I can find the similarity between Dorothy's journey and my current life somehow: we both long for home, even though that home may not be the best the place to live. Such a witty (and beautifully written) book it is that I truly find joy in reading from the beginning to the end. Although the "horrible and blood-curdling incident" is not eliminated as the author's foreword (and it still strikes me in some pages), I appreciate the way L.Frank Baum casts his spell on both children and adult while reading this work. I love how he wrote about death straightforwardly and briefly. After all, children have nothing to avoid that and they still can seek pleasure in this kind of modernized wonder-tale.

Last but not least, this 100th-anniversary edition is such a beaut! W.W.Denslow's illustrations are true iconic among many versions for this book, apparently.