The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Summary
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum is a children's novel written in 1900. When a cyclone sweeps young Dorothy and her dog Toto from Kansas to the magical Land of Oz, she discovers only one way home: she must destroy the Wicked Witch of the West. Joined by a Scarecrow seeking brains, a Tin Woodman wanting a heart, and a Cowardly Lion desiring courage, Dorothy follows the yellow brick road to seek help from the mysterious Wizard of Oz. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Rights & provenance
Public domain in the USA.
EU distribution not verified
Subjects (21)
- Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy
- Category: Adventure
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
- Children's Literature
- Fantasy
- PZ
- Fantasy literature
- Oz (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction
- Courage -- Juvenile fiction
- Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction
- Witches -- Juvenile fiction
- Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Wizard of Oz (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Home -- Juvenile fiction
- Dreams -- Juvenile fiction
- Cowardly Lion (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Cyclones -- Juvenile fiction
- Scarecrow (Fictitious character from Baum) -- Juvenile fiction
- Toto (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Tin Woodman (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
