The story is an early example of a modern sequel to a classic popular story, in this case that of Aladdin, asking what happened after the Happily Ever After ending. Its profile was raised in the UK in 1968 when it was read on Jackanory by Kenneth Williams (who could be just as lemony as the book's narrator). Some editions have illustrations by popular children's book artist Edward Ardizzone, which are another part of the book's charm.
An abridged version was published in 1975, and is widely hated by fans of the earlier edition, as it loses some of the jokes, one or two significant characters, and too much of the prose, which verges on the edge of Purple without ever quite falling in. It was revised with the shorter title in 1966, and that is probably the best-known and most popular version. It was first published as The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger in 1937, and was successful enough that it may have landed Langley his job working on the script The Wizard of Oz and hence helped launch his career as a screenwriter.
The Land of Green Ginger is a children's book by the South African/American writer Noel Langley. And now, if you are ready to begin, I bring you a Tale of Heroes and Villains, just as in Life Birds and Beasts, just as in Zoos Mysteries and Magic, just as in Daydreams and the Wonderful Wanderings of an Enchanted Land which was never in the same place twice.
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