hello my name is Kylie and welcome to intro to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in
this video you will learn about the book its author L frank Baum and a few fun
facts about how this world-renowned book came to be ready to learn how the
wonderful land of Oz got created let's go The Wizard of Oz was published in
1900 by l frank Baum its first published title was a Wonderful Wizard of Oz the
original cover shows an illustration by WWF of the Cowardly Lion later printings
shortened the title to just The Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is
about a young girl named Dorothy who lives on a farm with her aunt and uncle
a powerful cyclone or tornado sucks up Dorothy and her little dog Toto and
transports them to a dreamy world with munchkins witches and other creatures
she desperately needs to get home she is told to see a powerful wizard and to
meet him she must follow a special path called the yellow brick road on the way
she meets some amazing beings who join her on her journey they too have
problems that perhaps the wizard can solve
Dorothy's famous ruby red slippers were in fact not red at all many people
remember that in the 1939 movie the actress who played Dorothy Gale Judy
Garland wore ruby red shoes however in the book these shoes were silver the
reason the movie director changed the shoes from silver to red was a man named
Noah Langley a screenwriter decided that red would look much better on screen
against the yellow brick road L. frank baum was born in Chenango new york in
1856 he grew up in a wealthy family was considered a daydreamer and an
eccentric child eccentric means to be a little odd and think in unusual ways I
like that but what others may have thought of as
being odd turned out to be his greatest asset it led him to be one of the
greatest and most successful writers in all of history
this proves that is not only ok to be unique but can lead to amazing things we
need your uniqueness he started writing young and even used a printing press to
start a small magazine with one of his brothers he raised rare chickens and
loved to dress up as Santa Claus and other characters he was known for making
amazing firecrackers and bottle rockets that he would entertain family and
friends with in 1900 Baum teamed up with a successful illustrator named WW
Denslow to write and publish The Wonderful Wizard of Oz it was a huge hit
and within the first two years it became a best-seller
he went on to write 13 other books that take place in the Land of Oz bomb said
he was inspired to create many of the characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
from real-life events and people that he knew he said that he often had
nightmares of being chased by a scarecrow as a child that dream led to
the creation of one of the main characters of the book the Scarecrow
Dorothy the main character in the book was inspired by a niece that passed away
very young he wanted to make the protagonist or hero of the story a girl
named Dorothy to honor her memory the city of Oz and a lot of its characters
were inspired by the many jobs bomb had the Tin Man was inspired by Baum working
as a store window display creator WW Denslow created the amazing and
detailed illustrations for the original book he talked with Baum a lot about how
to get the characters just right many people were surprised at reading the
book and looking at the illustrations there are a lot of differences from the
and the movie you see the book a play based on it that is also written by BOM
and the famous movie made in the 1930s have made The Wizard of Oz one of the
most loved and well-known stories in all of the world even about 120 years later
it is still popular people love to read about Dorothy and many say that they can
relate to her struggle in some way or another they like that she is a strong
smart and determined young lady who is clever and thinks up creative ways to
solve problems hmm I wonder what Dorothy would be like if her character was
created today by reading and playing our game you can learn how this amazing
story ends where will the yellow brick road lead read the book to find out and
remember to always be clever