Frizzimund's message to his brother Ozimund to see their sister Jerrimund might portend another quest. We'll have to see whether Jerrimund's Quest will set Thomas, Goldilocks and White Bear on another adventure.