The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by Baum, L. Frank
Published by : Readings (Lahore) Physical details: 146 Pages 19X13 cm | PB ISBN:9789699903014. Year: 2014| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Children's Area | Fiction | 813.4 B337W 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | 57347 |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900. he story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by a cyclone. The novel is one of the best-known stories in American literature and has been widely translated. The Library of Congress has declared it "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale". Its groundbreaking success and the success of the Broadway musical adapted from the novel led Baum to write thirteen additional Oz books that serve as official sequels to the first story.
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