Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The
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Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The by L. Frank Baum
By: L. Frank Baum (1856-1919)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
By L. Frank Baum
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    Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.     Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as historical in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer wonder tales in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale.  Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child se

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5of 5 stars Reviewer: Edgar&Ellen - 10/23/2008 18:51
Subject: Sliver Shoes Here
I was excited to see that the OZ books where here. This is the first one from the series, and I have read it before, but it was a joy to listen to it. J.Hall is a great reader. Thanks for your hard work. If you only seen the movie, I recommended you take a listen. Many things are different, but I always like how these fictional worlds change over time, , because I do like the ruby slippers better.

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