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Title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Books of Wonder) by L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow ISBN: 0-688-16677-6 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ohdear714
Comment: Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz lost much in its adaptation from print to film. One concept that did not make the jump from the book to the movie was the concept of the emerald spectacles. Before entering the Emerald City to meet the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her friends are required to first put on green spectacles and were told that the spectacles were a necessary precaution against the brightness of the city. Upon further scrutiny, Dorothy finds that everyone in the city is wearing green spectacles of some sort. Later in the story, Dorothy and company stumble upon the truth; the Emerald City is not really green. It only looks green because of the spectacles. Furthermore, most residents of the city have been wearing the spectacles for so long, they have forgotten that they are wearing them.
The idea that Baum was trying to convey was that we too, like the citizens of the Emerald City, are wearing colored spectacles. In fact, we have been wearing these spectacles so long; we too are unaware of their existence. It is these spectacles that cause us to interpret our world and establish values the way that we do.
The point of this excerpt? There is much to be gained by reading the book rather than just watching the movie.
Rating: 5
Summary: Read this and the others out loud to your children
Comment: My children and I have read probably a half-dozen of the Oz books out loud so far. The laughter is peppered with groans of pain at the outrageous and well-crafted puns throughout the stories. The Wizard of Oz itself is the best book in the series, and a couple of them are reaching awfully hard to keep the story going, but for the most part Baum kept coming up with great stories in each sequel.
The movie makers, as is always the case, had to choose what chunks of story line to use, and what to leave out, so the classic film only scratches the surface of the contents of these wonderful children's stories.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Comment: Lyman Frank Baum has a great way of making a fairy tale with a moral without the bloody wars and battles. Just like it said in the introduction, "it is time for a new generation of fairy tales". There are so many surprises if you've only seen the movie.
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Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel ISBN: 0451527747 Publisher: Signet Classics Pub. Date: 12 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake ISBN: 0141301155 Publisher: Puffin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Marvelous Land of Oz (Books of Wonder) by L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill ISBN: 0064409635 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, Garth Williams ISBN: 0064400557 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 15 May, 1974 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Secret Garden by Frances H. Burnett, Tasha Tudor ISBN: 006440188X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 February, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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