The Wizard of Oz (1900)

This was just meh. I've been ruined be certain movie versions (and I don'tmean the Judy Garland version.) The story just didn't hit me they way I wanted it to. ( )

Era da parecchio che volevo trovare il tempo di leggere la versione integrale di questo libro che ha segnato l'infanzia mia come quella di un mondo intero di persone.
Vorrei poter recuperare gli altri "episodi" delle avventure di Oz prima o poi! ( )

File under "movies that are better than the books they were based on". The book doesn't draw out the messages as clearly, and isn't as vibrant as the film, but it's still an entertaining and imaginative read. It does feel a bit like an Alice in Wonderland rip off, but has enough energy and wonder to carry it off. ( )

I can't believe I haven't actually taken the time to read this book. It is amazingly short - 213 pages in this edition not including Introductions and extras.

The chapters are simple and short. The story is just on the edge of frightful because Baum himself disliked scary stories as a child and vowed not to write his like that.

There are several changes from the book to the Judy Garland version (duh, though still a classic). I am beyond please and really liked this.

Listened as an audiobook and was able to finish this in under 4 hours.

Highly recommend it for all ages.

**All thoughts and opinions are my own.** ( )

I will forever love the book and the movie.
The movie is something of nostalgia to me, the songs, the acting, the visuals.
Just amazing.

Dorothy is a young girl caught in a tornado who wakes up far away from Kansas into this place known as OZ. Meeting allies and enemies along the way, she must try to return home.
There are certainly some differences between the movie and this and for once, I am not going to tell you which I enjoyed more!
The author misleads you with the title and the wizard himself, he sends out important messages everyone needs to hear.
Back when this was written, novels were pretty similar, this was a gamechanger, Baum changed this by creating a new land, new characters.
READ IT!!!

Now, I must go to the yellow brick road. ( )