The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Introduction and notes by J.T. Barbarese. Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion—they're now as beloved a part of American folklore as Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan. Since its first publication in 1900, L. Frank Baum's story of a little girl carried away by a tornado to the strange and beautiful Land of Oz has had an extraordinary emotional impact on wide-eyed readers young and old.