The story of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by a cyclone.
American Fairy Tales is a collection of twelve fantasy stories by L. Frank Baum, published in 1901 by the George M. Hill Company, the firm that issued The Wonderful Wizard of Oz the previous year.
... and was told by a Miss McBride, "with a roughish smile," "As long as your [sic] here, we must make the best of it" (5). Baum Buglé 40 (Fall 1996): 25. Dorinda Riessen Reed, The Woman Suffrage Movement in South Dakota, 2d ed.
The Master Keywas the first of Baum's titles to be published by a new publisher, Bobbs Merrill, a farmore prestigious house than Hill. (When Hillwent bankrupt, Bobbs Merrill purchased the rightsto publish and sell both Father Goose and ...
Presents the life of the first woman prime minister of India, from her childhood to her assassination.
Since it was first introduced over a hundred years ago in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , L. Frank Baum's world of Oz has become one of the most beloved creations in children's literature and film.
This biography introduces reader to L. Frank Baum, the best-selling author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Readers will learn about Baum's childhood in New York, his work as a writer, actor, and traveling salesman, and the inspiration for ...
A biography of the author of "The Wizard of Oz, " who invented a new kind of fairy tale, uniquely modern and American.