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How does Dorothy arrive in the Land of Oz?

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Illustration by W.W. Denslow showing Dorothy comforting the Cowardly Lion on a yellow brick road, with Toto, the Tin Woodsman, and the Scarecrow nearby in a forest. — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz An illustrated page by W.W. Denslow in L. Frank Baum's *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*.

In L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy arrives in the Land of Oz after a sudden cyclone strikes her home in Kansas.1

When the storm hits, Dorothy is unable to reach the family’s storm cellar in time. She and her dog, Toto, remain inside their one-room house as the cyclone carries it away on a long journey. When the house finally lands, Dorothy discovers she has been transported to a beautiful land inhabited by the Munchkins.1