The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

(Paperback)

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Follow the adventures of Dorothy and her dog Toto, as their Kansas house is swept away by a cyclone and they find themselves in a strange land called Oz. This lavishly produced facsimile of the rare first edition contains all 24 of W.W. Denslow's original colour plates and the colourful binding. Ages 9 and up.

Author Bio

L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900 and received enormous, immediate success. Baum went on to write seventeen additional novels in the Oz series. Today, he is considered the father of the American fairy tale. His stories inspired the 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz, one of the most widely viewed movies of all time.Michael Sieben is a professional designer and illustrator, primarily within the sub-culture of skateboarding, whose work has been exhibited and reviewed worldwide as well as featured in numerous illustration anthologies. He is a staff writer and illustrator for Thrasher magazine, and a weekly columnist for VICE.com. He is also a founding member of Okay Mountain Gallery and Collective in Austin, Texas, as well as the cofounder of Roger Skateboards. The author of There's Nothing Wrong with You (Hopefully), he lives and works in Austin.