The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum is a children's novel published in 1900. When a cyclone sweeps young Dorothy and her dog Toto from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, she discovers only one way home: she must destroy the Wicked Witch of the West. Joined by a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodman, and a Cowardly Lion, Dorothy embarks on an adventure down the yellow brick road to seek help from the mysterious Wizard of Oz. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919
Illustrator Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace), 1856-1915
Title The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz
Credits Douglas L. Alley III, Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Reading Level Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Oz (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Fantasy literature
Subject Courage -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Home -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Dreams -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Cowardly Lion (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Cyclones -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Scarecrow (Fictitious character from Baum) -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Toto (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Witches -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Wizard of Oz (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Tin Woodman (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 43936
Release Date
Last Update May 17, 2026
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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