# The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

**Author:** L. Frank Baum
**Grade range:** Grades K–1
**Age range:** 5–6
**First published:** 1899
**Page count:** 159
**Genre:** Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9780486206912`
**ISBN-10:** `0486206912`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Over a century after its initial publication, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is still captivating the hearts of countless readers. Come adventure with Dorothy and her three friends: the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, as they follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City for an audience with the Great Oz, the mightiest Wizard in the land, and the only one that can return Dorothy to her home in Kansas.

## Themes

- witches
- spanish language materials
- wizards
- wizards in fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades K-1 read-aloud story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)
- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades K-1 read-aloud story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)

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