the wonderful wizard of oz by l frank baum

Dorothy asks for help to get back to Kansas. Dorothy is welcomed by the Witch of the North and the Munchkins. The house lands on top of the Wicked Witch of the East. Chapter 2: “The Council with the Munchkins”

Dorothy falls asleep with the swaying of the house. Dorothy feels the house lift off the ground and is in the middle of the cyclone. They live in a small grey log house which gets hit by a cyclone. Chapter 1: “The Cyclone”ĭorothy lives with Uncle Henry, Aunt Em and her dog, Toto. The introduction gives a brief description of the fairy tale genre. The story chronicles the adventures of a girl named Dorothy in the land of Oz. Its initial success led to Baum’s writing and having published thirteen more Oz books.īaum, F. It is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has been widely translated. Hill company in Chicago, and has since been reprinted countless times, sometimes under the name The Wizard of Oz. It was originally published by the George M. In the book, Dorothy has a peaceful existence living with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em before the tornado takes her away.Īfter the 1937 Walt Disney movie “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”-the first full-length animated feature-was a major hit with kids, MGM wanted “Oz” in movie theaters as quickly as possible.The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children’s book written in 1900 by L. The neighbor threatens to have the dog destroyed, and Dorothy eventually runs away with Toto. Her dog, Toto, bites a neighbor, Miss Gulch (who in Dorothy’s dream is the Wicked Witch). In the movie, Dorothy’s farm life is not always pleasant.Dorothy stays there for months at a time in the book version.

The book version describes an actual place called Oz, not an imaginary world in a dream.In the book, her slippers are silver and said to shine brighter than the moon. In the movie version, Dorothy’s iconic slippers are ruby red in order to maximize the then-wonder of Technicolor.But in the book, the Wizard meets each of the four main characters separately to create a feeling of power in their minds. The movie version makes a theatric spectacle of the Wizard as a giant, menacing head lurking above pillars of flame (before he is revealed as a man operating a machine behind a curtain).Baum may or may not have approved the movie was substantially different from his original book in several ways. He wrote 14 novels in the “Oz” series, plus more than 40 other novels.Īfter his many attempts to adapt his works to the stage and screen, “The Wizard of Oz” made the big screen in 1939-20 years after his death.

Frank Baum was copyright registered-because, because, because, because, because.īaum also had careers as a newspaper writer/editor/publisher, The book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L.

The wonderful wizard of oz by l frank baum