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None of us, whether children or adults, needs an introduction to „Mother Goose". Those things which are earliest impressed upon our minds cling to them most tenaciously. Published three years before L. Frank Baum achieved fame with „The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", this engaging volume added an exciting new dimension to old, much-loved verses. The book contains 22 prose fables based on famous nursery rhymes: Old King Cole", Little Miss Muffet", „The...
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Daughters of Destiny (1906) is a novel by L. Frank Baum. Although he is more widely known as the author of the Land of Oz series, Baum also used several pseudonyms to make forays into more conventional fiction for adults. Daughters of Destiny, written under the pen name "Schuyler Staunton," is a story of corruption, political intrigue, romance, and adventure. "When the American Construction Syndicate, of New York and Chicago, conceived the idea of...
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The Last Egyptian (1908) is a novel by L. Frank Baum. Although he is more widely known as the author of the Land of Oz series, Baum also used several pseudonyms to make forays into more conventional fiction for adults. The Last Egyptian, published anonymously, is a story of corruption, betrayal, romance, and adventure. It was adapted into a 1914 silent film by Baum and J. Farrell MacDonald, an influential and prolific figure in early American cinema....
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The Fate of a Crown (1905) is a novel by L. Frank Baum. Although he is more widely known as the author of the Land of Oz series, Baum also used several pseudonyms to make forays into more conventional fiction for adults. The Fate of a Crown, written under the pen name "Schuyler Staunton," is a story of corruption, political intrigue, romance, and adventure. "Cold with horror at the revolting deed I gazed into the dark eyes of the murderer. He smiled...
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Dorothy, el Hombre de Hojalata, el Espantapájaros y el León Cobarde emprenden un viaje en busca del Mago de Oz, para que les dé lo que creen necesitar: volver a casa, un cerebro, un corazón y valentía. Pero en el camino, descubrirán algo realmente importante: el poder de la amistad. Todos los chicos reconocen los personajes de El Mago de Oz, pero pocos han leído esta maravillosa novela que habla de un mundo donde todo es posible, y cuyo valor...
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The Wizard of Oz series volume 7
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Ojo the Unlucky, a Munchkin boy raised in isolation in the Blue Forest by his taciturn Unc Nunkie, finds himself setting out on a quest through the wider world of Oz in this seventh entry in L. Frank Baum's series about that magical country. The reader accompanies Ojo, the Glass Cat and the Patchwork Girl on a journey to find five magic items in the wonderful Land of Oz to restore to life Ojo's Uncle Nunkie and the Crooked Magician's wife, Margolotte,...
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Writing under a pseudonym, the prolific Wizard of Oz author created a series of far-flung adventure tales starring Sam Steele, a resourceful young sailor. In this story of mystery, deceit, and murder, Sam and his companions seek the legendary wealth of Karnak - a 2,000-year-old treasure buried in the desert sands.
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Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea (1906) is a novel by L. Frank Baum. Although he is more widely known as the author of the Land of Oz series, Baum also used several pseudonyms to make forays into more conventional fiction for young adults. Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea, written under the pen name "Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald," is a story of discovery, betrayal, fortune, and adventure. "An orphan, now, and alone in the world. This father...
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Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by L. Frank Baum: American Fairy Tales; Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad; Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John; Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville; Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work; Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society; Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross; Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation; Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West; Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; The Enchanted Island of Yew; Glinda of Oz; A Kidnapped...
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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902) is a children's book by L. Frank Baum. Although less popular than his influential Wizard of Oz series-fourteen novels that inspired the classic 1939 film-The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus has been adapted as a graphic novel and into multiple animated films. A sequel short story, "A Kidnapped Santa Claus," appeared in 1904.
Discovered as a baby in the Forest of Burzee by Ak, the Master Woodsman of...
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'Come along, Toto,' she said. 'We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to Kansas again.'
Swept away from her home in Kansas by a tornado, Dorothy and her dog Toto find themselves stranded in the fantastical Land of Oz. As instructed by the Good Witch of the North and the Munchkins, Dorothy sets off on the yellow brick road to try and find her way to the Emerald City and the Wizard of Oz, who can help her get home.
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The Wizard of Oz series volume 4
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In Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, Dorothy, along with her cousin, Zeb, her cat, Eureka, and a horse named Jim, returns to the mystical land of Oz after being caught in an earthquake while travelling to meet her Uncle Henry at Hugson's Ranch. Reunited with the Wizard of Oz in the land of the Mangaboos, Dorothy and her friends set out for Oz, dodging invisible bears and escaping from Gargoyles and Dragonettes along the way. But when Eureka is believed...
13) Rinkitink in Oz
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The Wizard of Oz series volume 10
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Rinkitink in Oz (1916) is the tenth novel in L. Frank Baum's beloved Land of Oz series. Although it features a few of Baum's regular characters, the story mostly takes place outside of Oz, expanding upon an already enormous fictional universe.
King Rinkitink and his talking goat Bilbil are on holiday in the island kingdom of Pingaree when invaders from Regos and Coregos attack, kidnapping the local king and queen. He agrees to aid the young Prince...
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The Wizard of Oz series volume 6
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Dorothy's aunt and uncle get acquainted with Oz after they lose their farm and Ozma invites them to live with her.
15) Sky Island
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Sky Island (1912) is a novel by L. Frank Baum. A sequel to The Sea Fairies (1911), Sky Island was part of a larger series of planned novels that Baum hoped would move beyond the universe he created for his Oz books. Discouraged by poor reviews of The Sea Fairies, however, Baum featured several characters from The Road to Oz (1909) in Sky Island, including Button Bright and Polychrome. A young Californian girl named Trot meets a strange boy from Philadelphia...
16) The Road to Oz
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First published in 1909, L. Frank Baum's "The Road to Oz" is the fifth story by Baum of the magical Land of Oz and is the Dorothy's fourth visit to this special place. Baum takes the young Kansas girl and her faithful dog Toto on a circuitous journey to Oz for Princess Ozma's birthday. Dorothy begins her adventure trying to help a stranger, the Shaggy Man, find the road he seeks. They are joined on their way by a perpetually lost boy named Button...
17) Queen Zixi of Ix
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L. Frank Baum's "Queen Zixi of Ix", (1905) takes place in the lands of Noland and Ix, two regions adjacent to Oz. The fantasy novel tells the story of a magic cloak made by the fairies of the forest of Burzee that grants the wearer one wish. 683-year-old Queen Zixi who appears to be 16 to all, covets the cloak in order to reverse a curse which makes mirrors reflect her true age. Thought by its author to be his finest work, it was adapted into a silent...
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Presented here are three of the most popular children's books of all time: L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz," Kenneth Grahame's "The Reluctant Dragon" and Edith Nesbit's "Five Children and It."
First, one of the great classics of children's literature, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," which tells the story of young Dorothy, who is caught up in a cyclone and transported to the magical kingdom of Oz. In order to return home, Dorothy is instructed...
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The Wizard of Oz series volume 11
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The Lost Princess of Oz (1917) is the eleventh novel in L. Frank Baum's beloved Land of Oz series. According to the author, the story began with a letter from a young reader and soon took on a life of its own.
When Princess Ozma goes missing from her palace in the Emerald City, and the instruments upon which Glinda the Good Witch and the Wizard of Oz are nowhere to be found, Dorothy bravely gathers a group of trustworthy companions in order to solve...
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The Wizard of Oz series volume 9
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After a terrible storm capsizes their boat, Cap'n Bill and Trot find themselves in the magical land of Oz where they meet an Ork, the Bumpy Man, and Button-Bright, and eventually arrive in Jinxland, part of the Quadling Country of Oz. But things are not as they seem in Jinxland, where the terrible King Krewl has frozen the Princess Gloria's heart. Glinda sends the Scarecrow to help Trot, Bill, Button-Bright, and the Ork set everything aright.
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