The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Audiobook)

from ValerieAndBooks

Loved this book and its sequels when I was a kid -- still have most of them. Thought it was time for a reread and was reminded why it's considered a classic. Some funny lines and scenarios in this one.

from saskreader

I was interested in reading at least this first book of the original Oz series after recently finishing Wicked by Gregory Maguire, if only to see what he based his novel on and what the 1939 movie was based on. I found it a little slow-going (even for a children's book), but overall imaginative a...

from linnaea44

I think this is a great book for all to read. It is slightly different than the movie and gives insight on the historical happenings during that time. The imagery is not as colorful as the movie, the illustrations are far and few between which was kind of disappointing. Overall their are excellen...

from Briars_Reviews

I have always wanted to jump back into the "classics", especially ones where other media has been created to celebrate the books. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has been on my horizon for many years, and I was lucky enough this year to find a copy! This book I binged in a day, and I won't lie... It w...

from elbakerone

L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is one of those precious novels that has almost been eclipsed in fame by the movie based on it. I must admit that more than once when picking up this book, I mentally sung to myself, "I'm off to read the wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". And yet as fo...