Read this one again with my girls and we all enjoyed it. No matter how often we read it it is still so great!!! I let them alternate and each read a chapter and then I read for a while. It makes it fun for them and gives me a break too. What a wonderful imagination Baum had!
I have heard many discussions about the "hidden" meanings of this book. Why can't we just have a book for the sake of the book? It is a fun story. I have always loved the characters in this book. Dorothy goes on a trip, whether real or dreamt, and learns that sometimes you have to be separated from the ones you love so you can really appreciate them. She realizes that her boring life in Kansas is really not so bad and that all she really wants is to get back to her family and friends. She meets friends along the way that teach her how to be brave and how to treasure the things that are important.
I think many of us experience this in one way or another as we grow up. We cannot wait to get away and out from under the rules and decisions our parents make for us. We think they cannot possibly understand how we feel and what we are dealing with. So we strike out on our own. And we make mistakes and sometimes we have an epic fail. And somewhere along the way, maybe not when we are young, but somewehre we realize that we miss those parents and the concern and care they had for us. And we want nothing more than to return to those boring days of them taking care of us and telling us what is best for us. I know I wish I could go back to those days.
[book:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|236093]
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