![]() ![]() In the case of Ozma of Oz, There was no need to be nervous. Reading bad books is an awful experience, but reading bad books aloud to your child is much worse, as it takes longer and skimming is difficult to do.ħ. Still, I am nervous, making my daughter nervous. Unsurprisingly, The Marvelous Land of Oz is not on the list. The book is #83 on the School Library Journal’s list of the best children’s novels ever. ![]() Then instead of rereading The Wizard of Oz again, I suggest why don’t we try book three in the series ( Ozma of Oz). We move onto Treasure Island which I realize, early on, is not appropriate for a 5-year-old because of large quantities of murder and rum, finally settling upon Pippi Longstocking which, despite the heroine’s coffee habit and dead parents, appears a good fit. We stop reading when the ridiculous all-girl Army of Revolt storms the Emerald City, making the men mind the children and do the housework, only to get scared off by mice.ĥ. Though the sorceress is not why we stop reading the book.Ĥ. Instead of Dorothy, there is a sorceress who is trying to force her ward Tip to drink a potion that will turn him into a statue. So we begin book two in the Oz series, The Marvelous Land of Oz. While I have loved that book for decades, I reveal to her it is a series – there are more!Ģ. This past year, my 5-year-old has been obsessed with me reading The Wizard of Oz to her over and over and over. ![]()
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