The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) (1856–1919).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum is a children's novel written in 1900. When a cyclone sweeps young Dorothy and her dog Toto from Kansas to the magical Land of Oz, she discovers only one way home: she must destroy the Wicked Witch of the West. Joined by a Scarecrow seeking brains, a Tin Woodman wanting a heart, and a Cowardly Lion desiring courage, Dorothy follows the yellow brick road to seek help from the mysterious Wizard of Oz.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Author credits: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) (1856–1919)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Courage -- Juvenile fiction
- Cowardly Lion (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Cyclones -- Juvenile fiction
- Dreams -- Juvenile fiction
- Fantasy literature
- Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction
- Home -- Juvenile fiction
- Oz (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction
- Scarecrow (Fictitious character from Baum) -- Juvenile fiction
- Tin Woodman (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Toto (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: Adventure
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
- Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy
- Children's Literature
- Fantasy
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