The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Many have seen the movie, “The Wizard of Oz,” based on L. Frank Baum’s novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” While it is a great family movie, like most movies based on a book, the book is better! This reading set introduces the reader to the real Wizard of Oz story, including the backstory on some of the characters and some riveting scenes.

The Rescue of the Tin Woodman

Dorothy, a Kansas girl, is carried by a tornado to the distant land of Oz. Dorothy wants to go back home. She travels to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard of Oz to help her. Along the way, she meets a tin woodman, who tells his story in this…

The Search for the Wicked Witch

L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was written in 1900. It tells the story of Dorothy, a Kansas farm girl, who has been swept up by a cyclone to the magical land of Oz. She wants to return home and has been told by the Wizard of Oz…

How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow

J. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz tells the story of a young Kansas girl Dorothy. A cyclone picked up the house she was living in and lifted it to the magical world of Oz. The house landed on the Wicked Witch of the East and killed the witch.…

The Winged Monkeys

L. Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900. It tells of the adventures of Dorothy, a Kansas farm girl. She is swept up by a cyclone to the magical land of Oz. In order to go home, the Wizard of Oz has told her she must kill…

The Road Through the Forest

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was written by L. Frank Baum. It’s the story of Dorothy, a girl from Kansas, who was take by a tornado to the magical land of Oz. In order to return home, she must go to the Emerald City and speak to the powerful Wizard…

The Cyclone

L. Frank Baum wrote “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” in 1900. It’s the story of a girl named Dorothy who lives with her aunt and uncle on a farm in Kansas. Dorothy has a dog named Toto. This passage is from the beginning of the book. —————————–  From the far…