The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a modern day fantasy. Written in a simple and straightforward style, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz will appeal to children in the upper primary level because it is a novel with twenty- four chapters. a novel that appeals not only to children but also to the adult. It is not a fairy tale in the traditional sense of the term
This is a story about a young girl named Dorothy who lived in Kansas with her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry and pet dog, Toto. Her house is carried away in a tornado and she awoke to find that her house has landed in the Land of Oz and killed the Wicked Witch of the East, a cruel witch who ruled over the Munchkins. Her sister, the Wicked Witch of West, wanted to take her revenge on Dorothy and Toto. To escape, Dorothy and Toto journeyed to the Emerald City and seek the help of the Wizard of Oz. Along the way, they made friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion. These three unique individuals all hoped Oz could grant them their desires. Scarecrow, a dumb scarecrow, wants Oz to give him a brain. Tin Woodman, a man made from tin, wants Oz to give him a heart. And Lion, a cowardly lion, wants Oz to give him courage. They continued their journey along the road. They encountered many adventures before and after visiting the Wizard in Emerald City. Upon arrival in Emerald City, the Wizard of Oz promised to grant them what they desired and sent them on a quest to kill the Wicked Witch of the West. In the end, they all got what they wanted.
The story was set in Kansas prairie of United States of America and the colourful Land of Oz. Dorothy left Kansas by traveling with her old farmhouse in a cyclone to begin her adventures, then returned home to a new farmhouse. Dorothy’s prairie world is dreary. No trees or neighboring houses or structures are nearby. The plowed land is sunbaked and cracked and most of the grass has been burnt into short, gray blades to form a ‘flat country that reached...