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Clásico de la literatura juvenil, en la colección Nuevo Auriga. Texto abreviado, para facilitar la lectura de los más jóvenes.

A fantastical tale of endless imagination, this story follows the adventures of a young boy named Tip, who, for as long as he can remember has been under the guardianship of a witch named Mombi in the Land of Oz. One night he plans his escape to the Emerald City, stealing Mombi's powder of life. Along the way he meets with our old friends the Scarecrow and Tin Woodsman as well as making some new ones such as Jack Pumpkinhead, the Wooden Sawhorse, the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, and the amazing Gump. Can they escape Mombi and make it to the Emerald City? This story is as exciting and endearing today as it was when first published more than 80 years ago

Clásico de la literatura juvenil, en la colección Nuevo Auriga. Texto abreviado, para facilitar la lectura de los más jóvenes.

When a cyclone hits her Kansas home, Dorothy and her dog Toto are whisked to the magical land of Oz. To find her way back to Kansas, she must follow the yellow brick road to where the great wizard lives. Together with her companions the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion, she emabarks on a strange and enchanting adventure to the City of Emeralds.

Cap'n Bill, a sailor with a wooden peg-leg, and his friend, a little girl named Trot, set out in California on a calm day for a short trip in their rowing boat. Rapidly, however, the weather takes a turn for the worse and an enormous storm develops, washing them overboard. Miraculously rescued by mermaids, they are taken them to a nearby cave. Thereafter follows an amazing story, Cap'n Bill and Trot encounter a variety of characters: the strangely shaped, ostrich-like Ork; the Bumpy Man, who deals in sugar and molasses; Button Bright, a young boy in a sailor's outfit who constantly gets lost. With the aid of some friendly birds and magical berries, the group are eventually carried safely across the deadly desert to Oz. However, things rapidly take a turn for the worse as the motley group find themselves in Jinxland, a country riven by political intrigue and instability, and currently ruled by the infamous Krewl. Princess Gloria, amidst the breakdown of her country, has defied her would be-suitors, and is punished by having her heart turned to stone by a witch - who also takes the opportunity to turn Cap'n Bill into a grasshopper. With misfortune on every side, things look dicey for Trot and her companions, until the Scarecrow catches wind of the events from the Great Book of Records. Will Glinda be able to help depose the despot Krewl and save the lives of Cap'n Bill and the Princess?

Dorothy and her faithful Toto are back home in Kansas when they encounter the homeless and hapless Shaggy Man and decide to accompany him on his journey. Soon they encounter a bevy of new friends, including Button-Bright and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter, and are back on their way to the magical land of Oz. Hoping to arrive in time to attend the Ozma's birthday party, the company is soon pitched headlong into a series of unlikely adventures, tackling talking foxes with magical powers and crossing the Deadly Desert. Arriving at the palace, they make the acquaintance of a host of guests from all over Fairyland. Will Dorothy and Toto remain in Oz with their old friend the Wizard, or will she once again return to her native land?

Un título que no puede faltar en tu biblioteca porque... • Su humor inteligente conecta plenamente con los niños de hoy. ¡Haz la prueba! • Rebosa tanta alegría y poesía que todavía sigue inspirando a cineastas y artistas. • Las deliciosas ilustraciones de Júlia Sardà capturan y despliegan la magia de esta obra entrañable. Para todas las edades. Dicen que en ningún lugar se está como en casa. Pero a Dorothy su casita de madera le parece gris y aburrida a más no poder... hasta que un tornado se la lleva volando con ella (y su perrito Totó) dentro. ¡Ay, mi madre! ¿Cómo van a volver a Kansas? No tendrán más remedio que recorrer el camino de ladrillos amarillos hasta la Ciudad Esmeralda, donde vive el mago de Oz, el único capaz de ayudar a Dorothy y a sus nuevos amigos -el leñador de hojalata que suspira por tener un corazón, el espantapájaros que cavila cómo conseguir un cerebro y el león cobardica que necesita reunir valor para cuidar a sus compañeros- a hacer sus deseos realidad. Juntos descubrirán que todo depende del color del cristal con que se mire pero, sobre todo, que la verdadera magia está dentro de cada cual. Aventuras, ironía y optimismo a raudales en una obra que brilla como el primer día.

Contiene Ozma Of Oz 1-8 USA ¡El tercer volumen de la entrañable adaptación de la saga de L. Frank Baum, realizada por los geniales Eric Shanower y Skottie Young, ganadores de multitud de premios Eisner! Dorothy se sumerge de nuevo en la aventura, esta vez junto a... ¡Billina, un pollo parlante! Después de caer de un barco en medio de una terrible tormenta, Dorothy llega con Billina a una isla habitada por terribles criaturas. ¿Cómo escaparán de ellas? Cuando crees que ya has visto todas las sorpresas de Oz, llegan un montón más.

Dorothy travels with Princess Ozma to an obscure corner of the Land of Oz in order to prevent a war between the Skeezers and the Flatheads. The leaders of the two tribes are determined, and Dorothy and Ozma find themselves imprisoned on the Skeezers' glass-covered island, which has been magically submerged to the bottom of its lake. They summon Glinda, the most powerful sorceress of Oz who, with help from several magicians and magical assistants, must find a way to raise the island and liberate its trapped inhabitants.

Dorothy has decided to take Uncle Henry and Aunt Em to live in the Land of Oz, with the help of Princess Ozma. As they embark together on a tour of the land, Dorothy is unaware that the Nome King, squatting in his underground Kingdom, is plotting to seize the Land of Oz. He sets out to recruit new allies to help the Nome army and burrows his way to the center of the Emerald City. Can his diabolical army be defeated by Dorothy, Princess Ozma of Oz, and their friends? In this captivating installment in the Oz series, as well as being reacquainted with favourite characters from previous books such as the Cowardly Lion, Billina the yellow hen, and the Wooden Sawhorse, we are introduced to many weird and wonderful news ones such as the Miss Cuttenclip, the paranoid Flutterbudgets, and the living kitchen utensils of Utensia.

This is the story of Dorothy and her little dog Toto, who are carried away from Kansas by a cyclone and transported to the wonderful world of Oz.She meets three companions -the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion -and the three journey to the Emerald City of Oz to ask the Wizard of Oz to give them their hearts' desires, which in Dorothy's case is to return home to Kansas. On their way to Oz and while fulfilling the tasks that the surprising Wizard asks of them they encounter witches, winged monkeys, the Deadly Desert, fighting trees and magic shoes.This edition is evocatively illustrated with the original drawings of W. W. Denslow which have been sensitively re-coloured by Barbara Frith, one of Britain's leading colourists.

Esta edición conmemorativa del centenario de la aparición de , con ilustraciones al estilo de los antiguos dibujos de W.W. Denslow, es una fiel adaptación del conocido cuento de L.Frank Baum en formato desplegable, diseñado por el insuperable Robert Sabuda.

Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her and her dog, Toto, far away to the magical land of Oz. To get home Dorothy must follow the yellow brick road to Emerald City and find the wonderfully mysterious Wizard of Oz. Together with her companions the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion whom she meets on the way, Dorothy embarks on a strange and enchanting adventure.

Narra las aventuras de una muchacha llamada Dorothy Gale en la tierra de Oz, y constituye una de las historias más conocidas de la cultura popular norteamericana que ha sido traducida a muchos idiomas. Por el camino de baldosas amarillas, Dorothy viajara con sus amigos el espantapajaros (que busca un cerebro para pensar), el hombre de hojalata (que quiere un corazon) y el leon cobarde, que busca al mago de Oz para poder ser valiente. En el camino se encontraran muchos personajes; algunos les ayudaran y otros pondran en peligro su aventura, como la bruja mala del Este o la bruja buena del Norte. A Dorothy le acompaña tambien Toto, un perro que cuando llega el tornado a Kansas, se pierde y Dorothy tiene que buscarlo, motivo por el que no alcanza a entrar al refugio y se tiene que esconder en su casa, que es arrancada del suelo por la fuerza de los vientos.