Books like The Marvelous Land of Oz
12 books with a reading profile close to The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature
In this graphic novel adaptation, Dorothy Gale is swept from her Kansas farm by a cyclone and deposited in the Land of Oz.
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The Green Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang
Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature
The Green Fairy Book is the third installment in a series of global folklore anthologies edited by Andrew Lang.
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Alice in Wonderland
by Jane Carruth
Also practical · accessible, classic literature
This retelling of Lewis Carroll’s classic follows a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a subterranean realm where logic is discarded.
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The Wizard of Oz
Also clear-cut and escapist · accessible, classic literature
When a cyclone uproots a Kansas farmhouse, Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, land in the vibrant Land of Oz.
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The Complete Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature
Charlie Bucket lives in a cramped, freezing shack with his parents and four bedridden grandparents, surviving on thin cabbage soup.
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature
This West African folk tale begins with a mosquito telling a lie to an iguana about a stalk of yams.
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The world of Robert Jordan's the wheel of time
by Robert Jordan, Teresa Patterson
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · accessible, fantasy
This volume serves as a comprehensive encyclopedia of the setting, history, and mythology found in the first seven novels of the series.
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The Hobbit
by Chuck Dixon
Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, fantasy
Bilbo Baggins, a quiet inhabitant of the Shire, joins a company of thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield and the wizard Gandalf.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Also clear-cut · accessible, classic literature
Dorothy Gale is a young girl living on a grey Kansas farm until a cyclone carries her house to the Land of Oz.
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Eragon's Guide to Alagaesia
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · accessible, fantasy
Eragon’s Guide to Alagaesia serves as a visual encyclopedia of the fantasy world featured in the Inheritance Cycle.
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Demigods and Monsters
Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, fantasy
Demigods and Monsters is an anthology of essays that analyze the internal logic and mythology of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
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