Happiness is the best thing in the world.

Who has not heard the famous words of the Tin Woodman in the Wizard of Oz, the great tale by Lyman Frank Baum? The adventures of Dorothy — who, having been swept away by a tornado and trying to find a way to get back home, meets extraordinary characters and visits extraordinary places — are re-presented in a simplified version for all children, with unique reading support.  It comes complete with fun games and activities which consolidate text comprehension.
A literary classic for children to read, share and also listen to as an audiobook.

The new edition of “The Wizard of Oz” offers completely new graphics with illustrations by Giulia Orecchia, the same illustrator of “The Wizard of Oz” from the “Classic Tales with AAC” (coming out soon) series.  By using a uniform illustration style, we have tried to create a link between the two books.  In this way, they can be used by children with different needs in the same class context, leading to a more inclusive perspective.
A sample of the new illustrations is available upon request for those who wish to preview them.

The books in the «Easy Classics» series re-present literary classics for children, with simplifications which help children to read and understand by themselves.
Visual support – the text contains visual support, amongst which: a picture at the start of each chapter which recalls the illustrated index, pictures of any new characters in that chapter, highlighting in bold font of new characters in the story.
Lexis: basic vocabulary is used and difficult words and idioms in each chapter are highlighted in two different colours, with their meanings given at the end.
Syntax: the text is made up of short phrases and simple subordinate and coordinate clauses, subjects are made explicit as far as possible and affirmative, active verb forms are used, with the indicative mood predominating.
Organisation of contents: at the start of the book there is an illustrated index of the chapters, whilst at the start of each chapter summaries of the events which happened in the previous chapter and the events which are about to happen are given.
Audio: the reader can listen to (and follow) the text of the story told by a narrator, by using the QR-codes found at the beginning of each chapter or from Online resources on the Erickson site, by entering the access code given on the last page of the book.