Genre : Fantasy / Children’s Literature Format : E-book Published : 1900

“You are welcome , most noble Sorceress , to the land of the Munchkins . We are so grateful to you for having killed Wicked Witch of the East , and for settling our people from bondage . “

Summary : You know this story or at least the basics . A girl from Kansas named Dorothy and her dog Toto get sucked up in a cyclone and land in the mythical land of Oz . In the process she ends up killing the Wicked Witch of the East by accident and frees the Munchkins . She thinks this is all fine and dandy but she needs to get back home to her family . In her journey to get back to Kansas she takes silver slippers off a dead person ( technically not theft ) , saves a living scarecrow from eternal humiliation , helps a cursed woodsman whom cut off all their body parts and replaced them with tin , punches a lion in the face then befriends him , meets the wizard of Oz , fights another witch , deals with flying monkeys , builds a balloon , encounters a giant spider , runs from Hammerheads , meets royalty of both the mice and porcelain variety … Damn this girl has a lot to deal with .

“No matter how dreary and gray our homes are , we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country , be it ever so beautiful . There is no place like home .”

Review : You know … this is pretty hardcore for a childrens story but I love it . The characters and situations have a great balance of silliness , adventure , and a taste of danger . I loved the movie but I do wish to see an adaption one of the story that includes the scenes and characters that were cut out of the famous movie . Both the movie and the book deserve to be called classics . Check them both out !

“It is useless to fight people with shooting heads ; no one can stand them .”

Recommendations : Books

1. A Charles Dickens Christmas by Charles Dickens
2. The Tale of the Nutcracker by Alexandre Dumas
3. Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien
4. The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine
5. Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine
6. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
7. Magic by William Goldman
8. Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
9. The Secret Confessions of Rustin Parr by D.A. Stern
10. Fatal Alliance by Sean Williams

Songs

1. Disco Inferno – The Tramps
2. Speed Demon – Michael Jackson
3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland
4. Seek and Destroy – Metallica
5. Mad Hatter – Melanie Martinez
6. Cultof Personality – Living Colour
7. If I Can Dream – Elvis Presley
8. Spirit in the Sky – Norman Greenbaum
9. Rock You Like A Hurricane – The Scorpions
10. Diggy Diggy Hole – Wind Rose

Movies

1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
2. Labyrinth (1986)
3. Tom and Jerry And The Wizard Of Oz (2011)
4. The Three Mouseketeers (1988)
5. Fantasia (1940)
6. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
7. Pinochio (1940)
8. Return to Oz (1985)
9. Rumpelstiltskin (1987)
10. The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

Lesson : Sometimes the answer lies right at your feet .