The plot is easily condensed: lonely and sad Kansas farmgirl, Dorothy, dreams of a better place, without torment against her dog Toto from a hateful neighbor spinster, so she plans to run away. During a fierce tornado, she is struck on the head and transported to a land 'beyond the rainbow' where she meets magical characters from her Kansas life transformed within her unconscious dream state. After travels down a Yellow Brick Road to the Land of Oz, and the defeat of the Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothy and her friends are rewarded by the Wizard of Oz with their hearts' desires - and Dorothy is enabled to return home to Kansas.

For nearly forty years this story has given faithful service to the young at heart; to those of you who have been faithful to it in return...enjoy this artistic treasure... it is certain to enlighten and entertain many generations to come.