Although the famous song from the 1939 movie doesn't appear anywhere in the book, I am still reminded of the song everytime I look at this book, such is the profound influence of the movie.[return][return]Dorothy and her dog Toto are in their house in Kansas when it is swept away in a hurricane. When the hurricane stops, they find that they have been transported to a magical world. A world of two evil witches and two good witches, a land of Munchkins, Quadlings, Hammer-Heads and Winged Monkeys.[return][return]Dorothy is very distraught at being separated from her aunt and uncle so she is advised to travel to the Emerald City to ask the great Wizard Oz if he will use his magic power to send her back home.[return][return]She is joined on her journey by a scarecrow that wants Oz to give him some brains, a Tin Man who wants Oz to give him a heart and a cowardly lion who wants Oz to give him some courage. Will they get what they want in the end?[return][return]This is a fantastic story and I can easily see myself reading this again and again. Highly recommended.