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L. Frank Baum

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(1856 - 1919)

Lyman “L.” Frank Baum was an American author of children’s books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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The Emerald City of Oz (1910)

Aunt Em and Uncle Henry have joined Dorothy in Oz. While they are enjoying a tour of their new home, the evil Nome King is tunneling under the Deadly Desert in his scheme to conquer the Emerald City. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

The Emerald City of Oz (1993)

Aunt Em and Uncle Henry have joined Dorothy in Oz. While they are enjoying a tour of their new home, the evil Nome King is tunneling under the Deadly Desert in his scheme to conquer the Emerald City. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

The Enchanted Island of Yew (1903)

When a fairy takes on the form of a mortal prince for a year, she has many adventures among the people of the Island of Yew. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Fanny Y. Cory

The Enchanted Island of Yew (1996)

When a fairy takes on the form of a mortal prince for a year, she has many adventures among the people of the Island of Yew.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): George O’Connor

Father Goose: His Book (1899)

A collection of rhymes with illustrations. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at the University of Florida.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

A Favourite Treasury of Children’s Stories (1998)

An anthology of stories by different authors and illustrators. This is an abridged version of the Puffin edition. Contains new Pauline Baynes illustrations for an excerpt from The Sword in the Stone.

Read online at archive.org.

The Gingerbread Man (1917)

This title is a reprinting of the first few chapters of John Dough and the Cherub, with a new ending. The first edition was part of Baum's Snuggle Tales and had a color frontis piece. The later edition in the Oz-Man Tales series had four color illust... View More

The Gingerbread Man (1920)

This title is a reprinting of the first few chapters of John Dough and the Cherub, with a new ending. The first edition was part of Baum's Snuggle Tales and had a color frontis piece. This later edition in the Oz-Man Tales series has four color illus... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
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Glinda of Oz (1920)

Princess Ozma and Dorothy travel to an obscure corner of the Land of Oz, in order to prevent a war between the Skeezers and the Flatheads and find themselves imprisoned on the Skeezers’ glass-covered island, which has been magically submerged t... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Glinda of Oz (2000)

Princess Ozma and Dorothy travel to an obscure corner of the Land of Oz, in order to prevent a war between the Skeezers and the Flatheads and find themselves imprisoned on the Skeezers’ glass-covered island, which has been magically submerged t... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Jack Pumpkinhead (1917)

This "Snuggle Tale" is a separate reprinting of the first few chapters of The Marvelous Land of Oz.

Jack Pumpkinhead (1920)

This "Oz-Man Tale" is the second reprinting of the first few chapters of The Marvelous Land of Oz.

Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse (1913)

Jack Pumpkinhead and his friend the Wooden Sawhorse rescue two children lost in the woods. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Jaglon and the Tiger Fairies (1953)

Abandoned at birth, Jaglon enlists the help of the tiger fairies to reclaim his throne.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Madeline Kilpatrick
Illustrator(s): Dale Ulrey

John Dough and the Cherub (1906)

John Dough, a living gingerbread man and Chick the Cherub, an incubator baby, have a series of adventures in the borderlands of Oz. Baum added a mystery by not revealing whether Chick was a boy or a girl, as Gene Stratton-Porter was to do with Scout ... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

John Dough and the Cherub (1974)

John Dough, a living gingerbread man and Chick the Cherub, an incubator baby, have a series of adventures in the borderlands of Oz. Baum added a mystery by not revealing whether Chick was a boy or a girl, as Gene Stratton-Porter was to do with Scout ... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

A Kidnapped Santa Claus (1969)

Five trolls kidnap Santa to prevent the spread of joy and good fellowship at Christmas time.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Richard Rosenblum

King Rinkitink (2017)

When the pearl pirates capture the people of Pingaree, it is up to the King of neighboring Rinkitink, his talking goat, Bilbil, and the young prince Inga of Pingaree to rescue them. This version attempts to restore Baum's original denoument.

L. Frank Baum’s Juvenile Speaker (1910)

An anthology taken from previously published works.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902)

A fictionalized account of the origin of Santa Claus. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Mary Cowles Clark

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