Incredibly, L. Frank Baum's children's novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the original material upon which many adaptations are based, is now 124 years old. That book was so immensely popular as ...

Frank Baum’s 1900 novel for children, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Langley, South African-born, was selected as the screenwriter because of his whimsical 1937 children’s book, The Tale of the ...