Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) - Softcover

Frank L. Baum; Introduction And Notes By J.T. Barbarbese

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593082215 ISBN 13: 9781593082215

Publisher: Barnes & Noble, 2005

Synopsis

The Barnes & Noble Classics series offers quality editions of important works of literature at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, each featuring new scholarship and pages of carefully crafted extras. All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. The series pulls together a constellation of influences; biographical, historical and literary, to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.

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Review:

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz, master paper engineer Robert Sabuda has created a pop-up version of Dorothy's adventures in Oz that fans will find hard to resist. Modeling his depictions of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the rest after W. W. Denslow's original art, Sabuda adds a third dimension that would have rocked Denslow's--and Baum's--world. A rapidly spinning cyclone actually casts a breeze over the startled reader's face. Glorious red poppies wave seductively in a field. And the Emerald City positively glitters with green, especially when young readers try on the special tinted "Spectacles for You" provided in a pocket on the page. The abridged text, provided in minibooklets set onto each page, covers enough basics for the Oz novice, but we recommend a read-aloud of the original, as well, for all the glory and detail of Baum's fantastic tale. Sabuda's homage to the classic is truly spectacular; even purists will gasp in delight at the sight of the humbug wizard floating away in his shiny green, gold, and blue hot-air balloon. This great introduction to the story of Oz doubles as a fun collector's item. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

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Seeing The Wizard of Oz made a writer of me. --Salman Rushdie

Seeing ?The Wizard of Oz? made a writer of me. --Salman Rushdie

I have never known or heard of an American man or woman who has started to read ?The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? and put it down without finishing it. --James Thurber

[I]f you ever talk to anyone who has written, you'll always find a childhood in which, somewhere along the line, there's a ?Wizard of Oz.? --William Styron

I have never known or heard of an American man or woman who has started to read ?The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? and put it down without finishing it. --James Thurber"

If you ever talk to anyone who has written, you'll always find a childhood in which, somewhere along the line, there's a ?Wizard of Oz.? --William Styron"

Seeing ?The Wizard of Oz? made a writer of me. --Salman Rushdie"

About this edition

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1593082215
• ISBN 13: 9781593082215
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272