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title: "Book: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
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# [Book: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/book-the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz)

 Written by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) | Mar 1, 2010 12:21:00 PM

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz  
Written by Grace Frank Baum &  
Illustrated by W.W. Denslow [more]

Preface: I looked into this book, just for fun, after seeing "Wicked" on stage recently. Over 100 years old, the lessons are told in charming fashion if a little more starkly than I recall. Baum asks that we repel the grayness of our lives but mainly he assures us that brains and courage and empathy are relative. I also sensed (resensed) a theme about our collective strength in the team of Dorothy and company.

A favorite quote:  
"The sun and the wind had changed Aunt Em... taken the sparkle from her eyes and left them a sober gray."

[http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Wonderful-Wizard-of-Oz](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Wonderful-Wizard-of-Oz)

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