The Wizard of Oz, 100th Anniversary Edition
by Charles Santore, L Frank Baum
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Author: Charles Santore, L Frank BaumEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-09-12
ISBN: 0375811370
Number of pages: 96
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Book Reviews of The Wizard of Oz, 100th Anniversary Edition
Book Review: A reader and an uncle
Summary: 5 Stars
I have not found a more beautifuly illustrated book yet, in any genre of book.
This book is marvelous!
This is the Wizard of Oz book to own. The pictures are very different from the movie, but incredibly beautiful and enchanting. The realistic and fantasy lighting in this book is beyond description, its the very best of any chilrens book I have ever seen.
My mother gave me this book when I was a child and I have cherished it ever since.
The story could not be presented in a more complimentary and beautiful way, its wonderful.
I recommend this to anyone, parents, child, or single adult, the book is wonderful!
It may be hard to find, but it is well worth it. This book will teach its readers and viewers to aprechiate great art.
Summary of The Wizard of Oz, 100th Anniversary Edition
This special 100th-anniversary edition of L. Frank Baum's classic features eye-catching embossed gold foil on a centennial medallion as well as on the title. Santore's Wizard of Oz is widely acknowledged as the quintessential illustrated version of the tale for the picture book audience. His lush, full-color illustrations grace every page of the faithfully condensed text--no language other than Baum's has been used. This special edition is the perfect one to share with the youngest children.In the 100 years since L. Frank Baum first published his Wonderful Wizard of Oz, countless authors and illustrators have adapted, interpreted, and retold this story of Dorothy and her unusual companions, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion. But for sheer opulence and sumptuous color, award-winning artist Charles Santore's 100th anniversary edition takes the cake. Santore's large, fairy-tale style watercolors feature ominous, shadowy forests, magnificent but deadly poppies, the whimsical, green-tinted landscapes of Oz, and the golden gray fields of Kansas. Each page is awash in color; many of the two-page spreads have no text to distract readers from the illustrations' myriad details--not-yet-blooming poppy buds, the Tin Woodman's watering can head, and the radiant good witch, Glinda, posing on her ruby-encrusted throne. The text is condensed rather than adapted; so virtually every word is Baum's own. Although some scenes have been left out, Baum's classic story rings through, loud and clear. Sharing this lush edition with a favorite child would be the perfect way to celebrate a century of Oz. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
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