The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
A cyclone picks up Dorothy's little farmhouse in Kansas, with Dorothy and her dog Toto inside, and drops it in the strange Land of Oz. To get home, she must follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and ask the great Wizard for help, making some unusual friends on the way.
- Length
- About 40,000 words
- To read it
- About 27 days
- Stage
- Key Stage 2
Reading time at 1,500 words a day, the pace we start from until we know your child’s own.
Where it is taught
Why The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is on the list
- Year 5, Stretch. A step up in length or difficulty, for a confident reader.
Reading it here
What your child does with it
- 1
Choose it and set a finish date
You get a suggested target from the length of the book and your child's reading pace.
- 2
Check in along the way
A longer book has short check-ins every week or two, so it keeps moving and nothing is forgotten.
- 3
Answer two questions
When they finish: a review of the book, and a deeper question about how it works.
- 4
Get it marked, and redraft
Every answer is marked against the rubric for their year, with a reason for every score.