Ozma of Oz ...When a storm blows Dorothy to the land of Ev where lunches grow on trees, she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and Princess Ozma, and together they set out to free the Queen of Ev and her ten children imprisoned by the Nome King. |
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This is a wonderful story; it's marvelous that it still relevant 100 years later.
Baum and the illustrator created an amazing composition encompassing a literary equilibrium: word and picture content that seems child-friendly at is surface, but musing of the full implications and social commentary reveals that the contact is actually dark---sending a child into battle and numerous skirmishes with creatures.
I deeply wish a new film will eventually capture Baum's full content and darkness as well as the Progressive Era social commentary; the 1985 film "Return to Oz" came close.
Here are some very artistic fan-trailers of L. Frank Baum's books.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ow2VUNzxO8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwuO2esN5ho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4mFrCXuxs0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nZ04EpkeL0
Best ever.