The Wizard of Oz Author:L. Frank Baum, Charles Santore (Illustrator) Book Description Publication Date: October 6, 2009 | Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up The ultimate gift edition of L. Frank Baum's beloved story-just in time to celebrate the 70th anniversary of MGM's classic film adaptation! Featuring a ribbon marker, this magical version is redesigned and reproduced from the original art. Ch... more »arles Santore has crafted a very personal, highly visual, and dazzling interpretation, with a carefully condensed text that uses virtually no words other than Baum's own. Readers of all ages will follow the Yellow Brick Road on an unforgettable journey that takes them from Dorothy's gray Kansas home into the blue Munchkin land; the sparkling bejeweled Emerald City; the dark, foreboding forest; and the ruby-red throne room of Glinda the Good Witch. Michael Patrick Hearn, the world's leading authority on The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum, provides an enlightening introduction.« less
When a cyclone hits her Kansas home, Dorothy and her dog Toto, are whisked away to the magical land of Oz. To find her way back to Kansas, she must follow the yellow brick raod to where the great Wizard lives. Together with her companions the Tin Woodsman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy embarks on a strange and enchanting adventure, and a journey that takes her to the City of Emeralds.
This is a beautiful edition of this book/story. It has a few pictures in it and looks like a collectors book. My book has never even been used so it's like new.