Book Review: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum

This book takes place after the classic Wizard of Oz tale and is one of the numerous stories about Dorothy and the Land of Oz. An earthquake drops Dorothy Gale and her cousin Zeb, along with an old horse named Jim and a white cat named Eureka, into an underground world where the people are made of vegetables and all the architecture is made of glass. There they meet up with the Wizard of Oz who helps them escape the hostile vegetable people (he's the man on the cover with the piglets). However, they do not escape danger yet as they are attacked by invisible bears and strange creatures wearing wooden wings. They are finally rescued by the Princess Ozma of Oz and continue their adventures in the safety of Oz.

This book is written in a story-telling fashion as though the author were telling the story to children. The adventures the children encounter are ridiculous and entertaining as well as the solutions they find, just what one would expect in a children's tale.