The Wizard of Oz

 There are part of this book that are very similar to the movie and others that are not. The book that I read was the original way the book was. 

Dorothy was sucked up into a cyclone and landed in The Land of the Munshkins, where her house fell on the Wicked Witch of the East. She meets all of the munshkins and the Good Witch of the North. The God Witch tells her to fallow the yellow brick road to get to the Emerald City. The Good Witch also gives her the silver slippers and a kiss on her forehead. The kiss will protect her from evil. On the way she meets the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion. All of them also want to go to the Emerald City so they can have their wishes granted. Once they get to the Emerald City so the Wizard of Oz can grant their wishes he says he will only see one of them everyday. The first day the Wizard saw Dorothy. He appeared in the form of a giant head. He said he would not grant her wish unless she killed the Wicked Witch of the West. The second day the Wizard met with Scarecrow. The Wizard appeared as a beautiful fairy. The Wizard said she would not grant his wish until the Wicked Witch of the West was dead. The third day the Wizard saw the Tin Man. He appeared as a terrible beast. It had 5 arms and legs, the head of a rhino and was the size of an elephant. Once again the Wizard would not grant his wish until the Wicked Witch of the West was dead. Finally, the Wizard meets with the Lion. This time as a big ball of fire. The Wizard would not grant his wish until the Witch was dead. So the friends set out to kill the witch. The witch uses her gold cap, which would give her the power to control the flying monkeys 3 times, to kill the Tin Man, The Scarecrow and Dorothy. She would use Lion as a slave. Because of the kiss on Dorothy's forehead they couldn't harm her. They tore apart the Scarecrow and the Tin Man. They carried Lion and Dorothy to the Witch. The Witch uses them as slaves, but dodrthy gets so mad at her she throws a bucket of water on her, which makes the Witch melt. All of the witches slaves were s happy they helped Dorothy and Lion put Tin Man and Scarecrow back together. They go back to the Wizard. He grants all of the wishes, but in order to grant Dorothy's wish he needed a hot air balloon. But as they were leaving Dorothy lost ToTo and couldn't go. So the castle guard tells her to go see Glinda. She was the most powerful out of all of the witches. So they go to see Glinda with the Golden Cap. When they get there Glinda uses the Golden Cap to call on the monkeys so they could carry the Scarecrow, Tin  Man and Lion back to where they wanted to go. Then Glinda explains to Dorothy that if she clicks her heals together 3 times, she would get back to Kansas. 

Dorothy is a very sweet, caring and kind little girl. All she wants to do is get back home to Aunt Em in Kansas. Scarecrow is very witty and wants a brain. The Tin Man is very kind and thoughtful and wants a heart. The Lion is a lot braver then he thinks and wants courage. The Wicked Witch of West is a cruel, mean creature who is horrified of water.  The Wizard is a normal person who is from Omaha. He wants to be greater then he is. 

This is a good book. It's classic, well thought out and well written. I read the whole book in two hours. It is one of my favorite books.

I compared this book a lot to the movie. Judy Garland is one of my favorite singers and actresses so The WIzard of Oz is one of my favorite movies. 

Frank Baum was born in New York. His father was an oil merchant and he wrote 13 books based on the Land of Oz.