‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ was the ‘Harry Potter’ of its day. Dorothy Gale may have gotten her name from Dorothy Gage, the infant niece of Baum’s wife, Maud. She died in November 1898 ...

The Lost Lands' is a graphic novel set in the wicked world of Oz and is inspired by Frank L. Baum's original 1900 bookNEED TO ...

“And every day her loveliness, shines pure, without a flaw; new charms entrance our every glance, and fill our souls with awe!” —L. Frank Baum wrote these words in his poem about The Hotel ...

At the turn of the century when children’s literature was rife with moral lessons and cautionary violence, L. Frank Baum set about ... in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Dorothy was named after ...

A hundred years ago, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” by L. Frank Baum, was published by the soon-to-be-defunct Chicago-based firm of George M. Hill. The Library of Congress is hosting a ...

Loosely based on the original 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" written by L. Frank Baum, "Wicked" tells the background story of the witches we meet in Oz during Dorothy's famous visit.

But its true origins, of course, are in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum’s deathless fantasy classic, which introduces both the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda, the Good Witch of ...

They hate the "Oz" books. Or at least they did. For years, many of the nation's most important libraries refused to keep L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" or its sequels on the shelves.

May 17 is the 125th anniversary of the publication of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” which is called “America’s greatest and best-loved homegrown fairy tale” by the ...

Both have their origins in Gregory Maguire’s 1995 revisionist prequel, which suggested events that might have shaped the characters in L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” ...

The clearest candidate for America’s favorite fairy tale might be The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The author L. Frank Baum set the novel, published in 1900, in a fantasy land that shares core ...

From 1904 – 1910, the resort was frequently visited by Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum, where is said to have written at least three of his books within the collection while residing at the ...