Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

The movie is great, to be sure. But if you have not yet read the book you are in for a real treat! It's every bit as rich as the movie - and thanks to the authors gift with language and your own fantastic imagination it's even better!

While all of Baum's books are great, overall I think this was the one that I enjoyed the most. Like the very first book, the plot is simple. Dorothy gets pulled into a magical world against her will, and she wants to get home. She then goes through a series of adventures trying to achieve her goal. Although the book has "In Oz" in the title, Dorothy and the Wizard spend very little time actually in Oz. But don't let this put you off. The underground lands that they pass through are every bit as exciting and magical as the different lands actually in Oz. The ending (how they escape the underground world) is a bit weak, but the imaginative countries that they pass through and the adventures they have in each more than make up for this. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is a book that you will want to start reading again as soon as you finish, but don't. Go on to the next Oz book and then the next. While I believe that this was the best of the 14 original books in the series, they are all wonderful and I would recommend that everyone read the entire series from beginning to end. And then try the books written by some of the other authors. While none are as inspired as those written by Baum, many of them are very good.And if you've read all the Oz books and are looking for other titles that are just as magical and just as inspired, try the Chronicles of Narnia, King Fortis the Brave or Abarat. All will introduce you to other magical worlds that are every bit as fun to visit as Oz.

This is the best Oz story I have read so far! Infact it is one of the best books I have ever read! In the begining Dorothy went to California to visit her cousin. Then Dorothy and her cousin Zeb are riding in a buggy when a earth quake begins and they fall in a rip in the earth. What happens next find out for your selfes!

I think Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is a exciteing book which is funny and intresting in a lot of ways.I read all the Oz books but I think this one is one of his best!I definetly rate this a 5 star book! From Hallie McPherson

This is one of my favorite Oz books. We see Dorothy and the Wizard reunite, of course, but there are some interesting things going on. The Wizard has become a grand character; Baum has thrown his own nature into him and has made him real to us. The Wizard is now a resourceful, sometimes devious, sardonic, yet compassionate man. The story delves into the bizarre with the Glass City and its vegetable people (and their gruesome demise). The Gargoyles are quite disturbing in their emotionally hollow, wooden world. The Braided Man of Pyramid Mountain provides dry humor (here we see Baum's love of puns). Esentially this is one of the more original works of Baum, with quixotic new characters, and further development of those we already knew. I think perhaps Ozma comes into her own in this novel; she is what a queen should be, loyal to her subjects, but not above the law; she is regal, kind yet firm, passionate and loving. Baum has created a fearsome yet beautiful per! sonage in Ozma. This is a great read; I would suggest it to non-Ozophiles so that the MGM movie can be challenged, and the true Oz can be appreciated in its majesty of fantasy, humor, horror, and splendor.

This is an excellent book! In it, Dorothy and her cousin Zeb fall underground in an earthquake. To their surprise, they meet the wizard! In a series of adventures, they go through the land of the horrible vegetable Mangaboos, the invisible Valley of Voe, and climb a staircase for miles until they are almost to the surface of the earth. They end up in a cave and discover that they can't progress any farther. Ozma ends up transporting them to the land of Oz; when they get there, though, they aren't very happy. They realize that they really like it best where they belong,at home. I highly recommend this book! SUBMITTED BY: Sarah Hall age 13