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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

"By the 1950s, most of the censorship attempts for the Oz books centered around anti-communist sentiment," Grunzke said. There are, says the Tin Woodman in one book, no rich or poor in Oz.

His love for "The Wizard of Oz" began while attending elementary school in his native Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic. Over the years his collection has grown to include: An August 1938 copy ...

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