The Wizard of Oz (Illustrated in Colour)

Resumen del libro

This is the story of Dorothy and her little dog Toto, who are carried away from Kansas by a cyclone and transported to the wonderful world of Oz. She meets three companions - the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion - and the three journey to the Emerald City of Oz to ask the Wizard of Oz to give them their hearts' desires, which in Dorothy's case is to return home to Kansas. On their way to Oz and while fulfilling the tasks that the surprising Wizard asks of them they encounter witches, winged monkeys, the Deadly Desert, fighting trees and magic shoes. This edition is evocatively illustrated with the original drawings of W. W. Denslow which have been sensitively re-coloured by Barbara Frith, one of Britain's leading colourists.

Biografía del autor

Lyman Frank Baum fue un escritor estadounidense de libros para niños. Alcanzó el éxito comercial con su primer libro, Father Goose, al que siguió un año después la aún más popular historia El maravilloso mago de Oz. Escribió otros trece libros sobre la serie Oz, que tuvo un gran número de lectores.