| Title: |
The Wizard of Oz |
| Author: |
L. Frank Baum |
| ISBN: |
0 19 597133 7 |
| Genre: |
Adventure,
Classics, Science
fiction and fantasy |
| Level: |
1 |
| Module: |
Getting along with others
Cultures of the world
Teenage
life
Home and neighbourhood
Wonderful things
Nature
and environment |
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Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, are
carried by a cyclone from her aunt and uncle's house
in Kansas. When they come down, they find themselves
in the land of Oz.
There Dorothy begins an exciting journey with her new
friends. They want to go and see the wonderful Wizard
of Oz in the Emerald City. Only he can give them what
they want.
Will Dorothy be able to go home to Kansas? Who is the
Wizard of Oz? Can he help Dorothy and her friends?
L. Frank Baum was born in New York,
USA. He wanted to write a fairy tale that was not too
frightening. The Wizard of Oz, published in
1900, is the first in his series of Oz stories. The
name of Oz is taken from the O¡VZ drawer in a filing
cabinet. |
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