Dorothy lives with her hardworking Aunt and Uncle in Kansas. Her little dog Toto is her life s joy. One day a cyclone whips the house away with Dorothy and Toto still inside. Everyone else made it to the storm shelter in time. When Dorothy and Toto awake, they are in a strange land. They meet the munchkins who are really happy because the house has crushed the Wicked Witch of the East. Dorothy is amazed by all she sees but wants to try and get home. She is given a gift of the Witch s shoes and begins her journey on the yellow brick road to find her way home. She meets the Scarecrow, The Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion as she travels and they all decide to go meet the Wizard of Oz who will help them with their wishes. Along the way the Wicked Witch of the West try s to thwart their progress so that she may have the shoes that Dorothy was given. The Wizard will only allow them their wishes if they destroy the witch. When they do this, they return and find that the Wizard is not as he seems "

Author Biography

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 - May 6, 1919), better known by his pen name L. Frank Baum, was an American author chiefly known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost works," 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. His works anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high risk, action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).