Silver Shoes and Ruby Slippers
There are many differences between the novel and movie versions of The Wizard of Oz. For some reason the one that stands out most for me is the silver shoes in the novel versus the ruby red slippers in the movie version. My mom says the ruby slippers were most likely designed for the movie to compliment the new wonderment of the early Technicolor movies, which makes perfect sense.
Here’s my problem. The copy of the novel I bought has an illustration of red shoes on the cover. Red shoes on the cover. Of. The. Book. To be clear, this is not one of those covers that are designed to compliment the movie version, which would then make the red shoes on the cover understandable. No, this is just a regular book cover highlighting something that is not in the novel. I don’t know why this bothers me so, but it does.
If you haven’t already, make sure you pick up your copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and join us in our April reading selection. (If the only copy available is the one with red shoes, go ahead and buy it anyway! I wouldn’t let the flaw in judgment on the illustrator’s part cloud my desire to read this fabulous book!!)
Here’s my problem. The copy of the novel I bought has an illustration of red shoes on the cover. Red shoes on the cover. Of. The. Book. To be clear, this is not one of those covers that are designed to compliment the movie version, which would then make the red shoes on the cover understandable. No, this is just a regular book cover highlighting something that is not in the novel. I don’t know why this bothers me so, but it does.
If you haven’t already, make sure you pick up your copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and join us in our April reading selection. (If the only copy available is the one with red shoes, go ahead and buy it anyway! I wouldn’t let the flaw in judgment on the illustrator’s part cloud my desire to read this fabulous book!!)
