The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I have grown up watching "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." In fact, I have seen it more times the last few years with my daughters. I have always loved the movie. So, I decided to read the book. I knew that Hollywood will make changes in story lines to fit the time-frame of a movie and some movies are drastically different from the book (see Jurassic Park and Lost World). I was somewhat surprised at how different the book is to the movie. After having read the book, I think I like the movie better. Many scenes were lifted from the book, but many scenes from the book were left out of the movie. All in all, though, I would say the book is good.

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