Trapped in an unknown land, dorothy must find a way back home and subsequently embarks on an adventure and. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out. A wonderful book full of whimsical tales, these books include more than the average reader ever expected to come about in the wizard of oz series, including many more tales and characters than could have ever been presented in the movie. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 216 pages and is available in hardcover format. On the way she meets the scarecrow, the tin woodman. In 1908, he was able to move his family to california, where they lived in a house called.
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