Discover Classic Collection: The Wizard of Oz

Classic Collection: The Wizard of Oz

No. of pages 48

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Relive the magical tale of The Wizard of Oz in this wonderful and essential adaption of the classic novel.

When Dorothy and her dog Toto wake up after a cyclone, they find themselves in a land called Oz. Here they meet witches, flying monkeys, a talking lion, a tin woodman and a scarecrow.

Dorothy hopes the Wizard of Oz will help her get home. But first she needs to find him!

This book is part of a book series called Classics Collection .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by QED Publishing .

Ronne Randall has written and edited dozens of titles, for international publishers. Graham Howells has illustrated many children's books for publishers around the world. LIZ MONAHAN has over fifteen years' experience as a children's book illustrator. Clients include Harper Collins, Oxford University Press, QED, and Frances Lincoln Limited.

This book contains the following story:

The Wizard of Oz
When young Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a cyclone, their Kansas farmhouse is carried off to the magical Land of Oz. Dorothy really wants to return home, but is told the only chance is to get the Wizard of Oz to help her so she follows the yellow brick road to his home in the Emerald City. Along the way she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion who join her on the quest: the Scarecrow wishes for brains, the Tin Man for a heart and the Cowardly Lion for some courage. The Wizard of Oz agrees to help them all if they vanquish the Wicked Witch, so the gang troop off to her palace. Despite running into the witchs flying monkeys, Dorothy is able to melt the witch with a big bucket of water. On return the Wizard gives the scarecrow a handful of pins, the Tin Man a heart shaped cushion and the lion a bottle marked courage. For Dorothy he has a hot air balloon to take her home but unfortunately it takes off with the Wizard in it but before Dorothy can climb in herself. It takes advice from Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, for Dorothy to learn that she has her own way of returning home. Dorothy clicks together the heels of her silver shoes and wishes to return home, and is soon running across the fields at Kansas.

This book is in the following series:

Classics Collection