One of the greatest pleasures is the John R. Did the Scarecrow stay in the Emerald City after Ozma was revealed or did he go to live with the Tin Woodman right away? Did the Tin Woodman become the Emperor of the Winkies or not? Both of these vary from one book to the next. I don't suppose that readers had problems with the lack of proper continuity through the books, either. The suspension of disbelief is a very complex matter, but I doubt that any readers had difficulty with splitting their reality awareness. He is quite open about the fact that he is creating fairy tales, but he also encourages readers to enter the Land of Oz and believe in it. Otherwise, it is an opportunity to step back in my life and the stories stand up remarkably well.īaum addresses his readers at the beginning of each book, encouraging them to take part in the fantasy to the extent of being willing to receive suggestions for further stories. The only problem is that this paperback is a reduced size so some of the details of the drawings are lost. This paperback edition is a direct copy of the original versions and includes the illustrations, essential to enjoying these books. The family's children's books were under an upholstered built in bench and we could reach under the bench's skirt and pull out treasure in the form of the books my father and his siblings had grown up reading. I read some of this when I was a child visiting my Grandmother.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |