The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Dramatic Reading): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Dramatic Reading), credited to L. Frank Baum, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

This is a LibriVox collaborative recording of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum. The timeless story of the Wizard Of Oz. Follow Dorothy as she leaves Kansas for Oz on a cyclone. She meets many strange, and wonderful people and creatures along the way. Enjoy it again with your children and family. (Summary by J. Hall) Characters: Aunt Em: jenny Dorothy: Sibella The Scarecrow: Kaffen The Tin Woodman: DSayers The Cowardly Lion: padraigo The Witch of the North: jenny Munchkin 1: Annoying Twit Munchkin 2: aradlaw Munchkin 3: Iowajones The Wizard of Oz: earthcalling Guardian of the Gates: Ernst Pattynama Soldier: Symmie The Wicked Witch of the West: RuthieG The Queen of the Field Mice: Hayflake Several Mice: Symmie Stork: jenny Man: jeremiahbritt Woman: echobase77 Green girl: niamh Person of the Court: joyseternal Leader of the Wolves: henry King Crow: henry Person of the Emerald City: staticstasy China Princess: Iowajones Clown: victoria_8674 Tiger: henry Strange Man: MHAIJH85 Farmer's Wife: staticstasy Young Girl: niamh Glinda the Good Witch: sadclown Monkey King: henry Boq the Munchkin: chris123 Big Mouse: Symmie Milkmaid: ReadsALott

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Dramatic Reading)
• Author credits: L. Frank Baum
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 4:25:22

Catalogue topics

• tornado
• witch of the west
• kids' stories
• children
• yellow brick road

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 00 - Introduction — 1:33
2. 01 - The Cyclone — 7:15
3. 02 - The Council with the Munchkins — 13:14
4. 03 - How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow — 11:23
5. 04 - The Road Through the Forest — 8:49
6. 05 - The Rescue of the Tin Woodman — 13:33
7. 06 - The Cowardly Lion — 11:49
8. 07 - The Journey to the Great Oz — 11:19
9. 08 - The Deadly Poppy Field — 12:11
10. 09 - The Queen of the Field Mice — 10:02
11. 10 - The Guardian of the Gates — 11:59
12. 11 - The Emerald City of Oz — 25:45
13. 12 - The Search for the Wicked Witch — 22:57
14. 13 - The Rescue — 8:00
15. 14 - The Winged Monkeys — 12:19
16. 15 - The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible — 20:21
17. 16 - The Magic Art of the Great Humbug — 6:30
18. 17 - How the Balloon Was Launched — 7:27
19. 18 - Away to the South — 8:13
20. 19 - Attacked by the Fighting Trees — 6:51
21. 20 - The Dainty China Country — 8:52
22. 21 - The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts — 6:45
23. 22 - The Country of the Quadlings — 6:28
24. 23 - Glinda the Good Witch Grants Dorothy's Wish — 8:20

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