<P> Dorothy Gale is the main character and adolescent protagonist in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ( 1900 ) , and the several other sequel Oz books . She is depicted as being a very young , heroic and sweet tempered orphan girl from a small farm on the prairies of Kansas . Baum never reveals Dorothy 's age , but she is thought to be no older than twelve years old . In appearance she is described as having chubby little hands , a round rosy face , big earnest eyes filled with awe and a merry laugh . She has a small pet dog she calls Toto , and loves dearly . After her first adventure in the Land of Oz , she returns to Kansas via the charmed Silver Shoes , ( Ruby Slippers in the classic MGM musical of 1939 ) she obtained while there but lost between worlds when she was teleported back . Not much later , she unexpectedly returns to Oz again , thus having several more adventures before permanently settling there as an official princess of Oz in the book The Emerald City of Oz ( 1910 ) . </P>
<P> Dorothy Gale is the main character and adolescent protagonist in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ( 1900 ) , and the several other sequel Oz books . She is depicted as being a very young , heroic and sweet tempered orphan girl from a small farm on the prairies of Kansas . Baum never reveals Dorothy 's age , but she is thought to be no older than twelve years old . In appearance she is described as having chubby little hands , a round rosy face , big earnest eyes filled with awe and a merry laugh . She has a small pet dog she calls Toto , and loves dearly . After her first adventure in the Land of Oz , she returns to Kansas via the charmed Silver Shoes , ( Ruby Slippers in the classic MGM musical of 1939 ) she obtained while there but lost between worlds when she was teleported back . Not much later , she unexpectedly returns to Oz again , thus having several more adventures before permanently settling there as an official princess of Oz in the book The Emerald City of Oz ( 1910 ) . </P>
who is the main character in wizard of oz
who is the main character in wizard of oz
Dorothy Gale
Dorothy Gale