As a kid I was obsessed with The Wizard of Oz. Saturday afternoons we used to love to watch The Wizard of Oz with Judy Garland. It was one of those family favourites that you can watch over and over again.
So when I was presented with the opportunity to read and review The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum it was a given! No way was I going to refuse this one!
Here is a little bit about the book:
Book Description
“He is more powerful than all the rest of us together. He lives in the City of Emeralds.”
Blown far way from her home to the magical land of Oz, little Dorothy must follow the yellow-brick road to the Emerald City and ask the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz for help. With the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion by her side, Dorothy must first defeat the Wicked Witch of the West – but will the Wizard’s magic be enough to get her home?
My Review
It was great fun to go back and revisit the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz through this amazing book. It’s suitable for ages 8+ so too young for baby girl, but it will definitely be one I shall be reading to her when she’s older.
Dorothy lives on a farm with her Aunt Em in Kansas and one day she is whisked away in a tornado to the magical land of Oz. As soon as she arrives there her only wish is to return home. She is told she must go to the Emerald City to find The Wizard of Oz who can help to send her home. Along the way on the yellow brick road she meets the Scarecrow, Tinman and the Cowardly Lion. They all hope the Wizard will give them their desires.
My favourite part is when Dorothy saves the Scarecrow. He is one of the better characters and becomes one of Dorothy’s closest friends. All he want’s is for the Wizard of Oz to give him some brains!
I love that this book is a tale of friendship as well as the good versus evil, a timeless classic that all young children should have the chance to read.
This book is part of a 15 book box set, from Sweet Cherry Publishing but is perfect to be a standalone read.
The book cover illustration is fantastic, very pleasing to the eye and great for kids.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz deserves no less than 5 out of 5 stars.
I want to say a huge thanks to Boolino and Sweet Cherry Publishing for this delightful set of books.
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*I was given a copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own as always.
I like the Lion
Toto. what a cutie pie x
The Wicked Witch – I suppose because of Wicked’s storyline haha! But also because she’s so sassy!
The scarecrow
the lion
Love the Scarecrow x (just saw this at our local theatre with Ashley from Coronation Street starring in it, I took my twin boys who now love the story as much as I) thank you for the giveaway x
The lion!
tin man
toto!
The lion
The Scarecrow
wicked witch
The scarecrow ????
The Scarecrow
The Cowardly Lion 🙂
The tin man although I do love toto ????
The wicked witch
The Scarecrow is my favourite.
I have to say the Tin Man.
The Lion
The Tin Man
the lion
the tin man
The Scarecrow
The lion is my favourite because I relate to him soo much
My favourite character has to be Scarecrow…he just needs a brain, lol & having had baby brain I think I should have followed the yellow brick road!
The Cowardly Lion
Scarecrow
The lion!
The LION
the scarecrow
Ours is Dorothy my daughter has a Dorothy dressing up costume that she loves.
the cowardly lion is my fave 🙂
awk it would be the lion of course x
The Lion!
the tin man
The lion such a character
Scarecrow
THE TIN MAN – BUDDY EBSEN (JED CLAMPITT) BEVERLEY HILLBILLIES WAS ORIGINALLY CAST AS THE TIN MAN BUT HE INJURED HIS BACK WHEN WEARING THE TIN SUIT
The Tin Man
the tin man!
The Tin Woodman
the tin man is my favourite 🙂
The tin man
The cowardly lion is my favourite
I have always been a Scarecrow fan
the lion
The Lion
Gotta love Toto!
Toto the dog – v cute!
The lion
The Tin Man
The Scarecrow.
The scarecrow
The Scarecrow.
My favourite character from the wizard of oz has to be the lion as he reminds me of a younger me when i didn’t feel like i had courage
The lion
The lion
The Tin Man
Dorothy!
The cowardly lion
I like the Tin Man
Cowardly lion he shows he’s no coward in the end
The cowardly lion
The tin man is my favourite
The wickef witch!
Dorothy
It’s got to be the Lion, he is my favourite 🙂
The Cowardly Lion.
The scarecrow
I love the Scarecrow.
Scarecrow he is just so loveable and caring xxx
Scarecrow he is just so loveable and caring xx
scarecrow is the funniest we reckon!
scarecrow is the funniest we reckon!
The Lion
The cowardly Lion????
the lion
The Scarecrow
The tin man is my favourite character
The scarecrow
It has to be Toto for me.
Toto! He is my little hero 🙂
I always liked the tin man best!
I always loved the Tin Man
The Cowardly Lion.
The lion – I love him!
I love the Scarecrow he’s funny and will always help Dorothy a true friend
The lion, he’s lovely.
I love the scarecrow
The Cowardly Lion x
The Lion! I think his character teaches valuable lessons! x
Dorothy
The lollipop guild ⚝
Toto the dog, when I was kid my dog’s name was Toto!
I do love the lion – makes a change from seeing a strong character and he makes me laugh.
The tin man is the one I have a soft spot for along with Toto.
toto the dog x
toto the dog xx
I love the scarecrow, he’s always been my favourite, thank you so much for the lovely giveaway btw! 😀
The cowardly lion
The Lion
The Lion is great
I love Dorothy
The Lion came good in the end
The lion, know how a tough outer appearance can hide a lot!
the scarecrow i so like him
scarecrow
the scarecrow as I can relate to him best
Dorothy
The cowardly Lion
The tin man! The most loving person, even without a heart
the tin man
the lion! 🙂
My daughter loves Dorothy
The cowardly lion
the tin man