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Title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Books of Wonder) by L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow ISBN: 0-688-06944-4 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: August, 1987 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.51 (69 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Striking Yet Unusual Illustrations
Comment: L. Frank Baum's enduring story is wonderfully presented in this elegant edition and the Washington Post called Lisbeth's The Wizard of Oz "the loveliest edition imaginable."
However, the assessment of the local kids is the drawings are "weird." Perhaps intended for a more adult audience, the illustrations are beautiful--I enjoyed them--but their idiosyncratic style may not appeal to the younger set.
The characters pictured in the illustrations are dramatcially reinterpreted by the artist, however this may disappoint some viewers. The Scarecrow will look nothing like any scarecrow you've imagined. The Witch of the North is difficult to identify. This fresh point of view will be enjoyed by some but is sure to disappoint others.
I also felt the illustrations don't tell the story as well as the edition by Michael Hague or the original edition with W. W. Dinslow. (This is more important to the younger, read-to crowd, than the older, I can read it myself crowd.)
My daughter asked that we return the book and get a different edition for her. I would urge you to carefully consider the sample pages, except the sample pages don't cover a broad range of the illustrations included with this edition. The sample pages do include an image of the dramatic and striking cover. Unfortunately, in the judgement of several reviewers from 4 to 40, the other illustrations were noticably more "weird" than the cover and I don't think the sample pages represent the overall reading/viewing experience scrupulously.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Wonderful Wizard
Comment: The Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum is a wonderful book about a young girl who goes on an adventure full of excitement and fun. Dorothy the main character lives on a small country farm in Kansas with her Aunt, Uncle, and small dog, Toto. One day a twister comes over their country farm and whisks Dorothy along with her little dog away to a make believe land called Oz. There she is greeted by the people who live there. She asks them how she can get home to Kansas. They tell her that the Great Oz will help get her home. But before she heads on her way to Oz the Good Witch of the North kisses her on the forehead and says that with that kiss no one can harm her. So she and Toto head on their way to Oz. On her way she meets The Scarecrow who wants a brain, a Woodman made of tin who wants a heart and a Cowardly Lion who wants courage. These four new friends eimbark on an adventure to the great city of Oz. Will they all get their wishes? Find out when you read the Wizard of Oz. I loved this book because not only did it have fantasy but it is a great book for all ages. I recomend it to anyone who loved being a child.
Rating: 2
Summary: Please stop the senseless violence!!!
Comment: This fictional work of fantasy could have been appropriately titled "In Cold Blood". Lead character Dorothy, an apparent megalomaniac, and her 'gangsta' cohorts -- scarecrow, tin man, toto, and not-so-cowardly lion -- set out in a deliberate and premeditated scheme to kill the "wicked" [alleged] witch of the West (after Dorothy has already admittedly dropped her house on West's sister -- the wicked [alleged] witch of the East, killing her off, stealing her silver shoes, and then killing anything or anybody who gets in their way [sic] -- including the great Kaliddalah beasts and wildcats ...). The senseless violence continues as Dorothy and her "thug" sidekicks are ordered by the Emerald City "Chief" Wizard to perform a "hit" on the wicked [alleged] witch of the West [sic] in exchange for favors from the great and powerful Wizard ... Do today's parents actually condone such random and God-forsaken acts of violence? Do we really need so many senseless killings in children's literature? (Is this book actually endorsed by the Catholic Church to be read by children attending Catholic schools?) Isn't it time we remove this endorsement of randomized violence from our children's schools and libraries? Thank goodness there are some sensible alternatives currently offered in today's world of children's literature. Take the books recently penned and published worldwide by Madonna Ritchie ... The English Roses and Mr. Peabodie's Apples (not to mention soon to be published Yakov and the Seven Thieves [October 2004] and Das Lotsa ****load of Cash [whenever, 2004]). On a scale of 1 to 10, I collectively give Madonna's children's books (with the exception of 1992's Sex ...) seventeen stars, six apples, 4 oranges, 3 bananas, two plums, a blackberry, and a half a cherry ... [you do the math ...] Madonna's red-hot right now ... and you don't need a full page ad in the Wall Street Journal (or half a brain) to figure that out ...
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Title:Alice in Wonderland ASIN: 6303212301 Publisher: Warner Studios Pub. Date: 31 August, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $19.99 |
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Title: Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum ISBN: 0345335686 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 November, 1985 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Noah's Ark by Heinz Janisch, Lisbeth Zwerger, Rosemary Lanning ISBN: 1558587845 Publisher: North South Books Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Walt Disney's Peter Pan : Walt Disney Classic Edition by Monique Peterson ISBN: 0786853301 Publisher: Disney Editions Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill ISBN: 0688066321 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 24 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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