Title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Author: L. Frank Baum
Pages: 5 discs?
Genre: Children's Fiction
Grade: B
Synopsis: Everybody is familiar with the story, originally written in 1900, about Dorothy Gale from Kansas who befriends a scarecrow, tin man and cowardly lion while making her way to the Emerald City after her house fell on the wicked witch and killed her. Phew. That was a long one-sentence synopsis.
My Review: The author wanted to write a book similar to the fairy tales of old, and I think he pretty well succeeded, especially considering the big-screen success of the classic 1939 film. The movie follows the book pretty closely, except for a few scenes in the book that didn't make the final cut in the movie. For kids, it was excellent. For me, it was pretty good.
Since January 3, 2007
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