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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Mr Baum must have been high on opium when he wrote this. (  ) LynleyS | Nov 12, 2009 |  A must read if you're into the Wicked series by Gregory Maguire. And, the paperback I got from amazon.com has all the original illustrations, which are wonderful (  ) echaika | Sep 21, 2009 | Maybe it was because I never read the book when I was young, or maybe I simply don't have an innate appreciation for fantasy literature, but this book--like the movie--is just weird to me. My girls (whom I read the book aloud to) thought that it was pretty good; they have yet to see the movie. All that said, I'm glad to have read it--simply because it makes me feel more culturally literate. : ) ( )1  melopher | Aug 12, 2009 | Wonderful tale. ( ) laurab_53 | Aug 9, 2009 | What led you to pick up this book? I am currently reading Wicked and became interested in reading the fairy tale version of the Wizard of Oz. It’s a classic that I have never read, only watched. Plot summary: Dorothy’s house gets swept up in tornado and lands in the land of Oz where you befriends the Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly Lion, and together with Toto they travel the yellow brick road to reach the Wonderful Wizard of Oz so Dorothy can return home to Kansas. If this book has been made into a movie, and if you’ve seen the movie, compare the book to the movie. The movie is quite different from the book in almost every way except the characters. I enjoyed the book just as much as watching the movie but they are almost like separate works and can’t even be compared. Alice’s journey to the Wizard of Oz is different, her journey home, encounters with the witch, etc. are all different. The book was magical but the movie was more vivid and simplistic compared to all the different lands and people Dorothy encountered. 1 blondierocket | Jun 28, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060293233, Hardcover)One of the true classics of American literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has stirred the imagination of young and old alike for over four generations. Originally published in 1900, it was the first truly American fairy tale, as Baum crafted a wonderful out of such familiar items as a cornfield scarecrow, a mechanical woodman, and a humbug wizard who used old-fashioned hokum to express that universal theme, "There's no place like home."Follow the adventures of young Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, as their Kansas house is swept away by a cyclone and they find themselves in a strange land called Oz. Here she meets the Munchkins and joins the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion on an unforgettable journey to the Emerald City, where lives the all-powered Wizard of Oz. This lavishly produced facsimile of the rare first edition contains all 24 of W. W. Denslow's original color plates, the colorful pictorial binding, and the 130 two-color illustrations that help make The Wonderful Wizard of Oz so special and enduring. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:10 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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