The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum (read by Jason Pomerantz)

In this podiobook: From the Reader, Jason Pomerantz:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has been called "the first true American fairy tale" and it richly deserves the title. The story of Dorothy's epic journey through a strange land, filled with terrifying enemies and loyal allies, resonates today as much as it did when it was first written, at the turn of the last century.You've probably seen the movie countless times, so you might not expect any surprises from the book. But when you listen, you'll be charmed by how imaginative it is, and in a way that's different from the film.I dearly love the movie, but, in this reading, I've tried to approach the story as if I'd never seen it. My Dorothy is a little younger than her cinematic counterpart and her trio of beloved friends - The Scarecrow, The Tin Woodsman and The Cowardly Lion - are all just a little sillier. It's hard to escape from the shadow of the MGM spectacular, but I've done my best.I hope you have as much fun listening as I'm having recording!So sit back, put on your slippers (ruby, silver or whatever color you like) and watch out for flying monkeys! Load up your MP3 player and remember - There's no place like home!

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An Apple Family

good book

i think this is a good book, i just think that the scarecrow voice is a little weird and the voices of the flying monkeys. LoyalBooks has a good version!
🐕 🐶 🐩 dog

Great!

Good story..I don’t like the voice of the king of monkeys and the scarecrow.
brjunkie

A great edition for children, but not for adults

This edition was too childish for me. I found an audiobook version that is the identical story with a good soundtrack, & Jim Weiss's voice reminds me a lot of Jon Lovitis, which is just enough silly for me.
figs&tea

skip it

Volume varies widely, narrator's default is quiet but when he "voices" characters he often tops out the mic and hurts the listener's ears. At chapter 12, I gave up and went to look for another version. His speaking voice is pleasant and it would have been a better version had he just used that one.
DreamyNightmare

Very Wonderful

I love this book a lot...the movie basically cut out 85 percent of the book but its ok...I guess lol The book is fantastic..the movie is good
Kboris73

Great!

I am very grateful that the book was read in it's entirety. Some of the voices the narrator created, particularly the mice and flying monkeys, I found somewhat annoying but my son found them enjoyable. Thanks so much for the gift of this classic book in podcast form. It is especially helpful on a long car ride.
adreis

THIS IS GREAT!

I love this. I downloaded all of the tell tale stories. The best part is that it is FREE. My mother says nothing is free nowadays, but she was wrong!
Podrach

Worth a listen

I listened to this podcast in the car with my 2 young children (6 and 3). It did everything I wanted it to - let them hear the Wizard of Oz story in its original form. Already they're asking for more podcasts - a problem because there's a distinct lack of (free) child-friendly podcast literature and audiobooks (hint, hint!). The story was relatively well-read, although sometimes the reader seemed to get caught-up on enunciation, causing him to lose focus on the actual storytelling. Also there was a lot of differentiation between character voices which made the story easy for the kids to follow, but this meant some of the voices seemed a little strained (the female roles in particular). As an adult listening alone I think I would have opted to listen to a different podcast book instead, but my girls loved it, hence the 4 star review. Overall I would recommend this podcast, and it is well suited to children over 5 years of age.
Media Pete

A delightful classic tale told wonderfully well

This delightful classic tale is told wonderfully well by Jason. I loved the character he added to the characters.
Ocean_Girl

I really like the book but the reader isn't very good.

The book is wonderful, the reader is not. He doesn't sound too well and the room he's recording in echoes, you can tell he's in a large and or empty space. The voice volume change between Dorothy and the Scarecrow is huge which causes my ears to hurt if its up loud enough to hear Dorothy, but if I put the volume low enough for the Scarecrow not to hurt my ears I can't hear Dorothy so keep that in mind if you listen. :)
gretcheninwaverly

Wizard of Oz

Love the story, the narrator is very weak.
hippiegirl3805

I love this story

I have read this book many times, and was very excited when I found it on here. I was, however, very disappointed with the narrator. I was unable to listen to the whole book because the narrator drove me crazy.
nosenabook

Not your tv program

Turns out this book is not only not much related to the Judy Garland movie, but it is written in such a quirky style that I was completely unable to read it. However, Janson Pomeranz saves the day and gives a very nice performance that I enjoyed greatly. The story did not blow me away, but I am quite satisfied with knowing what's in it. With the added benefit that the book did not give me nightmares the way the movie did!
jennah88

wow! FREE!!

I cannot beleive that i found this free!! Its a shock to find such a great peice of literature for nothing!
Julicans Bethaline

very good

I really enjoyed this and I'm over 40!
lifesucks...ifonlyicouldbesolucky

Nice but unable to delte all the files

I got the podcast saved to disk and then delted it from my computer but instead it has stayed in itunes showing up as errors and unable to load

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