Before "The Wizard of Oz" was a movie, it was a children's book. This edition is a carefully re-constructed facsimile that is as close to the original as modern book printing technology will allow.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has been enchanting audiences since it was first published in 1900. While many fans may know the work only by its movie counterpart, the world L. Frank Baum built within the books is much more elaborate.
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great Wizard in order to return to Kansas.
This volume collects a series of engaging fantasy stories that follow the format of the world's best-loved fairy tales, combining imagination and adventure with valuable moral lessons.
Recounts the production of "The Wizard of Oz" by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio.
The original book has been in the public domain in the US since 1956.Baum dedicated the book "to my good friend & comrade, My Wife", Maud Gage Baum.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of L. Frank Baum’s Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is a classic of children’s literature reimagined for modern readers.
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In his introduction to the original 1900 edition of The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum stated his intention to create a 20th-century American fairy tale. In this, he succeeded...
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