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L. Frank Baum

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(1856 - 1919)

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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 Enchanted Island of Yew (1903)

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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

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The Enchanted Island of Yew (1996)

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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

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Father Goose: His Book (1899)

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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

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The Gingerbread Man (1917)

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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 illustrations.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright
John R. Neill
Et al

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The Gingerbread Man (1920)

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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 illustrations.

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

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Glinda of Oz (1920)

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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 to the bottom of its lake. Read online at Hathitrust.

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

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Glinda of Oz (2000)

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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 to the bottom of its lake. Read online at Hathitrust.

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

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Jack Pumpkinhead (1917)

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

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Julia Dyar Hardy
John R. Neill
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Jack Pumpkinhead (1920)

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

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Julia Dyar Hardy
John R. Neill
Et al

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Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse (1913)

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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

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Jaglon and the Tiger Fairies (1953)

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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

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John Dough and the Cherub (1906)

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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 in The Keeper of the Bees in 1925. While not written as an Oz book, the characters appear in The Road to Oz. Read online at Hathitrust.

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

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John Dough and the Cherub (1974)

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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 in The Keeper of the Bees in 1925. While not written as an Oz book, the characters appear in The Road to Oz. Read online at Hathitrust.

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

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A Kidnapped Santa Claus (1969)

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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

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L. Frank Baum’s Juvenile Speaker (1910)

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An anthology taken from previously published works.

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

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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902)

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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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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1983)

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

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

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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (2003)

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L. Frank Baum imagines the early life of Santa Claus.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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Little Bun Rabbit (1916)

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A selection of stories from Baum's earlier works. This edition has only the color frontispiece.

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

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Little Bun Rabbit (1920)

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Originally published as a part of the Baum's Snuggle Tales series, the Oz-Man reprint includes three additional color pictures.

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

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