Like many Americans, I grew up watching the annual TV broadcast of the Hollywood movie version of The Wizard of Oz. And while I love the musical Wicked and the Zooey Deschanel miniseries Tin Man, I had absolutely no desire to read anything by L. Frank Baum (partly due to one of my sister's teenage ...
I've just read this to my two kids. They loved the story and I had a ball making up voices for the characters (you should hear my Kansas accent...). Given that it's over a century since Baum wrote the book, it holds up remarkably well. Many children's books from the '20s, '30s and '40s sound positiv...
I'm not sure why it took me so long to get around to reading the Oz series. I've had the entire collection sitting on my Kindle, waiting, for a couple of years now. But I kept pushing it off to read newer books, saying that I'd eventually get around to it.Now that I've finally finished the first boo...
I used to consider myself a Wizard of Oz expert. I’ve seen the 1939 movie a ton of times. I’ve seen the musical adaption movie The Wiz about a million times (Micheal Jackson, Diana Ross, Mabel King, Nipsey Russell, Richard Pryor? YES, please). And then – just to put 10 on the 20 – I’m a theatre geek...
The Oz books played a big part in my early childhood reading adventures. My sister would read them to me... and I have great memories from that because eventually we had many of the books memorised and we'd role play a lot. I hadn't read this particular book in a long time (I wouldn't be able to rec...
Many people have been talking about the 'great American novel' and I think I have found it in this wonderful little book about the wonderful wizard of Oz. Unfortunately this book has drifted into the mists of the unknown thanks very much to Hollywood and the exploits of Judy Garland. In fact ...
Anne Hathaway is not a horrible narrator. When she is narrating lines of text, her voice is quite pleasant, melodious, and very easy on the ears. Her vocalizations of the characters, however, leave a lot to be desired. The Lion has a Jewish twang, while the Scarecrow definitely has a Brooklyn lilt. ...
Finally! It took me some time to get around to this book. This edition is just so beautiful and gorgeous and oh I love it... Fortunately the inside of this book is just as beautiful as the outside. I've seen the old movie with Judy Garland a couple of times, and I think it's absolutely amazing, and ...
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