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 ...

The backstory of Glinda the (Not-So) Good Witch and Elphaba the (Not-So) Wicked Witch of the West certainly makes us all look at our childhood classic fave The Wizard of Oz (1939) a little ...

While many young readers will be eager to devour all the Oz books, even adults should know a basic three. Begin, obviously, with “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (supplemented by Michael Patrick ...

By the sixth book in the series, The Emerald City of Oz (1910), Baum was presenting the fairyland as a socialist utopia: ...

“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” version illustrated by W.W. Denslow and published by Hill in 1900, celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2025. A special set of books will be set aside near the ...

But the story of Oz dates back much further than that. For nearly 125 years, the fantasy world of writer L. Frank Baum’s children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), has continued to ...

The enchantment of L. Frank Baum's classic "Wizard of Oz" books is captured in the exciting Emerald City of Oz, based on the sixth book in Baum's timeless series. The Nome King plots his revent ...

Even after his death, plenty of other books, though not considered canonical ... And, "Wicked" was not the first "Wizard of Oz" stage musical, as it was preceded by multiple theater productions ...

Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as an allegory about the evils ... making the place a sort of matriarchy. By the sixth book in the series, The Emerald City of Oz (1910), Baum was ...