The 14-book series centered around the world of Oz and its lore is the basis for any live-action adaptations. Here it is, in ...

L. Frank Baum was a sickly boy who was educated mostly at home, where he became a voracious reader. He soon created a lasting ...

Long before Wicked reimagined the Witch of the West as a dissident resisting fascism, Oz was a hotbed of political commentary ...

In January, the Wilson Public Library will launch its 11th One Book One Cozad program with the selection of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum. While most think they know the ...

Explore the life and times of author L. Frank Baum, the creator of one of the most beloved, enduring and classic American narratives. By 1900, when The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published ...

Matilda Joslyn Gage cofounded the National Woman Suffrage Association with Susan B. Anthony. Matilda’s daughter, Maud Gage married L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

No, I'm not referring to that dubious old tale that L. Frank Baum wrote The ... By the sixth book in the series, The Emerald City of Oz (1910), Baum was presenting the fairyland as a socialist ...