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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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▣ is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum.
▣ is the first American fairy tale and the first fantasy written by an American to enjoy an immediate success upon publication.
▣ The story chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz, after being swept away from her Kansas farm home in a cyclone. The novel is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has been widely translated. Its initial success, and the success of the 1902 Broadway musical which Baum adapted from his original story, led to Baum's writing thirteen additional Oz books. The original book has been in the public domain in the US since 1956.

1900 first edition cover,
George M. Hill, Chicago, New York. 

L. Frank Baum
▣ The novel is one of the best-known stories in American literature and has been widely translated. 
▣ The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by a cyclone.
 L. Frank Baum grew up on his parents' expansive estate called Rose Lawn, which he fondly recalled as a sort of paradise. But, his body is not good.

Oz 名字的由來：從圖書館裡的卡片匣由來

Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969), born Frances Ethel Gumm, was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian.
There, she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney, and 1939's The Wizard of Oz. 









Link:
PublicLiterature.Org -- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 

voc.
warm-hearted 溫暖的
movie: 火樹銀花

比馬龍效應
是指人（通常是指孩童或學生）在被付予更高期望以後，他們會表現的更好的一種現象。皮格馬利翁效應的命名取自希臘神話故事裡面的一位名為皮格馬利翁的雕刻家，他愛上了自己用象牙雕刻出來的女神雕像，由於他每天對著雕像說話，最後那座女性雕像變成一位真正的女神。