Scholastic Classics: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Brand: Scholastic
Description: Dorothy and her dog Toto get swept away in a cyclone and find themselves in a strange land called Oz. Scholastic Classics: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: Scholastic
Product ID: 90168
ISBN: 9781407158525
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Author: M. Dowden
Rating: 5
Review: I would think that the vast majority of us have seen the Hollywood film musical of this and quite a lot of us have read the book. If however you haven’t read the book before I should just mention that it isn’t exactly the same as the film, and there is no Judy Garland skipping and singing along a yellow brick road. Frank L Baum went on and wrote a lot more books in this series, but I will admit that although I have read this tale many times, I have never read any of the others. When poor orphan Dorothy who lives with her aunt and uncle is swept away by a cyclone from Kansas, in the family home she is surprised to find herself in a strange and mystical land. With her dog Toto she sets out to find her way back to Kansas and her aunt and uncle. Of course it isn’t that simple and along the way she befriends a scarecrow who wants brains, a tin woodman who wants a heart, and a lion looking for courage. This group of four friends have to make their way to the Emerald City and seek the assistance of the Great Oz and hope that he can help them all. But instead of his assistance, they are sent out on a quest by him which must be completed before he will offer any help. Full of fun and adventure this still delights children, and even I as an adult still enjoy reading this. This is great to read with your child when they are still learning to read and it will keep them amused. This kindle edition has all the original illustrations by William Wallace Denslow which are a joy to look at. Although I have read this before this is the first time that I have come across an edition with these original illustrations, which do add an extra dimension to your reading pleasure. Although obviously the illustrations do look best on a tablet device due to a colour screen, these do show up perfectly okay on a standard black and white kindle e-reader. There is an active table of contents here, so if you or your child do manage to lose where you are at you can find the chapter quite quickly again, and there is a short introduction which may be of some interest to adults. Some thought has gone into formatting this into an e-book. Each chapter has an illustration at the top of the page which incorporates the first word, but the publisher has also inserted this word into the text as standard, so if you have your font size quite large you are not going to end up with a page with one word on, and then have to go over to the next one to read the rest of the sentence. This edition has been produced to a high quality by the publishers and is a treat and a real pleasure to read.
Author: Zen Ko
Rating: 4
Review: Nice pictures. Not sure why they skipped some chapters. The fighting trees, dainty china country and how the lion become the king of beasts are all missing. But still a great story!
