Bargain buy: Wizard of Oz books

Thank you, Barnes & Noble

When my mom and I took Pippin for his latest grooming session, we stopped at Barnes & Noble to look at greeting cards like we always do. While there, we spotted the bargain books and my new favorite thing: "The Wizard of Oz: The first five novels." Oh, and my other new favorite thing: "The Emerald City of OZ: Novels six through ten." For $7.99 each. Halleluiah, praise the Great Oz!  

I inhaled the Oz books as a kid. I loved "The Wizard of Oz" movie and could never decide if I'd rather be Dorothy so I could wear the ruby slippers or Glinda so I could don that poofy skirt and travel by bubble (today I choose Glinda). I grew up watching the creepy fantasy movie "Return to Oz," based mostly on the novel "Ozma of Oz" — anyone who's seen it knows we share a special bond (the wheelers, the Deadly Desert, the queen with the hallway of heads). 

 
















But back to the books, one of my favorite things about them was the whimsical characters and the gorgeous Art Nouveau drawings by John R. Neill. And I'm happy to report that, though not in color, the illustrations are all accounted for making this (truly) the best bargain book anthology I've seen Barnes & Noble put out in a while. Sure, they often offer classic books with beautiful covers and pages with gilded edges, but I'd rather have the pictures inside. So thank you, Barnes & Noble, for making me feel like a giddy little girl again — and for less than $20! Who says money can't buy happiness?