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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum, 1900 · 24 chapters · about 39,000 words · reading level 4, short chapters

A cyclone carries Dorothy and her dog Toto to the Land of Oz, and she sets off along the yellow brick road with a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodman and a Cowardly Lion to find the Wizard. Short chapters and a clear adventure make it a good first chapter book.

On Nibkids your child reads it a page a day on their reMarkable: half a page, one page or two, you choose. After each page come three questions to tick with the pen. We read the ticks back, check them, and tell you how it went.

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Chapters

  1. The Cyclone
  2. The Council with the Munchkins
  3. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
  4. The Road Through the Forest
  5. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
  6. The Cowardly Lion
  7. The Journey to the Great Oz
  8. The Deadly Poppy Field
  9. The Queen of the Field Mice
  10. The Guardian of the Gate
  11. The Wonderful City of Oz
  12. The Search for the Wicked Witch
  13. The Rescue
  14. The Winged Monkeys
  15. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
  16. The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
  17. How the Balloon Was Launched
  18. Away to the South
  19. Attacked by the Fighting Trees
  20. The Dainty China Country
  21. The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
  22. The Country of the Quadlings
  23. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish
  24. Home Again

The text is in the public domain (Public domain in the United States (published before 1931) and in the UK, EU and Russia (author died more than 70 years ago). Text from Project Gutenberg, with its header and licence removed.), from Project Gutenberg, cleaned up and set for e-ink.