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  • Published: 23 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780375986345
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 112

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz





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Baum's story of Dorothy, carried by a cyclone from a Kansas farm to the land of the Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion, was published in May 1900. By the following January, 100,000 copies had been sold, and the book has ever since been an undisputed favorite. The original illustrations by Denslow, which are reflected in the film and stage versions, have often been imitated but never surpassed.

  • Published: 23 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780375986345
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 112

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About the author

L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum was born in New York in 1856. The Wizard of Oz was based on a story he used to tell his own children. It was published in 1900 and became an international bestseller. The Wizard of Oz was made into a stage play in 1902 and a film starring Judy Garland in 1939. Baum wrote 12 more Oz novels and six short stories. After his death in 1919, his publishers carried on producing Oz stories and didn't stop until 1963!

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