The Wizard of Oz (Children's Audio Classics)
L. Frank Baum
'The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick'
When a tornado crashes through Kansas City, Dorothy and her dog Toto are whisked far away, over the rainbow, to a strange land called Oz. How will they ever get home? And what is at the end of the yellow brick road? Plucky Dorothy and Toto embark on a magical adventure to search for the Wizard of Oz and along the way encounter new friends: the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion.
Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can take the quiz and find out how much you really know about The Wizard of Oz!
Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
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Reviews for The Wizard of Oz (Children's Audio Classics)
Marina Warner
Guardian
The tales of Aesop and other fabulists...will never pass entirely away, but a welcome place remains and will easily be found for such stories as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
New York Times
Baum created a truly extraordinary world, a real world…and filled it with amazing things
Dinitia Smith [It] has worked its way into the national psyche as a fable of eternal hope in which things are not always as fearsome as they seem
New York Times
Baum dared to offer delight without instruction
Michael Patrick Hearn