The Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Illustrated by W. W. Denslow
Ages 1 to 11
07 February 2019Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Synopsis
Regarded as a modern fairy tale, L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz is one of America’s most cherished and enchanting children’s stories.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features...
Details
07 February 2019192 pages
9781509881963Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Reviews
Like Robin Hood, Alice or Winnie the Pooh, Baum's inventions . . . have become the mythological furniture of our children's minds, and of our own and our parents' . . . Funny and inventiveMarina Warner, Guardian
The tales of Aesop and other fabulists . . . will never pass entirely away, but a welcome place remains and will easily be found for such stories as The Wonderful Wizard of OzNew York Times
Baum created a truly extraordinary world, a real world . . . and filled it with amazing thingsDinitia Smith
[It] has worked its way into the national psyche as a fable of eternal hope in which things are not always as fearsome as they seemNew York Times
