Virtually all of today's "Oz" variations take off, not from the Baum books, but from the 1939 movie, where Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch stole the show. Baum's books are still in print.

Virtually all of today's "Oz" variations take off, not from the Baum books, but from the 1939 movie, where Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch stole the show. Baum's books are still in print.

"Wicked," starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, is based on the book of the same name by Gregory Maguire. But the book isn't PG like the movie.

A complete set of first editions of Chittenango native L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" books will be sold for more than $30,000 at a "Wizard of Oz" auction from Heritage Auctions ...

Oz vs. Narnia L. Frank Baum's sanitized, all-too-American world is infinitely less compelling than C.S. Lewis' dangerous imaginings.

The Southern California resident knows all about his famous forebear. ”He wrote over 60 books,” said Roger Baum, ”although he`s best known for the `Oz` books.

"The Wizard of Oz" is America's favorite children's book. And among critics and librarians, it was once the most despised.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ is one of the most famous films of all time—but it differs quite a bit from the novel on which it was based.

While all five pieces of material (the original "Wizard of Oz" book and movie, "Wicked" the novel, "Wicked" the stage musical and "Wicked" the movie) take liberties that differentiate each from ...

Despite the 14 Oz books written during Baum’s lifetime and the 26 canonical novels that followed, the success of the books has rarely resulted in the same success from adapted media.

Need travel plans? Take a trip to Oz and Wonderland. Revisiting classics by L. Frank Baum and Lewis Carroll, as well as books that help illuminate their brilliance ...