Authors: L. Frank Baum, Liza Ross
ISBN-13: 9789626342145, ISBN-10: 9626342145
Format: Compact Disc
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
Date Published: March 2001
Edition: Abridged, 2 CDs
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.
Full-color facsimile of America's finest children's classic. Splendid adventures of Dorothy, Toto, the Wizard, Tin Man, and more. 143 wonderful original illustrations by W. W. Denslow. 23 color plates.
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 |