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Toto: The Wizard of Oz as told by the dog

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Toto: The Wizard of Oz as told by the dog by Michael Morpurgo, and Emma Chichester Clark

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By Michael Morpurgo, and and, Emma Chichester Clark

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From master storyteller MICHAEL MORPURGO, and illustrated by the award-winning EMMA CHICHESTER CLARK, comes a surprising, charming and uplifting twist on The Wizard of Oz, told by a very special and unforgettable character: Dorothy’s pet dog, Toto. A perfect, collectible gift for all children (and children at heart).

“I was there,” Papa Toto said, and those magic words sent shivers down my spine. It was going to be the Wizard story. “Dorothy and me were both there.”

We were all silent, snuggled up together, waiting, waiting.
Then Papa Toto began…

When a twister descends on their Kansas farm, Toto and his owner Dorothy hide in the house – only to be plucked into the air and whisked away! Coming down with a crash in the mysterious land of Oz, the pair meet a series of extraordinary characters: a scarecrow who believes he has no brains, a tin man without a heart, and a cowardly lion who may not be as cowardly as he thinks he is. But Toto and Dorothy are desperate to return home – after all, home is home, and home is best! So they set off with their new friends on a journey down the yellow brick road to find the only person who might be able to help them: the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. But what they find might surprise them. And on the way, all of them will learn that what they think they are missing might have been there, all along… Beautifully illustrated throughout, this is an unforgettable telling of a classic story, and a must for every bookshelf.

Reviews

13 Aug 2024

I really enjoyed this book. Learning about the characters and Oz

12 Jul 2024

I liked it because it was The Wizard of Oz from the dog’s point of view.

28 Dec 2023

Thos was good.

30 Sep 2023

Great book really enjoyed reading with my mum!

30 Aug 2023

Loved reading to see if it is any different to the original wizard of Oz book

15 Aug 2023

It was really good and I like the lion

05 Aug 2023

I liked Dorothy the best.
I liked it because they had to face 2 witches.
I would recommend it to people who like fairytales

26 Jul 2023

The wizard of oz. It is fiction.My favourite character is lion.what interests me is when Dorothy meets a scarecrow which can talk.

19 Jul 2023

Funny and goofy. Adventurous but silly. Full of fun. If you like funny books this is for you.

17 Jul 2023

i love it that dorothy can find many friends on the way to see the great and terrible wizard witch turns out to be an old man dorothy felt so sad because how was she supposed to get back to kansas

12 Jul 2023

I learnt that friendship is the key to everything! I also learnt that the poppy flower makes you fall asleep!

12 Jul 2023

I’ve read some of Michael Morpurgo’s books in the past so when I was choosing some books to read for the summer reading challenge 2023 at my local library and I saw this book I didn’t think twice about borrowing it! Especially since I know the original story very well and saw the Amazon prime series “Lost in Oz” many times! And I’m so glad I did borrow it because it was amazing! The story starts of with Toto (who is the dog from the original story) telling his 7 puppies the story of how he and his owner Dorothy Gale got Lost in Oz! Everything in the story is very similar to the original, Dorothy’s house gets picked up in a twister / tornado and together with Toto the two of them (and the house!) get transported from Kansas to the land of Oz. They meet Scarecrow along the way and then Tin Woodman and Lion. When Dorothy’s house landed in the land of Oz it fell right on top of the Wicked Witch of the East. The story is about how the 5 friends follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City where they finally meet the Wizard of Oz. He asks them to go find the Wicked Witch of the West and kill her for him as she is so cruel to everyone. If they do that he will grant them each what they so desperately wish for. Lion will be given courage, Tin Woodman will be given a heart, Scarecrow will be given brains, and Dorothy and Toto will be transported back home to Kansas, back to their aunt and uncle. So the 5 friends set of again on a mission to destroy the Wicked Witch of the West, the wickedest witch there ever was! But the journey is very long, hard, and dangerous. Will they ever reach her in one piece? Will Dorothy and Toto ever get back home to Kansas? Read the book to find out!

If anybody is wondering, the book has 286 pages and took me just a day to read. I recommend it to anyone 7+ who loves adventure books and magic! Michael Morpurgo is an incredible author and all of his books are really good. This book is so good!

12 Sep 2022

The wizard was my favourite person. My favourite part was the scarecrow missing his brain.

19 Aug 2022

Toto is basically the Wizard of Oz story but from Toto’s the dog, point of view. This is a lovely book by Michael Morpurgo. I would recommend it to 8 to 12 year olds. I read this book with my mum although it took three months to read it we still loved it.

05 Aug 2022

I liked it because I love the wizard of oz. My favourite character was Toto the dog.

02 Aug 2022

its ok

28 Jul 2022

Great book

11 Jul 2022

I rated this book a 4. I enjoyed listing to this book on an e-book and it helped me sleep. It you liked reading or watching The Wizard Of Oz I would definitely recommend it! I am 9 and I think it is for that age or around it. I hope I encouraged you to give this book a go!

03 Dec 2021

I would recommend this story to anyone else as it's a lovely story about a girl and her journey to find her way home. I like how it is told from the point of view of the dog! He, Toto, is my favourite character. It was very funny when they met the Wizard of Oz because they found out that he wasn't very special at all, in fact he was an ordinary old man! But Dorothy was happy to keep his secret if he helped her to get home.

07 Oct 2021

Great hearing the story from the dogs view

02 Sep 2021

An amazing story retold by Michael Morpurgo! It was from the point of view of the dog!!

01 Sep 2021

I would have rated this book 5 stars but it does not include everything from the original ‘the wizard of oz’ book.

31 Aug 2021

because book is same only dog reading book

28 Aug 2021

I LOVED this book! My mum said that I would find The Wizard Of Oz hard to read, so I’m glad I could at least read it from the dog’s point of veiw.

09 Aug 2021

I loved this boom because I love the wizard of Oz and this tells the story from Totos point of view. It is quite funny and he tella the story to his pups when he is older. I was sad when I finished it because I enjoyed it.

05 Aug 2021

I really liked this book, it was full of adventures and love. I'd definitely recommend this to adventure lovers

I give this book 5 stars!

26 Jul 2021

Really enjoyed this book. I hope you will too. :D

18 Mar 2021

i really enjoyed it and the best part of it was when they meet the good and bad wizard of Oz.

28 Jan 2021

Good book

16 Dec 2020

Bad.

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