The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Follow the adventures of young Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, as their Kansas house is swept away by a cyclone and they find themselves in a strange land called Oz.

There she meets the Munchkins and joins the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion on an unforgettable journey to the Emerald City, where lives the all-powered Wizard of Oz.

It explains how the characters and events in the story come about: how did the Tin Woodman become the way he is? Why do the winged Monkeys obey the Wicked Witch of the West? Will the Cowardly Lion become the King of Beasts again?

Find out for yourself!

One of the true classics of literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has stirred the imagination of young and old alike for over one hundred years.

Originally published in 1900, it was the first truly American fairy tale, as L. Frank Baum crafted a wonder out of such familiar items as a cornfield scarecrow, a mechanical woodman, and a humbug wizard who used old-fashioned hokum to express that universal theme, "There's no place like home."

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the first of the fourteen full-length Oz novels, is his most famous work, but he is also known for his many other fairy tale books.

Baum is a great storyteller indeed.