In short, people are finding Oz everywhere but in the original books by L. Frank Baum — who invented the place in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900) and its 13 sequels (after his death in 1919 ...

In short, people are finding Oz everywhere but in the original books by L. Frank Baum — who invented the place in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900) and its 13 sequels (after his death in 1919 ...

The Wizard of Oz was an entertainment franchise before franchises were a concept. The original 14-book series by Baum is a rich tapestry of dark fantasy with bizarre characters and settings.

When we think of The Wizard of Oz, we often think of the 1939 blockbuster film starring Judy Garland. After all, it was both ...

Released 40 years ago this week, The Wizard of Oz sequel Return to Oz was as scary as it was unconventional. It was a box ...

Frank Baum published 14 books over the next 20 years in the “Oz” series. In 1939, it was famously adapted into a movie starring Judy Garland, revolutionizing the use of color in cinema.

So said a California paper, the Westwood-Brentwood Villager, in 1961. The politically suspect nature of the "Oz" books may have also kept them off the shelves in Florida and Detroit.

The upcoming 'Wicked' movie starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo is based upon Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, itself an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ...

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.

‘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. From the color of the coveted slippers to a one-eyed Wicked ...

But Wicked also underlines the strangeness of Oz adaptations, perhaps owing to the world-famous iconography of the 1939 film adaptation: There are actually 14 Oz books written by L. Frank Baum ...

Baum's books are still in print. But except for the interesting, ill-fated "Return to Oz" (1985), no modern "Oz" spinoff has ...