The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (ESL/EFL Version)

This book is Volume II-7 of the series of readers of Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP). It is suitable for readers with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a project in which ESL/EFL learners at elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words) are expected to read one million words within two or three years, and reach upper-intermediate level (with a vocabulary of about 3,500 words). This project contains about 40 simplified readers, enough for an ESL/EFL learner to read for two years, and this list is growing.

[Text Information]
Readability || 88.6
Total word count || 27174
Words beyond 1500 || 1414
Headwords beyond 1500 || 304
Unknown word percentage (%) || 5.2
Unknown headword percentage (%) || 1.12
Unknown headword occurrence || 4.64
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more || 54
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more || 148

[Synopsis]
Dorothy, an orphan, lives in a one-room house with her uncle and aunt. A tornado appears and Dorothy and her pet dog are carried away by the winds. Dorothy falls asleep as the house flies through the air.
When she awakens and goes outside her house, she finds she is in a strange and beautiful country, where there live small, strangely-dressed people known as the Munchkins. Dorothy’s house has fallen on the Wicked Witch of the East, ruler of the Munchkins. The Good Witch of the North tells Dorothy to go to the Emerald City, ruled by the Wizard of Oz, in the hope that the Wizard may be able to help the little girl return home.
On her way to the Wizard’s city, Dorothy makes three unusual friends: a scarecrow who complains of having no brains, a woodman made entirely of tin who complains of having no heart, and a lion who complains of having no courage. They go with Dorothy to see if the Wizard can help them….
This book is rewritten from “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” written by L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), American author of children’s books. This story has been made into films a number of times.