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Easier Classics: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L Frank Baum

Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 6 to 8

Published by Every Cherry, 2024

  • Adventure
  • Chapter books
  • Classics
  • Fantasy
  • Disability
  • Dyslexia
  • Learning disability

About this book

A classic tale is introduced to a new audience in this simplified retelling, specifically designed to be accessible to people with a range of learning disabilities and difficulties. 

During a storm, Dorothy and her beloved dog Toto are carried far away to the Land of Oz, where they meet a Scarecrow with no brain, a Lion with no courage and a Tin Man with no heart. Together, the new friends travel along the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City in search of the Wizard of Oz whom, Dorothy hopes, will help to guide her home.  

Publisher Every Cherry aims to ensure that people of all abilities and backgrounds can find stories that they are able to read and enjoy with ease. Their Everyday Classics series contains many features to help remove barriers to reading, including a consistent page layout for familiarity, simplified text using a dyslexia-friendly font, black-and-white illustrations on every spread and glossary definitions throughout. In addition, a QR code links to a free audiobook for every tale, so children can listen to, or read along with, the narration.  

About the author

L. Frank Baum was born in New York in 1856. The Wizard of Oz was based on a story he used to tell his own children. It was published in 1900 and became an international bestseller. The Wizard of Oz was made into a stage play in 1902 and a film starring Judy Garland in 1939. Baum wrote 12 more Oz novels and six short stories. After his death in 1919, his publishers carried on producing Oz stories and didn't stop until 1963!

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