Adventures in Oz
Aug 2013 · Simon and Schuster
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This lavishly illustrated, 3-in1omnibus edition containing The Wizard of oz, The Land of Oz, and Ozma of Oz has more than 400 of the original whimsical W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill illustration making this a beautiful keepsake edition. There's more than 800 pages of reading and viewing enjoyment here. You and your children will delight every time you open the book. Join Dorothy Gale, Toto, and all of her friends as they explore the incredible land of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is American's most enduring fairy tale. From the moment Dorothy puts on the silver slippers (changed to ruby slippers by MGM to take advantage of their new advance in movie making: color) until the moment she clicks her heals and returns home to Kansas you will be swept away and captivated by her extraordinary story. Return to wonder and magic of Oz in The Land of Oz the sequel to the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. and meet Tip, Jack Pumkinhead and, Mr. H. M. Woggle-Bug, T. E. Race through the countryside with Tip and Jack Pumpkinhead as they flee the wicked witch Mobi meeting many of your favorite Oz characters on the way. In Ozma of Oz Dorothy Gale, the heroine of The Wizard of Oz, is on a sea journey when a great storm destroys the ship she is sailing home to her uncle on. Dorothy clings to a chicken coup and she and the hen Billina manage to wash up on the magic shore of Ev. After a series of adventures Dorothy and Billina are taken poisoner by the evil Nome King. Ozma of Oz rushes to her rescue, but it may already be too late.
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About the author
Best known as the author of the Wizard of Oz series, Lyman Frank Baum was born on May 15, 1856, in New York. When Baum was a young man, his father, who had made a fortune in oil, gave him several theaters in New York and Pennsylvania to manage. Eventually, Baum had his first taste of success as a writer when he staged The Maid of Arran, a melodrama he had written and scored. Married in 1882 to Maud Gage, whose mother was an influential suffragette, the two had four sons. Baum often entertained his children with nursery rhymes and in 1897 published a compilation titled Mother Goose in Prose, which was illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. The project was followed by three other picture books of rhymes, illustrated by William Wallace Denslow. The success of the nursery rhymes persuaded Baum to craft a novel out of one of the stories, which he titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Some critics have suggested that Baum modeled the character of the Wizard on himself. Other books for children followed the original Oz book, and Baum continued to produce the popular Oz books until his death in 1919. The series was so popular that after Baum's death and by special arrangement, Oz books continued to be written for the series by other authors. Glinda of Oz, the last Oz book that Baum wrote, was published in 1920.
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