A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of L. Frank Baum's classic: a cyclone carries Dorothy and Toto to the Land of Oz, where she follows the yellow brick road with the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, faces the Wicked Witch of the West, and finds her way home to Aunt Em.
Read first 4 pagesThe opening of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Gentle Retelling, free to read.
Dorothy's Kansas home was gray: gray grass, gray house, gray sky. Only her dog, Toto, made her laugh. One day Uncle Henry shouted, "A cyclone is coming!" "Quick, Dorothy!" cried Aunt Em. "Run for the cellar!"
But where was Toto? Dorothy found him shivering under her bed and scooped him up. Too late! The floor tipped. The cyclone spun the house round and round, up and up!
The house flew on and on. Dorothy slept. Bump! She peeked out. No gray anywhere! Flowers! Fruit trees! A splashing brook! And two feet in silver shoes, poking out from beneath the house!
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