The Wizard of Oz, with eBook characters

Appears from the start

A young girl living with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry on a Kansas farm. When a cyclone carries their house into an unknown country, Dorothy's main aim is to return home. She is direct, compassionate, and willing to help the companions she meets on the road, even while facing dangers she does not fully understand.

Appears from the start

Dorothy's small black dog and constant companion. His playful curiosity sometimes causes trouble, but Dorothy will not willingly leave him behind.

Appears from the start

Dorothy's aunt and caregiver on the gray Kansas farm. Hard work and the severe landscape have made her quiet and solemn, though Dorothy regards the farm with her as home.

Appears from the start

Dorothy's uncle, a farmer in Kansas. He recognizes the approach of the cyclone and urges the family toward the storm cellar before Dorothy and Toto are carried away with the house.

Also known as The Witch of the North

First appears in chapter 2

An elderly, friendly witch who greets Dorothy after the house lands in the country of the Munchkins. She explains that Dorothy's arrival has freed the local people from the Witch of the East and gives her practical guidance for seeking the Wizard in the Emerald City.

First appears in chapter 3

A figure made of straw and dressed in old clothes, mounted on a pole in a Munchkin cornfield. He can speak and move once Dorothy helps him down, but believes that having no brain makes him a fool. He joins her journey to ask the Wizard for one.

Also known as Tin Woodman

First appears in chapter 5

A man made entirely of tin whom Dorothy and the Scarecrow find rusted motionless beside a cottage. Once his joints are oiled, he explains that he wants a heart and joins the travelers in the hope that the Wizard can give him one. He carries an axe and is careful not to harm living things unnecessarily.

First appears in chapter 6

A large lion who charges the travelers in the forest but admits that fear governs him despite his strength. Ashamed of what he sees as cowardice, he joins the party to ask the Wizard for courage and uses his power to protect the others along the way.

First appears in chapter 9

The ruler of the field mice. The travelers save her from a wildcat, and she repays them by organizing her many subjects to help carry the sleeping Lion out of the deadly poppy field.

Also known as Oz

First appears in chapter 11

The mysterious ruler of the Emerald City, reputed to possess formidable magical powers. He receives each traveler separately and appears in a different, imposing form to each one. He makes his help conditional on their defeating the Witch of the West.

Also known as The Witch of the West

First appears in chapter 12

The one-eyed ruler who enslaves the Winkies in the western country. Alerted to the travelers' approach, she sends a succession of creatures against them and wants the powerful silver shoes Dorothy unknowingly possesses.

First appears in chapter 12

The leader of a winged people bound to obey whoever possesses a magical golden cap. When summoned by the Witch of the West, he directs the attack that scatters Dorothy's companions and carries Dorothy and Toto to the Witch's castle.

Also known as The Witch of the South

First appears in chapter 23

The young and benevolent ruler of the Quadlings. Dorothy seeks her aid after every earlier plan for reaching Kansas has failed, and Glinda listens to the travelers' history before explaining how Dorothy can finally go home.