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This book is one of those rare stories I've read more times than I can count.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum was published in 1900 with Baum and the illustrator, William Wallace Denslow, sharing the costs. In 2000 to celebrate the book's centennial, the book was reissued to be a faithful reproduction of the 1900 edition (for better of worse).
Denslow, though, is not the illustrator most people think of when Oz is mentioned. John R. Neill took over the illustrations with the sequel, The Marvelous Land of Oz (aka The Land of Oz) in 1904.
Yet, through the 1939 MGM ...more
Denslow, though, is not the illustrator most people think of when Oz is mentioned. John R. Neill took over the illustrations with the sequel, The Marvelous Land of Oz (aka The Land of Oz) in 1904.
Yet, through the 1939 MGM ...more
Aug 25, 2008
Elizabeth
is currently reading it
James and I realized it had been a long time since either of us read these books, so he's reading them aloud to me.
I had forgotten all about the mice that rescue them from the poppy field. I also forgot about how disturbingly unaffected characters are when something bad happens to another member of their party.
There are parts that are super cute, but this might be a case where the movie is better than the book. ...more
I had forgotten all about the mice that rescue them from the poppy field. I also forgot about how disturbingly unaffected characters are when something bad happens to another member of their party.
There are parts that are super cute, but this might be a case where the movie is better than the book. ...more
Jul 31, 2008
Debbie
rated it
it was amazing
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Aug 02, 2009
Erin
marked it as to-read
Jul 25, 2010
Kelly
marked it as to-read
