The Wizard of Oz

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Macmillan, Apr 15, 1993 - Fiction - 192 pages

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In a terrifying instant of darkness, a tornado snatches up Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto, whirling them on the wild wind out of Kansas and straight to Oz.

In this wondrous world of sorcery and danger, Munchkins, flying monkeys, talking mice and fighting trees, all Dorothy wants to do is go home...

Together with the Scarecrow who wants a brain, the Tin Man who wants a heart, and the Cowardly Lion who wants courage, Dorothy and Toto must follow the Yellow Brick Road to find the Wizard of the Emerald City. But before the wizard of Oz will grant their wishes, Dorothy and her friends must do the impossible--Destroy the all-powerful Wicked Witch of the West....

 

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Contents

The Cyclone
1
The Council with the Munchkins
6
How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
15
The Road Through the Forest
23
The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
29
The Cowardly Lion
37
The Journey to the Great Oz
44
The Deadly Poppy Field
51
The Winged Monkeys
106
The Discovery of Oz the Terrible
114
The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
125
How the Balloon Was Launched
130
Away to the South
135
Attacked by the Fighting Trees
141
The Dainty China Country
146
The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
153

The Queen of the Field Mice
59
The Guardian of the Gates
65
The Wonderful Emerald City of Oz
73
The Search for the Wicked Witch
87
How the Four Were Reunited
101
The Country of the Quadlings
157
The Good Witch Grants Dorothys Wish
162
Home Again
168
Afterword
169
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About the author (1993)

L. Frank Baum was born in 1856 in Chittenango, a small town near Syracuse, New York. He wrote many popular books for children, but he is best remembered today for his beloved classic The Wizard of Oz.