The wonderful wizard of Oz

Review for the Usborne Illustrated Originals edition

I re-read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for the February prompt of the Buzzwords reading channel (positive words; “wonderful), and decided to read this Usborne illustrated edition that I bought a while back. 

Obviously the story itself is 5 stars for me, because I have a life-long Oz fixation, but 5 stars for this particular edition because it's so stunning. The illustrations by Lorena Alvarez Gomez are so bright and expressive, and feature really gorgeous interpretations of the characters. The pages are a thick, glossy paper to really make those colors pop, and it comes with a rich green bookmark ribbon. 

It's a really special edition that isn't too big or too expensive that you feel you can't actually read it, but is still a wonderful keepsake that will look lovely on a shelf too.