Holt Elements of Literature: Holt English Language Development: ESL/ESOL Assessments with Answer Key Second Course - Softcover

G. Kylene Beers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0554023512 ISBN 13: 9780554023519

Publisher: aberle-media, 2009

Synopsis

It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.

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Review

For many of us, the adventures of Dorothy in Oz will forever be associated not with Judy Garland singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" but with W. W. Denslow's exceedingly odd line drawings for the original editions of Baum's Oz series. The Viennese artist Lisbeth Zwerger, however, goes a long way toward providing a new and refreshed set of images for the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the humbug wizard. These illustrations are often cockeyed, with occasional realistic details thrown in, like a crow with a corncob in its beak in the first portrait of the Scarecrow. The characters have a poignance and oddity that escaped the makers of the Oz movie.

Book Description

The Wizard of Oz is a beloved American classic.  This edition, with fine illustrations from internationally acclaimed artist Lizbeth Zwerger, has been reformatted as a readaloud edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: aberle-media
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0554023512
• ISBN 13: 9780554023519
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 117