tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post1463603334301957272..comments2024-03-23T09:09:59.386-04:00Comments on ANNIE AND AUNT: Getting started, Wizard of OzAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10668869030805539811noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-58762317880936202582010-04-29T16:55:14.553-04:002010-04-29T16:55:14.553-04:00Rachel -- I just want to second Annie's commen...Rachel -- I just want to second Annie's comment. I'm also a pretty intense anti-abridgment person. As she said, it is Baum's actual words, just fewer of them. And for kids who are just getting used to can't-read-it-all-in-one-sitting books, it does move a little faster. You know that Kansas is drab and boring, but it doesn't take a whole chapter to tell you. It eliminates some back-stories, such as how the Tin Woodsman became tin. That one's a little grisly: it was limb by limb (hostile enchantment of the ax).Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17884808522573795909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-24985903349924403802010-04-28T22:27:56.910-04:002010-04-28T22:27:56.910-04:00Rachel -- Yes! Granted, I was never a devoted re-r...Rachel -- Yes! Granted, I was never a devoted re-reader of the original L. Frank Baum, but reading this one aloud to Eleanor, I have fallen in love with it. It's all Baum's original language, and you don't feel the gaps. I think it will also set Eleanor up beautifully for the full-length books when she's a little older.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675022575366605776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-52759126035006714932010-04-28T10:52:22.719-04:002010-04-28T10:52:22.719-04:00I have an instinctive aversion to abridged books -...I have an instinctive aversion to abridged books - is this version of the Wizard of Oz the exception that proves the rule?Even in Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477875616674358434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-13522303840874361752010-04-28T00:17:11.021-04:002010-04-28T00:17:11.021-04:00Hello, my sister and my niece: congratulations on ...Hello, my sister and my niece: congratulations on starting your book blog! Looking forward to your suggestions--<br />Brother/Uncle AlAl Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02856240051887447145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-88358343076779734242010-04-27T23:17:45.750-04:002010-04-27T23:17:45.750-04:00Hi Annie!
First comment! I don't know much ab...Hi Annie!<br /><br />First comment! I don't know much about American children's books (my fave Russian ones are Про Веру и Анфису and Дядя Фёдор, Пёс и Кот) but though the site you linked to I found out that there is an independent bookstore not too far from me! I've lived in this neighborhood since 1994 and had no idea. I'm going to have to check it out. <br /><br />Thanks,<br />DashaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12182601568693232968noreply@blogger.com