(1993) Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (A Watermill Classic), By L. Frank Baum. (ISBN: 0816728844 / 0-8167-2884-4)

Book Description: Watermill Press, U.S.A., 1993. First Edition Thus. This special and unabridged Watermill Classic edition has been completely reset in a size and style for easy reading. Number line on copyright page reads: (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Illustrated Glossy Cloth White Hard Cover Boards. 174 pages, 5.5" x 7.875" tall, .5" thick. No underlining, No highlighting, Previous owners name on inside cover, No remainder marks, this is a As New book. As New copy - Looks Never read. Beautiful gift quality copy of a book. (Complete and Unabridged)(Grades 3-6)

Book Condition: As New.

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Synopsis: The adventures of Dorothy and the Wizard in the magical land of Oz, with their Friends Zeb Hugson, Eureka The Kitten, And Jim The Cab-horse.

About The Author: Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels), 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works predicted such century-later commonplaces as television, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high risk, action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).

Literary: Baum's avowed intentions with the Oz books, and other fairy tales, was to tell such tales as the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen told, bringing them up to date by making the characters not stereotypical dwarfs or genies, and by removing both the violence and the moral to which the violence was to point. Although the first books contained a fair amount of violence, it decreased with the series; in The Emerald City of Oz, Ozma objected to doing violence even to the Nomes who threaten Oz with invasion. His introduction is often cited as the beginnings of the sanitization of children's stories, although he did not do a great deal more than eliminate harsh moral lessons. His stories still include decapitations, eye removals, maimings of all kinds, and other violent acts, but the tone is very different from Grimm or Andersen.

Another traditional element that Baum intentionally omitted was the emphasis on romance. He considered romantic love to be uninteresting for young children, as well as largely incomprehensible. In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the only element of romance lay in the backstory of the Tin Woodman and his love Nimmie Amee, which explains his condition and does not otherwise affect the tale, and that of Gayelette and the enchantment of the Winged Monkeys; the only other stories with such elements were The Scarecrow of Oz and Tik-Tok of Oz, both based on dramatizations, which Baum regarded warily until his readers accepted them.

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