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THE COMPLETE WIZARD OF OZ COLLECTION VOLUME ONE [Illustrated With Active Table of Contents]
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This Volume Includes the Following Eight Oz Classics Plus All Eight Audiobooks:
1900 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, get swept into the Land of Oz by a cyclone. She meets a living Scarecrow, a man made entirely of tin, and a Cowardly Lion while trying to get to the Emerald City to see the great Wizard. Also reprinted by various publishers under the names The New Wizard of Oz and The Wizard of Oz with occasional minor changes in the text.
1904 - The Marvelous Land of Oz
A little boy, Tip, escapes from his evil guardian, the witch Mombi, with the help of a walking wooden figure with a jack-o'-lantern head named Jack Pumpkinhead (brought to life with the magic Powder of Life Tip stole from Mombi), as well as a living Sawhorse (created from the same powder). Tip ends up on an adventure with the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman.
1907 - Ozma of Oz
While traveling to Australia with her Uncle Henry, Dorothy is swept overboard with a hen named Billina. They land in Ev, a country across the desert from Oz, and, together with new-found mechanical friend Tik-Tok, they must save Ev's royal family from the evil Nome King. With Princess Ozma's help, they finally return to Oz.
1908 - Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
On her way back from Australia, Dorothy visits her cousin, Zeb, in California. They are soon swallowed up by an earthquake, along with Zeb's horse Jim and Dorothy's cat Eureka. The group soon meets up with the Wizard and all travel underground back to Oz.
1909 - The Road to Oz
Dorothy meets the Shaggy Man, and while trying to find the road to Butterfield, they get lost on an enchanted road. As they travel they meet the rainbow's daughter, Polychrome, and a little boy, Button-Bright. They have all sorts of strange adventures on the way to Oz.
1910 - The Emerald City of Oz
Dorothy Gale and her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em come to live in Oz permanently. While they tour through the Quadling Country, the Nome King is tunneling beneath the desert to invade Oz.
1913 - The Patchwork Girl of Oz
A Munchkin boy named Ojo must find a cure to free his Uncle Nunkie from a magical spell that has turned him into a statue. With the help of Scraps, a living Patchwork Girl, Ojo journeys through Oz in order to save his uncle.
1914 - Little Wizard Stories of Oz
Little Wizard Stories of Oz is a set of six short stories written for young children by L. Frank Baum, the creator of the Oz books. The six tales were published in separate small booklets, "Oz books in miniature," in 1913, and then in a collected edition in 1914 with illustrations by John R. Neill.[1][2] Each booklet was 29 pages long, and printed in blue ink rather than black.
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels, 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen.
This Volume Includes the Following Eight Oz Classics Plus All Eight Audiobooks:
1900 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, get swept into the Land of Oz by a cyclone. She meets a living Scarecrow, a man made entirely of tin, and a Cowardly Lion while trying to get to the Emerald City to see the great Wizard. Also reprinted by various publishers under the names The New Wizard of Oz and The Wizard of Oz with occasional minor changes in the text.
1904 - The Marvelous Land of Oz
A little boy, Tip, escapes from his evil guardian, the witch Mombi, with the help of a walking wooden figure with a jack-o'-lantern head named Jack Pumpkinhead (brought to life with the magic Powder of Life Tip stole from Mombi), as well as a living Sawhorse (created from the same powder). Tip ends up on an adventure with the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman.
1907 - Ozma of Oz
While traveling to Australia with her Uncle Henry, Dorothy is swept overboard with a hen named Billina. They land in Ev, a country across the desert from Oz, and, together with new-found mechanical friend Tik-Tok, they must save Ev's royal family from the evil Nome King. With Princess Ozma's help, they finally return to Oz.
1908 - Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
On her way back from Australia, Dorothy visits her cousin, Zeb, in California. They are soon swallowed up by an earthquake, along with Zeb's horse Jim and Dorothy's cat Eureka. The group soon meets up with the Wizard and all travel underground back to Oz.
1909 - The Road to Oz
Dorothy meets the Shaggy Man, and while trying to find the road to Butterfield, they get lost on an enchanted road. As they travel they meet the rainbow's daughter, Polychrome, and a little boy, Button-Bright. They have all sorts of strange adventures on the way to Oz.
1910 - The Emerald City of Oz
Dorothy Gale and her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em come to live in Oz permanently. While they tour through the Quadling Country, the Nome King is tunneling beneath the desert to invade Oz.
1913 - The Patchwork Girl of Oz
A Munchkin boy named Ojo must find a cure to free his Uncle Nunkie from a magical spell that has turned him into a statue. With the help of Scraps, a living Patchwork Girl, Ojo journeys through Oz in order to save his uncle.
1914 - Little Wizard Stories of Oz
Little Wizard Stories of Oz is a set of six short stories written for young children by L. Frank Baum, the creator of the Oz books. The six tales were published in separate small booklets, "Oz books in miniature," in 1913, and then in a collected edition in 1914 with illustrations by John R. Neill.[1][2] Each booklet was 29 pages long, and printed in blue ink rather than black.
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels, 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen.
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L. Frank Baum
3,300 books2,791 followersalso wrote under the names:
* Edith van Dyne,
* Floyd Akers,
* Schuyler Staunton,
* John Estes Cooke,
* Suzanne Metcalf,
* Laura Bancroft,
* Louis F. Baum,
* Captain Hugh Fitzgerald
Lyman Frank Baum was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema.
Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theater producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, coming out with the first Oz book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects he sought to establish a film studio focused on children's films in Los Angeles, California.
His works anticipated such later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).
* Edith van Dyne,
* Floyd Akers,
* Schuyler Staunton,
* John Estes Cooke,
* Suzanne Metcalf,
* Laura Bancroft,
* Louis F. Baum,
* Captain Hugh Fitzgerald
Lyman Frank Baum was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema.
Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theater producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, coming out with the first Oz book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects he sought to establish a film studio focused on children's films in Los Angeles, California.
His works anticipated such later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).
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November 16, 2014
J'ai toujours adoré les contes pour enfants, et celui-ci fait partie des grands classique. C'est un conte farfelu comme il faut, l'auteur devait sans aucun doute faire preuve d'une imagination débordante. Le pays d'Oz est un pays tout simplement extraordinaire, qui n'a de cesse de nous surprendre et de nous émerveiller.
J'ai vraiment eu l'impression de retomber en enfance avec ce livre, vous savez, quand tout nous semble encore possible, quand on frémit à l'idée qu'on nous raconte une histoire parce que dans nos petites méninges innocentes il y a toujours la même idée qui revient encore et encore après chaque rebondissement, simplement parce qu'on ne sait pas encore ce qui est possible et ce qui ne l'est pas, alors on continue à ce dire après tout, Pourquoi pas ?
Seulement voilà, j'ai malgré tout grandi depuis cette époque là, et désormais il m'a quand même fallu faire abstraction de quelques détails pour véritablement me plonger dans ma lecture.
A commencer par les répétitions, surtout dans la première partie, Le Magicien d'Oz. Ça m'a vraiment parut lourd, et j'ai eu du mal à avancer dans ma lecture. Heureusement, la deuxième partie est passée bien plus vite. Même s'il y avait toujours quelques détails pas très logiques que j'ai pu relever et qui m'ont un poil dérangés.
Cependant, comme je le disais plus haut, je pense qu'il s'agit d'un livre destiné avant tout aux plus jeunes. Au moins je l'aurais lu, ça reste une belle histoire, sans oublier que les illustrations de Stéphane Levallois sont juste Magnifiques, il a fait un travail remarquable ! Vraiment, j'adore son coup de crayon, il est fin et raffiné, c'est un vrai plaisir à regarder. J'avouerais même que sans les illustrations pour rythmé ma lecture, j'aurais très probablement abandonné...
Toujours est-il qu'il s'agira sans conteste d'un très bon livre à lire aux plus jeunes, l'histoire n'en demeure pas moins belle et inventive, c'est simplement l'écriture qui m'a en quelque sorte lassée, et j'ai peut-être tout simplement fini par ne plus être d'humeur pour ce genre de lecture.
Dommage...
J'ai vraiment eu l'impression de retomber en enfance avec ce livre, vous savez, quand tout nous semble encore possible, quand on frémit à l'idée qu'on nous raconte une histoire parce que dans nos petites méninges innocentes il y a toujours la même idée qui revient encore et encore après chaque rebondissement, simplement parce qu'on ne sait pas encore ce qui est possible et ce qui ne l'est pas, alors on continue à ce dire après tout, Pourquoi pas ?
Seulement voilà, j'ai malgré tout grandi depuis cette époque là, et désormais il m'a quand même fallu faire abstraction de quelques détails pour véritablement me plonger dans ma lecture.
A commencer par les répétitions, surtout dans la première partie, Le Magicien d'Oz. Ça m'a vraiment parut lourd, et j'ai eu du mal à avancer dans ma lecture. Heureusement, la deuxième partie est passée bien plus vite. Même s'il y avait toujours quelques détails pas très logiques que j'ai pu relever et qui m'ont un poil dérangés.
Cependant, comme je le disais plus haut, je pense qu'il s'agit d'un livre destiné avant tout aux plus jeunes. Au moins je l'aurais lu, ça reste une belle histoire, sans oublier que les illustrations de Stéphane Levallois sont juste Magnifiques, il a fait un travail remarquable ! Vraiment, j'adore son coup de crayon, il est fin et raffiné, c'est un vrai plaisir à regarder. J'avouerais même que sans les illustrations pour rythmé ma lecture, j'aurais très probablement abandonné...
Toujours est-il qu'il s'agira sans conteste d'un très bon livre à lire aux plus jeunes, l'histoire n'en demeure pas moins belle et inventive, c'est simplement l'écriture qui m'a en quelque sorte lassée, et j'ai peut-être tout simplement fini par ne plus être d'humeur pour ce genre de lecture.
Dommage...
December 6, 2011
As fantasy comes around to a broad audience, as kids of Harry Potter graduate to vampires, zombies, and wizards, Oz called to me. I'll grant that Baum's not created the most detailed and interwoven world. I just read a review of the 'Eragon' books, where it was mentioned that kids react more strongly to incidents and objects, classifications and such, than to plot--it's more fun to memorize the world that surrounds a hero or heroine (to fully pretend to be that person) than to follow their adventure. A sense of this lingers. Baum's not so concerned with how the four corners of his world interact or who's dependent on whom, but that everyone's there, the Emerald City's at the center, and no one dies (unless killed--this doesn't much happen). 'Oz', I find, does a bang-up job of throwing a load of different incidents to the reader--all sorts of new kinds of people, fantasy objects, and remarkable worlds. There's a common mood to all the books: someone's to venture out into Oz, to get lost, and to find new things and experiences along the way--Dorothy's the main participant, but she's not around in the second book, and is sometimes upstaged by other's adventure. The point being: someone's always finding something new in the world, and Baum's careful to comment on the newness, often having characters mention the unreality of the situation. That's the good of fantasy: lace the world with unreality, make the common seem uncommon, and experience it more fully. Murakami does this very well. It is in a way a childish thing to do--but sometimes as adults we need the reminding of what adventure and exploration (even just in our heads) might do.
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