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  • Published: 2 June 2008
  • ISBN: 9780141321028
  • Imprint: Puffin Modern Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $19.99

The Wizard of Oz

The Graphic Novel and Original Text in one Volume




Rediscover the Puffin Classics - the world's favourite stories

Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her and her dog, Toto, far away to the magical land of Oz. To get home Dorothy must follow the yellow brick road to Emerald City and find the wonderfully mysterious Wizard of Oz. Together with her companions the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion whom she meets on the way, Dorothy embarks on a strange and enchanting adventure.

With a charming introduction by award-winning Cornelia Funke, The Wizard of Oz is one of the twenty wonderful classics being relaunched in Puffin Classics in March 2015.

  • Published: 2 June 2008
  • ISBN: 9780141321028
  • Imprint: Puffin Modern Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $19.99

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About the author

L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum was born in New York in 1856. The Wizard of Oz was based on a story he used to tell his own children. It was published in 1900 and became an international bestseller. The Wizard of Oz was made into a stage play in 1902 and a film starring Judy Garland in 1939. Baum wrote 12 more Oz novels and six short stories. After his death in 1919, his publishers carried on producing Oz stories and didn't stop until 1963!

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