The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum · 1900
83%of this book is inside a 1600-word core English vocabulary
39,391words in the book
2,901different words
1,400beyond the core
Ranked #5 of 32 — easiest first.
The words to learn first
The most common words in this book that fall outside the core vocabulary. Names are left out; these are the ones that actually repay learning before you start.
- upon85×
- shall82×
- wicked73×
- ever45×
- cannot38×
- stood35×
- shoes33×
- mice31×
- straw31×
- throne31×
- wish29×
- aunt28×
- axe28×
- pretty28×
- sat27×
- balloon25×
- basket24×
- beside24×
- lay24×
- soldier24×
How it starts
Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles. There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room; and this room contained a rusty looking cookstove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds.
Read it sentence by sentence
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