Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz

<p>From master storyteller MICHAEL MORPURGO, and illustrated in stunning color by the award-winning EMMA CHICHESTER CLARK, comes a surprising, charming and uplifting twist on The Wizard of Oz, told by a very special and unforgettable character: Dorothy's pet dog, Toto. A perfect, collectible gift for all children (and children at heart).</p><p>"I was there," Papa Toto said, and those magic words sent shivers down my spine. It was going to be the Wizard story. "Dorothy and me were both there."<br>We were all silent, snuggled up together, waiting, waiting.<br>Then Papa Toto began...</p><p>When a twister descends on their Kansas farm, Toto and his owner Dorothy hide in the house - only to be plucked into the air and whisked away!</p><p>Coming down with a crash in the mysterious land of Oz, the pair meet a series of extraordinary characters: a scarecrow who believes he has no brains, a tin man without a heart, and a cowardly lion who may not be as cowardly as he thinks he is.</p><p>But Toto and Dorothy are desperate to return home - after all, home is home, and home is best! So they set off with their new friends on a journey down the yellow brick road to find the only person who might be able to help them: the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.</p><p>But what they find might surprise them. And on the way, all of them will learn that what they think they are missing might have been there, all along...</p><p>Beautifully illustrated throughout, this is an unforgettable telling of a classic story, and a must for every bookshelf.</p>