He said he owns the first copy of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” on record. He said he bought the book, which was printed on May 23, 1900, at an auction about 15 years ago. Signed by Baum, Trust ...

Using the Wizard of Oz as a national fairy tale and the musical as a national art form, Jewish people, African Americans, kids, queer people, and others have written themselves into the ideal of ...

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.

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.

But the success of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" in 1900, and the even greater success of a 1902 Broadway musical version, made him reconsider. "The Marvelous Land of Oz" (1904), the first sequel ...

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.