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The Annotated Wizard of Oz

A Centennial Edition

By L. Frank Baum

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| Hardcover | 9780393049923

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A beloved classic comes to life with this beautifully illustrated annotated edition on the 100th anniversary of Oz. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the quintessential American fairy tale, but also one of the most controversial children's books ever published. Michael Patrick Hearn, the world's Continue

A beloved classic comes to life with this beautifully illustrated annotated edition on the 100th anniversary of Oz. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the quintessential American fairy tale, but also one of the most controversial children's books ever published. Michael Patrick Hearn, the world's leading Oz scholar, provides a spellbinding annotated edition that illuminates all of Oz's numerous contemporary references, provides fascinating character sources, and explains the actual meaning of the word "Oz." A facsimile of the rare 1900 first edition appears with the original drawings by W. W. Denslow--scrupulously reproduced to mimic their correct colors, using a different color for each region of Oz--as well as twenty-five previously unpublished illustrations. In addition, Hearn provides an extensive bibliography, compiling Baum's published work, every notable Oz edition, and the stage and motion-picture productions from 1939's The Wizard of Oz to the 1974 Broadway smash The Wiz. The result is a classic to rival Baum's own, and a book no family's library can do without. 90 black-and-white, 56 color, and two-color illustrations throughout.

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  • The Fate of the Munchkins

    For more than half a century after L. Frank Baum discovered it in 1900, the Land of Oz had a curious reputation. American children by the thousands went there happily every year, but authorities in the field of juvenile literature, like suspicious an ... (read full critics)

    nybooks published on Sun, 22 Aug 2010

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    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L.F.Baum

    "My darling child"! she cried, folding the little gitl in her arms and covering her face with kisses. "Where in the world did you come from?"
    "From the land of Oz", said Dorothy gravely. "And here is Toto too. And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!"

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    Ella86 said on Feb 23, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | 1 feedback

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    It is quite violent as a children book. No wonder the Americans are so violent as they are exposed to violence from their very early childhood.

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    Melvin Chan said on Feb 11, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • 之前已經聽過縮寫版的有聲書，大致的情節了解，其他不一樣的地方，對我來說每一個都是驚奇：「原來原著中是這樣子的呀。」而這是第一次捨不得看完一本書，明明都看到最後兩段了，就是不大想看完，畢竟，看完就等於這次到OZ的旅行也一樣結束了，然後也要跟這個小隊暫別。不知道為什麼，還是那麼些傷感。很喜歡這個故事呢。再看個一、兩次，就可以把生字挑出來背一背了。

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    Leo Lin said on Feb 1, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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