The Wizard of Oz (Great Illustrated Classics)

Baum, Frank L.

ISBN 10: 0866119590 ISBN 13: 9780866119597

Publisher: Abdo Pub Co, 1989

Synopsis

Join Dorothy Gale, Toto, and all of her friends as they explore the incredible land of Oz. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is American's most enduring fairy tale. From the moment Dorothy puts on the silver slippers (changed to ruby slippers by MGM to take advantage of their new advance in movie making: color) until the moment she clicks her heals and returns home to Kansas you will be swept away and captivated by her extraordinary story. This lavishing illustrated edition has more than one hundred and fifty of the original W. W. Denslow illustrations.

About this title

About the Author:

Lyman Frank Baum (15 May 1856 - 5 May 1919) was an American author, poet, playwright, actor and independent filmmaker, best known today as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known now as simply The Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works (55 novels in total, 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abdo Pub Co
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0866119590
• ISBN 13: 9780866119597
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• Editor: Vogel Malvina