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 ...

Everyone loves "The Wizard of Oz," except the official arbiters of kid lit: critics and children's librarians. They hate the "Oz" books. Or at least they did. Cheap, commercial, poorly written ...

In fact, by the time the book entered the public domain in 1956, it was often reprinted as simply “The Wizard of Oz.” There’s ... or the library’s Facebook page.

Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ... itself, Oz's most powerful figures are two benevolent women, making the place a sort of matriarchy. By the sixth book in the series, The Emerald ...