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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz »

Authors: L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow
ISBN-13: 9780486206912, ISBN-10: 0486206912
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: June 1960
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: L. Frank Baum

Not only is L. Frank Baum s classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz one of the most enduring and magical children s books ever written, it s also -- with its adventurousness and its lessons of resourcefulness, friendship, courage, and self-reliance -- one of the most American.

Book Synopsis

Join Dorothy and Toto in her first adventure in Oz. Follow her adventures as she travels with the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion to see the Wizard of Oz then to see Glinda, the good witch. All the time trying to find the way back to Kansas.

The 1st of 14 Oz books by L. Frank Baum, the Royal Historian of Oz.

Chicago Tribune

Combines substance with style. Ray Bradbury offers a poetic, reverential introduction, and Michael McCurdy contributes appropriately eerie drawings.

	Introduction	9
	The Cyclone	11
	The Council with The Munchkins	16
	How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow	23
	The Road Through the Forest	30
	The Rescue of the Tin Woodman	35
	The Cowardly Lion	42
	The Journey to The Great Oz	48
	The Deadly Poppy Field	55
	The Queen of the Field Mice	63
	The Guardian of the Gates	69
	The Wonderful Emerald City of Oz	76
	The Search for the Wicked Witch	89
	How the Four were Reunited	102
	The Winged Monkeys	106
	The Discovery of Oz the Terrible	113
	The Magic Art of the Great Humbug	122
	How the Balloon was Launched	126
	Away to the South	130
	Attacked by the Fighting Trees	134
	The Dainty China Country	139
	The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts	144
	The Country of the Quadlings	148
	The Good Witch Grants Dorothy's Wish	152
	Home Again	158