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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (original 1900; edition 2013)

by L. Frank Baum (Author)

Series: Oz (1), Oz : Famous Forty (book 1)

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After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.
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Title:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Authors:L. Frank Baum (Author)
Info:Hesperus Press (2013), Edition: Reprint, 144 pages
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900)

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    Othemts: These books share a similar quest for self-knowledge with the ultimate realization that what one is looking for was with you all the time. After all, there's no place like Om
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I'm so happy to have finally read the original. It prompted a great discussion about the author - how one's biography gets complicated - at book club. ( )
  bookem | Mar 27, 2024 |
How come i don't hear Joss Wheadon talking all the time about how the buffy series was obviously based on the Wizard of Oz? ( )
  mslibrarynerd | Jan 13, 2024 |
I can't believe I never read this before! It was super violent and strange, but I liked it. Sadly, it did not hold the attention of my 7yo who prefers the movie. We listened to the audiobook narrated by Brooke Shields and her narration wasn't my favorite. She gave a lot of characters very goofy voices. ( )
  LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |
Completely written in Present simple, this book is indeed suitable for children at or right above Starters (pre-A1) level. The description on the cover uses way more tenses than the book itself. The story suffers a bit because of the simplicity, but most kids are already familiar with it anyway.

Beautifully illustrated, simple, with great activities at the end. Looking forward to using it with students at this level. ( )
  blueisthenewpink | Jan 3, 2024 |
Low rating on this one, because while it's a kids book, I'm reading it with a critical eye to all the weird plot holes. I get that it is an episodic story with each chapter having some kind of small but surmountable obstacle, but it just makes No Sense as a whole story.

I have an issue with 'it's okay to kill people if they are evil', and that definitely turns up more than once. And 'good people can be trusted with too much power, because they are good'. Although that latter one at least is followed up by the 'good' people doing small things with their too much power, and then handing the power on.

In terms of topics I think would need discussing with kids - one character is emotional about killing a small animal, and then turns around and has no qualms about killing two others. And isn't happy about the lion going off to find something to eat. I didn't notice any explicit bigotry, which is a surprise in a kids book of this era. ( )
  fred_mouse | Jan 2, 2024 |
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Baum, L. Frankprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Alvarez, LorenaIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Anderson, WayneCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Barbarese, J. T.Introductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Biro, B.Cover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Burgess, TitussNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Copelman, EvelynCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Copelman, EvelynIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Denslow, W. W.Illustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Engelbreit, MaryCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Espinosa, GerardoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Foreman, MichaelCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Funke, CorneliaForewordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Funke, CorneliaIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gardner, MartinIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Glassman, PeterAfterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Granger, PaulIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Grindhammer, LucilleEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hague, MichaelIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hathaway, AnneNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Helanen-Ahtola, MarjaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Herring, MichaelCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hildebrandt, GregCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hiltunen, Petri(Kuv.)secondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Juva, KerstiTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Krenkel, RoyCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Krukenberg, PeterCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Leydenfrost, Robert J.Illustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Magagna, Anna MarieCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Müller, KlausCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
McCurdy, MichaelCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Moser, BarryCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Ulrey, DaleCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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This book is dedicated to my good friend and comrade, my wife L. F. B.
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Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife.
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"Take me home to Aunt Em!"
"Come along, Toto," she said. "We will go to the Emerald City and ask the great Oz how to get back to Kansas."
Finally, one of the biggest mice spoke.

‘Is there nothing we can do,’ it asked, ‘to repay you for saving the life of our Queen?’

‘Nothing that I know of,’ answered the Woodman; but the Scarecrow, who had been trying to think, but could not because his head was stuffed with straw, said, quickly, ‘Oh, yes; you can save our friend, the Cowardly Lion, who is asleep in the poppy bed.’
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After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.

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Dorothy, her little dog Toto, the Tin Woodman, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion ... set out on an exciting quest for the elusive Wizard of Ox. Along the way, they encounter the Wicked Witch of the West, the fantastic Winged Monkeys, the Queen of the Field Mice, the kind-hearted Munchkins and other fanciful creatures.

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Headline: Kansas girl
Enters strange new land; at once
Starts a killing spree.

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Dorothy goes to Oz
Meets some interesting people
And goes back to Kansas

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Penguin Australia

4 editions of this book were published by Penguin Australia.

Editions: 0141321024, 0141808314, 0141195010, 0141341734

Tantor Media

3 editions of this book were published by Tantor Media.

Editions: 1400101247, 140010890X, 1452610274

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Editions: 1909438243, 1909438278

 

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