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Title: The Wizard of Oz (Troll Pop Up Book) by L. Frank Baum ISBN: 0-8167-0897-5 Publisher: Troll Communications Pub. Date: 01 March, 1987 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (69 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Striking Yet Unusual Illustrations
Comment: L. Frank Baum's enduring story is wonderfully presented in this elegant edition and the Washington Post called Lisbeth's The Wizard of Oz "the loveliest edition imaginable."
However, the assessment of the local kids is the drawings are "weird." Perhaps intended for a more adult audience, the illustrations are beautiful--I enjoyed them--but their idiosyncratic style may not appeal to the younger set.
The characters pictured in the illustrations are dramatcially reinterpreted by the artist, however this may disappoint some viewers. The Scarecrow will look nothing like any scarecrow you've imagined. The Witch of the North is difficult to identify. This fresh point of view will be enjoyed by some but is sure to disappoint others.
I also felt the illustrations don't tell the story as well as the edition by Michael Hague or the original edition with W. W. Dinslow. (This is more important to the younger, read-to crowd, than the older, I can read it myself crowd.)
My daughter asked that we return the book and get a different edition for her. I would urge you to carefully consider the sample pages, except the sample pages don't cover a broad range of the illustrations included with this edition. The sample pages do include an image of the dramatic and striking cover. Unfortunately, in the judgement of several reviewers from 4 to 40, the other illustrations were noticably more "weird" than the cover and I don't think the sample pages represent the overall reading/viewing experience scrupulously.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Book
Comment: This story all started when a farm girl from Kansas named Dorothy Gale, and her little dog Toto got sucked into a tornado and landed in a fairyland named Oz. In Oz she meets a bunch of strange characters, a scarecrow, tin woodsman, and a cowardly lion. Together they go on a mission to see the wizard of oz by following the yellow brick road. Each one wanting a different wish. On the way to the wizard they come across multiple things. And when they finally got to Emerald city the wizard told them that they must first kill the wicked witch of the west if they want him to make there wishes come true. Eventually they succeed in doing that along with multiple hard things to do. After all that they find out that the wizard is a "humbug" and he grants everyone's wishes. Except for Dorothy's wich is for her to return back home. So now Dorothy and her friends go on another adventure to find the Good Witch of the South. Well they found her and Dorothy got back home along with her dog Toto, and she had what she needed all along in order for her to return home. Personally in my opinion I enjoyed the book better then the movie. I would recommend this book to anyone with a good imagination, because I kept imagining the story as I read it. The book has some drawings in it wich makes imagining things a lot easier, it has drawings of the main characters, villains, and some of the scenes in the book such as there journey on the yellow brick road. I would also recommend this book to anyone if the ages of 10 and up.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic ...
Comment: For those of us who've seen the movie umpteen times, this retelling of the classic tale is actually fresh and worth the read.
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Title: The Land of Oz (Wonderful Oz Books) by Lyman Frank Baum ISBN: 0345335686 Publisher: Del Rey Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title:Alice in Wonderland ASIN: 6303212301 Publisher: Warner Studios Pub. Date: 31 August, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $19.99 |
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Title: Walt Disney's Peter Pan : Walt Disney Classic Edition (Walt Disney's Classic Editions) by Monique Peterson ISBN: 0786853301 Publisher: Disney Editions Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Ozma of Oz (Books of Wonder) by L. Frank Baum ISBN: 0688066321 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 24 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ISBN: 006440188X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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