The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: An Illustrated Classic

By L. Frank Baum, William Wallace Denslow and Cherie Zamazing

Take a trip down the yellow brick road in this keepsake edition of L. Frank Baum's classic novel.

Join Dorothy, Toto, the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion as they embark on an adventure in the magical land of Oz. As the unlikely friends work together to defeat the Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothy can't help but wonder if she will ever make it home to Kansas. A classic story that has been enjoyed by readers of all ages since 1900, The Wizard of Oz is considered the first true American fairy tale. Full-page color drawings by illustrator Cherie Zamazing add an imaginative touch the story, making this volume a treasured keepsake.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Canterbury Classics
• Release date: May 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9781684124114

L. Frank Baum

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. MinaLima is an award-winning graphic design studio founded by Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima, renowned for establishing the visual graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film series. Specializing in graphic design and illustration, Miraphora and Eduardo have continued their involvement in the Harry Potter franchise through numerous design commissions, from creating all the graphic elements for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando Resort, to designing award-winning publications for the brand. Their best-selling books include Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone, Harry Potter Film Wizardry, The Case of Beasts: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Archive of Magic: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts screenplays. MinaLima studio is renowned internationally for telling stories through design and has created its own MinaLima Classics series, reimagining a growing collection of much-loved tales including Peter Pan, The Secret Garden, and Pinocchio.

Reviews for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

[Meagan Fischer · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The truth is I haven't read this since I was a child, and don't remember it perfectly (I remember the movie well enough though, having watched it many times). I'm going through Scribd and marking as read and reviewing a number of books which I have read at some point in my life, for what purpose, I am not sure. I don't know if I would like this story as much if I read it for the first time today, but I give it a 5-star rating because I know that I loved it as a child. It was fun, just as the author intended it to be. These days as an adult, I don't so much like that he tried to take all the morals out of it and just have it be for pleasure, I like stories with a message of some sort. But my adult self was not Frank Baum's audience :).