{"id":959,"date":"2012-08-26T14:08:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T13:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/?p=959"},"modified":"2021-09-27T15:44:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T13:44:15","slug":"tales-of-magic-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doena-journal.net\/en\/959\/tales-of-magic-land","title":{"rendered":"Tales of Magic Land"},"content":{"rendered":"

And now for something completely different: While browsing Wikipedia I stumbled upon an info I wanted to share with those of you who have children or grandchildren of your own.<\/p>\n

When I grew up one of my favourite stories was the one of the Zauberland (Magic Land) where a little girl from Kansas has adventures with a scarecrow, a metal man and a lion. <\/p>\n

Sounds familiar? Of course it does. It’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In 1939 the russian author Alexander Volkov wrote what we movie fans would call a remake of that story called The Wizard of the Emerald City<\/a><\/em>. There are a few story changes and the characters have different (albeit still english) names, but it’s essentially the same story.<\/p>\n

I didn’t know that it was a remake when I grew up and I still don’t care.<\/p>\n

What does it make different though is the fact that Volkov wrote 5 sequels where Ellie (i.e. Dorothy) returns to the Magic Land and has continued adventures.<\/p>\n

Now why am I bringing that up? Because I discovered that these books have been released in english. They’re called “Tales of Magic Land” part 1 to 3, containing 2 of the original books each.<\/p>\n

And I still think that it’s such a wonderful story that kids can still enjoy it today even though they might already know The Wonderful Wizard of Oz<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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