I was a big collector of the Classics Illustrated and Classics Illustrated Junior when I was younger. It's nice to see they have been brought back in book form. I got this book to share with my 5 year old son who is a huge Wizard of Oz fan. He is so familiar with the movie that it is nice to expose him to another version of this story. Since he is still learning to read, it is easy for him to enjoy this book on his own because it is not rich in text but full of illustrations, as a comic book should be. He can follow the story through the pictures. I am also so used to the movie version that I forget that they took some liberties with the original story.