LibriVox recording of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Read by Phil Chenevert. <br /><br />This recording is in the public domain and may be reproduced, distributed, or modified without permission. For more information or to volunteer, visit librivox.org. <br /><br />The story chronicles the adventures of a girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz. As Baum says in the introduction "It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out." And it succeeds wonderfully. It is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has been widely translated. This is the first of thirteen more Oz books. (Summary by Wikipedia and Phil Chenevert) <br /><br />Image:http://www.archive.org/download/LibrivoxCdCoverArt14/Wonderful_Wizard_Oz_Solo_V2_1202.jpg <br /><br />Cover image by W. W. Denslow (1900). Author picture taken by George Steckel (1911). Copyright expired in US, Canada, EU and all countries with author’s life +70 yrs laws. Cover design by Janette Brown. This design is in the public domain.
