A modern fairy tale with a distinctly american setting, a delightfully levelheaded heroine, and engaging fantasy characters, the story was enormously popular and became a classic of childrens literature. Even while he was alive, baum was styled as the royal historian of oz to emphasize the. The oz books form a book series that begins with the wonderful wizard of oz 1900 and. Blown far from her home to the magical land of oz, little dorothy must follow the yellowbrick road to the. The oz books form a book series that begins with the wonderful wizard of oz 1900 and relate the fictional history of the land of oz. Dorothy s return plot taken from wikipedia several weeks after returning to kansas from the land of oz, dorothy gale looks out of her bedroom window. Dorothy gale 1900 dorothy gale is a fictional character created by l. The first people that they met on their adventures outside kansas were three munchkins, and. The book details dorothy gale returning to the land of oz when a jester has been using the wand of the wicked witch of the west which also contained the ghost of the wicked witch of the west to take over the land of oz. This book takes us on another adventure with dorothy. It is the first oz book where the majority of the action takes place outside. Dorothy of oz is a noncanonical novel published in 1989 by roger s.
In 2014, it was adapted into the cgi film legends of oz. The book is about the after events of the first series featuring a boy called tip, who lives with the witch named mombi in gillikin country. It is the first oz book where the majority of the action takes place outside of the land of oz. Come take a tour, visit our exhibitions, and view the gorgeous main reading room. The wonderful wizard of oz is an american childrens novel written by author l. On the way they encounter an earthquake which takes them deep into the earth to the land of the mangaboos. The book was adapted into a film called legends of oz. The story begins with dorothy, her name being the very first word of the very. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. In it, dorothy is called back to oz by glinda to stop a jester who has been possessed by the power of the wand of the wicked witch of the west, and using it to turn people in to china dolls.
Frank baum wrote the wonderful wizard of oz in 1900, children and adults alike have been. The story chronicles the adventures of a young girl named dorothy gale in the land of oz, after being swept away from her kansas farm home in a tornado. Baum was a true educator, and those who read his oz books are often made what they were not imaginative, tolerant, alert to wonders, life. This time dorothy is joined by her second cousin, zeb and her cat eureka and a horse named jim. Author and oz series originator lyman frank baum may 15, 1856may 5, 1919 gave no information as to the age of dorothy gale in his original book. Dorothy and the wizard in oz books of wonder baum, l. The wonderful wizard of oz, childrens book written by l.
All of the baum written books are in the public domain in the united states. Dorothy of oz is a 1989 childrens novel written by l. Dorothy of oz, is a semidirect sequal to the first few oz books. A tornado brought dorothy gale and her pet dog toto to the beautiful, enchanted, magical lands of oz. Frank baum as stories he told his four sons and their friends.
Frank baum fourth installment in the oz series is dorothy and the wizard in oz. Dorothy sets out with lion, scarecrow, and tin man to find glinda and ozma for help. She is the orphan protagonist and adolescent heroine of baums first oz book, the wonderful wizard of oz, published in 1900 and which is considered one of the earliest american fairytales written. Dorothy claps shoes for three times and finds herself in the kansas farm of her aunt and uncle. Frank baum, who went on to write fourteen fulllength oz books. The book details dorothy gale returning to the land of oz. It was the first in which baum was clearly intending a series of oz books. Dorothy makes new friends as she seeks to find a way home.
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