《绿野仙踪》是一部典型的成长小说。主人公多萝西是一个寻常的女孩，她和叔叔婶婶住在乡下，朋友很少，生活单调乏味。但经历过奇幻的旅程后，她成长起来并具有了让自己变得独立的能力。
故事中，多萝西被一场龙卷风刮到了一个陌生而神奇的国度——奥兹国，并迷失了回家的路。在那里，她有三个特别好的朋友——稻草人、铁皮樵夫和胆小的狮子。为了实现各自的心愿，他们在旅行中，互相帮助，携手协作，历尽艰险，遇到许多稀奇古怪的事情。最终，他们凭借自己非凡的智能和顽强的毅力，都如愿以偿地完成自己的心愿。
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, children’s book written by L. Frank Baum and first published in 1900. A modern fairy tale with a distinctly American setting, a delightfully levelheaded and assertive heroine, and engaging fantasy characters, the story was enormously popular and became a classic of children’s literature. However, by the late 20th century the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz had become more familiar than the book on which it was based.
