I read this book so many times as a kid, and loved it every time. I've probably read it more times than I've seen the movie. But four days ago I started reading this to my five-year-old son. 
 We finished it tonight. He loved it and had been talking about it nonstop, making predictions and guesses and connections and recounting his favorite parts. 
 I always loved this book as a kid, but even the first time I read it I'd already seen the movie and knew the plot and how it all turned out. Watching my son experience this for the very first time was. . . well, as wonderful as the wizard could have made it.