This is the iPad version. Enjoy this famous story, adapted for learners of English, and improve your English. Read it, listen to it, and look up words you don’t know in the glossary. Colour illustrations help you understand important parts of the story. When you finish reading, see how many questions you can get right in the quiz.

• Listen to a real voice reading the story
• Read this story and you will read 5,440 words
• The Wizard of Oz is a Stage 1 Oxford Bookworm
• Oxford Bookworms go from Starter to Stage 6, from beginner to advanced level

The story:
Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion.

But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous Wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, to find the Wizard of Oz.

Are you learning English? Enjoy a great story, have fun, and improve your language with Oxford Bookworms! This version of The Wizard of Oz has been specially adapted for language learners by Rosemary Border. Research shows that the more you read, the more your language improves.