The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum

The Wizard of Oz
List Price: $29.95
Our Price: $0.01
You Save: $29.94 (100%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions


or

Book Summary Information

Author: L. Frank Baum
Illustrator: Graham Rawle
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-01
ISBN: 1582434557
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Counterpoint

Book Reviews of The Wizard of Oz

Book Review: Hysterically Funny and Deeply Disturbing
Summary: 5 Stars

The problem with illustrating a classic with an expired copyright is that the book can get lost in the shuffle, especially if it's The Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland. Every time a new edition of The Wizard comes out, there's about a 75% chance that I'll pass on it. Every time I do buy one I think, well, this will probably be the end of it. And then a new edition comes out--like this one. All one has to do is look at the cover to see that the reader is in for a fiendish ride indeed. Dorothy's a pretty little doll and Toto rides around on his little cart and doesn't move a muscle. The flowers and plant life look like things that would grow in Pepperland. The Scarecrow's face is drawn on with a red magic marker; the Tin Man looks like he was assembled from odds and ends one would find under the sink. The Lion doesn't look well at all and the Winged Monkeys look like bombers. The picture of the Wizard on page 204 resembles Donald Rumsfeld (but I suspect that's a coincidence; this book is hardly political.)
Well, I think you get the idea. This edition reminds me of those cute little furry yellow chick books by Sloane Tanen who are so full of angst.
A cautionary reminder--this book is the original text by L. Frank Baum. If you've only seen the movie, then some of these pictures may not make sense. Now for the teasers--both Glinda and the beautiful lady whom the Scarecrow sees as Oz during his private audience have the faces of two very famous ladies. See if you can figure out who they are.

Summary of The Wizard of Oz

In this fascinating reinterpretation of L. Frank Baum?s The Wizard of Oz, artist Graham Rawle has stripped the epic story about Dorothy?s journey to Oz of all remnants of Hollywood iconography. Gone are the Judy Garland braids, the Technicolor ruby slippers, the ethereal Glinda the Good Witch. In their place, Rawle has fashioned graphic characters and scenery that are at once relentlessly modern and devoutly loyal to Baum?s original text: the Wicked Witch of the West “has but one good eye? and it is “as powerful as a telescope,? while Emerald City only appears to be green because the inhabitants are made to wear tinted glasses. Infused with color, images, and montages that bring the classic story alive all over again, this is an Oz that is both surreal and surprising.

Classics by Age Books

Book Subjects
Most talked about in Classics by Age Books
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia) ImageThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia)
by C. S. Lewis
HarperFestival; Published: 2005-10-25; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $7.68
Price in other shops: $27.50
The Horse and His Boy (adult) (Narnia) ImageThe Horse and His Boy (adult) (Narnia)
by C. S. Lewis
HarperCollins; Published: 2005-05-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.87
Price in other shops: $10.95
These Happy Golden Years (Little House) ImageThese Happy Golden Years (Little House)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Harper Collins Publishers; HarperCollins; Published: 1953-10-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.45
Price in other shops: $16.99
Little House in the Big Woods ImageLittle House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Harper Collins Publishers; HarperCollins; Published: 1953-10-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops: $16.99
Buenas noches, luna ImageBuenas noches, luna
by Margaret Wise Brown
Rayo; Published: 1995-08-04; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.99
Price in other shops: $17.99
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Businesss ImageCaps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Businesss
by Esphyr Slobodkina
HarperCollins; Published: 1947-01-01; Library Binding; Book
Best price: $12.48
Price in other shops: $17.89
Where the Wild Things Are ImageWhere the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
HarperCollins Publishers; Published: 1964-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.93
Little Town on the Prairie CD (Little House) ImageLittle Town on the Prairie CD (Little House)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Spring Arbor/Ingram; HarperFestival; Published: 2005-07-26; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $14.98
Price in other shops: $25.95
By the Shores of Silver Lake CD (Little House) ImageBy the Shores of Silver Lake CD (Little House)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Spring Arbor/Ingram; HarperFestival; Published: 2004-10-05; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $14.94
Price in other shops: $25.95
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass ImageAlice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
by Lewis Carroll
Scribner Paper Fiction; Published: 1962-05-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.49
Price in other shops: $2.95
Similar Books and other products
Pretty Pru: A Tilly and Friends Book ImagePretty Pru: A Tilly and Friends Book
by Polly Dunbar
Candlewick; Published: 2009-02-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.10
Price in other shops: $12.99
Ballots for Belva: The True Story of a Woman's Race for the Presidency ImageBallots for Belva: The True Story of a Woman's Race for the Presidency
by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Abrams Books for Young Readers; Published: 2008-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.65
Price in other shops: $16.95
Gone Fishing: Ocean Life by the Numbers ImageGone Fishing: Ocean Life by the Numbers
by David McLimans
Walker Childrens; Published: 2008-09-16; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $0.01
Price in other shops: $16.99
Clifford The Champion ImageClifford The Champion
by Norman Bridwell
Scholastic; Cartwheel Books; Published: 2009-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.18
Price in other shops: $15.99
My Little Girl ImageMy Little Girl
by Tim McGraw, Tom Douglas
Thomas Nelson; Published: 2008-10-21; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.77
Price in other shops: $16.99
Goha The Wise Fool ImageGoha The Wise Fool
by Denys Johnson-Davies
Philomel; Published: 2005-08-04; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.51
Price in other shops: $16.99
Isle of Fire (Pirate Adventures) ImageIsle of Fire (Pirate Adventures)
by Wayne Thomas Batson
Thomas Nelson; Published: 2008-09-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.98
Price in other shops: $16.99
Thanksgiving Rules ImageThanksgiving Rules
by Laurie Friedman
Carolrhoda Books; Published: 2009-09-01; Library Binding; Book
Best price: $10.53
Price in other shops: $16.95
The Ugly Duckling  (Oversize Gift Edition) ImageThe Ugly Duckling (Oversize Gift Edition)
by Hans Christian Andersen
Viking Juvenile; Published: 2006-11-16; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $22.75
Price in other shops: $85.00
The Secret Garden ImageThe Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Candlewick; Published: 2010-02-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.72
Price in other shops: $14.99