The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum · 1900 · Fiction
Full text · 24 chaptersNarrated in your voice
Public domain · added by Library
What it's about
Baum set out to write an American fairy tale with the moralising taken out, and the book is stranger and more matter-of-fact than the film: the shoes are silver, the country is a real place with a working economy, and the wizard is simply a man with a balloon.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Anyone who only knows the 1939 film - Readers who want a fairy tale without a lesson - Anyone reading aloud to a young listener
