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Age 5-6
Grade 3+

L. Frank Baum, Liza Ross

The Marvellous Land of Oz

Preloaded Digital Audio Player (Naxos Audiobooks Ltd June 1, 2009) , Abridged Edition

In 1900 the American writer L. Frank Baum published a children's book that quickly became a bestseller. That book was The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It is about a little girl from Kansas called Dorothy Gale, who with her dog Toto is swept up by a cyclone and transported across a vast desert to the Land of Oz. In this magical land, Dorothy makes friends with a scarecrow, a tin woodman and a lion, who are all able to talk. Together they all conquer the Wicked Witch of the West and journey to the Emerald City, where they discover that the man they had thought to be a wonderful wizard was in fact a charlatan – he didn't have the powers they thought he had. Although she dearly loves her companions in the Land of Oz, Dorothy is homesick for her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. As the false wizard does not have the ability to send her back home to Kansas, Dorothy journeys to the domain of the good witch Glinda in the south, hoping that this beautiful lady will be able to help her. Glinda explains to Dorothy that the little girl herself has the power she needs in the silver slippers that she wears, which once belonged to the Wicked Witch of the East. All she has to do is make a wish that she and Toto be returned to Kansas and click her heels together three times – then the wish will be granted. At the end of the book, Aunt Em comes out of the house to water the cabbages when she sees Dorothy and Toto running toward her. 'My darling child! Where in the world did you come from?' cries Aunt Em. 'From the Land of Oz,' says Dorothy gravely. For the thousands of children who read and loved the book, Oz became one of those magical countries that they wanted to visit again and again. In 1902 a stage production of the story toured America, creating more eager young fans. Such was the clamour for another tale set in Oz that L. Frank Baum sat down to write The Marvelous Land of Oz. It was published in 1904. The author describes the sequel as 'an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman', and these two characters are definitely the stars of the story. Baum may have had future stage productions in mind when he wrote The Marvelous Land of Oz, as he dedicates his new book to 'those excellent good fellows and eminent comedians David C. Montgomery and Frank A. Stone whose clever personifications of the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow have delighted thousands of children throughout the land'.

Series
Playaway Children
ISBN
1608478491 / 9781608478491
Weight
5.6 oz.
Dimensions
4.75 x 1.5 in.

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