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The Magic of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 13 Feb 14, 2021

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The Magic of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 13

Title: The Magic of Oz

Overview: The Magic of Oz is the thirteenth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum. Published on June 7, 1919, one month after the author's death, The Magic of Oz relates the unsuccessful attempt of the Munchkin boy Kiki Aru and former Nome King Ruggedo to conquer Oz. The novel was dedicated to "the Children of our Soldiers, the Americans and their Allies, with unmeasured Pride and Affection." The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as "the Royal Historian of Oz" in order to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. In his Oz books, Baum created the illusion that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma relayed their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of a wireless telegraph.

Published: 1919

Series: Nonestica Continent of Imagination, Land of Oz, The Oz Books Series, Novels Series, Oz #13

Author: L. Frank Baum

Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's Novel, Action & Adventure, Children's Literature

Episode: The Magic of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 13

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 4:34:38

Book: 13

Length Book: 4:34:38

Episodes: 1 - 23 of 23

Predecessor: The Tin Woodman of Oz

Successor: Glinda of Oz

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: adventures, travelers, fairy tale, magic, magical kingdom, wizard, witches, royalty, whimsical, fantasy, mythology, legends

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The Tin Woodman of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 12 Feb 14, 2021

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The Tin Woodman of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 12

Title: The Tin Woodman of Oz

Overview: The Tin Woodman of Oz: A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, Assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter is the twelfth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum and was originally published on May 13, 1918. The Tin Woodman is reunited with his Munchkin sweetheart Nimmie Amee from the days when he was flesh and blood. This was a back-story from Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The book was dedicated to the author's grandson Frank Alden Baum. The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as "the Royal Historian of Oz" in order to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. In his Oz books, Baum created the illusion that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma relayed their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of a wireless telegraph.

Published: 1918

Series: Nonestica Continent of Imagination, Land of Oz, The Oz Books Series, Novels Series, Oz #12

Author: L. Frank Baum

Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's Novel, Action & Adventure, Children's Literature

Episode: The Tin Woodman of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 12

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 5:15:29

Book: 12

Length Book: 5:15:29

Episodes: 1 - 24 of 24

Predecessor: The Lost Princess of Oz

Successor: The Magic of Oz

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: adventures, travelers, fairy tale, magic, magical kingdom, wizard, witches, royalty, whimsical, fantasy, mythology, legends

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The Lost Princess of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 11 Feb 14, 2021

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The Lost Princess of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 11

Title: The Lost Princess of Oz

Overview: The Lost Princess of Oz is the eleventh canonical Oz book written by L. Frank Baum. Published on June 5, 1917, it begins with the disappearance of Princess Ozma, the ruler of Oz, and covers Dorothy and the Wizard's efforts to find her. The introduction to the book states that its inspiration was a letter a young girl had written to Baum: "I suppose if Ozma ever got hurt or lost, everybody would be sorry." The book was dedicated to the author's newborn granddaughter Ozma Baum, child of his youngest son Kenneth Gage Baum. Ruth Plumly Thompson borrowed the plot of this novel for her 1937 Oz book Handy Mandy in Oz. The Frogman and Cayke's dishpan re-appear in Jeff Freedman's 1994 novel The Magic Dishpan of Oz. The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as "the Royal Historian of Oz" in order to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. In his Oz books, Baum created the illusion that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma relayed their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of a wireless telegraph.

Published: 1917

Series: Nonestica Continent of Imagination, Land of Oz, The Oz Books Series, Novels Series, Oz #11

Author: L. Frank Baum

Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's Novel, Action & Adventure, Children's Literature

Episode: The Lost Princess of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 11

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 5:32:42

Book: 11

Length Book: 5:32:42

Episodes: 1 - 26 of 26

Predecessor: The Scarecrow of Oz

Successor: The Lost Princess of Oz

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: adventures, travelers, fairy tale, magic, magical kingdom, wizard, witches, royalty, whimsical, fantasy, mythology, legends

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Rinkitink in Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 10 Feb 14, 2021

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Rinkitink in Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 10

Title: Rinkitink in Oz

Overview: Wherein has Recorded the Perilous Quest of Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink in the Magical Isles that Lie Beyond the Borderland of Oz. is the tenth book in the Land of Oz series written by L. Frank Baum. It was published on June 20, 1916, with full-color and black-and-white illustrations by artist John R. Neill. It is notable that most of the action takes place outside of Oz, and no character from Oz appears in the book until its climax; this is due to Baum's having originally written most of the book as a fantasy novel unrelated to his Oz books over ten years earlier, in 1905. The book was dedicated to the author's newborn grandson Robert Alison Baum, the first child of the author's second son Robert Stanton Baum. The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as "the Royal Historian of Oz" in order to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. In his Oz books, Baum created the illusion that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma relayed their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of a wireless telegraph.

Published: 1916

Series: Nonestica Continent of Imagination, Land of Oz, The Oz Books Series, Novels Series, Oz #10

Author: L. Frank Baum

Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's Novel, Action & Adventure, Children's Literature

Episode: Rinkitink in Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 10

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 5:47:06

Book: 10

Length Book: 5:47:06

Episodes: 1 - 24 of 24

Predecessor: The Scarecrow of Oz

Successor: The Lost Princess of Oz

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: adventures, travelers, fairy tale, magic, magical kingdom, wizard, witches, royalty, whimsical, fantasy, mythology, legends

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The Scarecrow of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 9 Feb 14, 2021

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The Scarecrow of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 9

Title: The Scarecrow of Oz

Overview: The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal favorite of the Oz books and tells of Cap'n Bill and Trot journeying to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow, overthrowing the cruel King Krewl of Jinxland. Cap'n Bill and Trot (Mayre Griffiths) had previously appeared in two other novels by Baum, The Sea Fairies and Sky Island. The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as "the Royal Historian of Oz" in order to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. In his Oz books, Baum created the illusion that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma relayed their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of a wireless telegraph.

Published: 1915

Series: Nonestica Continent of Imagination, Land of Oz, The Oz Books Series, Novels Series, Oz #9

Author: L. Frank Baum

Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's Novel, Action & Adventure, Children's Literature

Episode: The Scarecrow of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 9

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 5:18:56

Book: 9

Length Book: 5:18:56

Episodes: 1 - 24 of 24

Predecessor: Tik-Tok of Oz, Sky Island

Successor: Rinkitink in Oz

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: adventures, travelers, fairy tale, magic, magical kingdom, wizard, witches, royalty, whimsical, fantasy, mythology, legends

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Tik-Tok of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 8 Feb 14, 2021

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Tik-Tok of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 8

Title: Tik-Tok of Oz

Overview: Tik-Tok of Oz is the eighth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum, published on June 19, 1914. The book has little to do with Tik-Tok and is primarily the quest of the Shaggy Man (introduced in The Road to Oz) to rescue his brother and his resulting conflict with the Nome King. The endpapers of the first edition held maps: one of Oz itself, and one of the continents on which Oz and its neighboring countries belonged. These were the first maps printed of Oz. The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as "the Royal Historian of Oz" in order to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. In his Oz books, Baum created the illusion that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma relayed their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of a wireless telegraph.

Published: 1914

Series: Nonestica Continent of Imagination, Land of Oz, The Oz Books Series, Novels Series, Oz #8

Author: L. Frank Baum

Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's Novel, Action & Adventure, Children's Literature

Episode: Tik-Tok of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 8

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 5:53:44

Book: 8

Length Book: 5:53:44

Episodes: 0 - 25 of 25

Predecessor: The Patchwork Girl of Oz

Successor: The Scarecrow of Oz

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: adventures, travelers, fairy tale, magic, magical kingdom, wizard, witches, royalty, whimsical, fantasy, mythology, legends

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The Patchwork Girl of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 7 Feb 14, 2021

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The Patchwork Girl of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 7

Title: The Patchwork Girl of Oz

Overview: The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a children's novel, the seventh in the Oz series. Characters include Woozy, Ojo "the Unlucky", Unc Nunkie, Dr. Pipt, Scraps (the patchwork girl), and others. The book was first published on July 1, 1913, with illustrations by John R. Neill. In 1914, Baum adapted the book to film through his "Oz Film Manufacturing Company." In the previous Oz book, The Emerald City of Oz, magic was used to isolate Oz from all contact with the outside world. Baum did this to end the Oz series but was forced to restart the series with this book due to financial hardship. In the prologue, he reconciles Oz's isolation with the appearance of a new Oz book by explaining that he contacted Dorothy in Oz via wireless telegraphy, and she obtained Ozma's permission to tell Baum this story. The book was dedicated to Sumner Hamilton Britton, the young son of one of its publishers, Sumner Charles Britton of Reilly & Britton. The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as "the Royal Historian of Oz" in order to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. In his Oz books, Baum created the illusion that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma relayed their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of a wireless telegraph.

Published: 1913

Series: Nonestica Continent of Imagination, Land of Oz, The Oz Books Series, Novels Series, Oz #7

Author: L. Frank Baum

Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's Novel, Action & Adventure, Children's Literature

Episode: The Patchwork Girl of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 7

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 6:42:03

Book: 7

Length Book: 6:42:03

Episodes: 0 - 28 of 28

Predecessor: The Emerald City of Oz

Successor: Tik-Tok of Oz

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: adventures, travelers, fairy tale, magic, magical kingdom, wizard, witches, royalty, whimsical, fantasy, mythology, legends

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The Emerald City of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 6 Feb 13, 2021

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The Emerald City of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 6

Title: The Emerald City of Oz

Overview: The Emerald City of Oz is the sixth of L. Frank Baum's fourteen Land of Oz books. It was also adapted into a Canadian animated film in 1987. Originally published on July 20, 1910, it is the story of Dorothy Gale and her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em coming to live in Oz permanently. While they are toured through the Quadling Country, the Nome King is assembling allies for an invasion of Oz. This is the first time in the Oz series that Baum made use of double plots for one of the books. Baum had intended to cease writing Oz stories with this book, but financial pressures prompted him to write and publish The Patchwork Girl of Oz, with seven other Oz books to follow. The book was dedicated to "Her Royal Highness Cynthia II of Syracuse" — actually the daughter (born in the previous year, 1909) of the author's younger brother Henry Clay "Harry" Baum. The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as "the Royal Historian of Oz" in order to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. In his Oz books, Baum created the illusion that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma relayed their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of a wireless telegraph.

Published: 1910

Series: Nonestica Continent of Imagination, Land of Oz, The Oz Books Series, Novels Series, Oz #6

Author: L. Frank Baum

Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's Novel, Action & Adventure, Children's Literature

Episode: The Emerald City of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 6

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 5:56:02

Book: 6

Length Book: 5:56:02

Episodes: 1 - 30 of 30

Predecessor: The Road to Oz

Successor: The Patchwork Girl of Oz

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: adventures, travelers, fairy tale, magic, magical kingdom, wizard, witches, royalty, whimsical, fantasy, mythology, legends

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The Road to Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 5 Feb 13, 2021

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The Road to Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 5

Title: The Road to Oz

Overview: The Road to Oz: In Which Is Related How Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter Met on an Enchanted Road and Followed it All the Way to the Marvelous Land of Oz. is the fifth of L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz books. It was originally published on July 10, 1909, and documents the adventures of Dorothy Gale's fourth visit to the Land of Oz. The book was dedicated to Joslyn Stanton Baum, the author's first grandson, the child of Baum's eldest son Frank Joslyn Baum. The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as "the Royal Historian of Oz" in order to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. In his Oz books, Baum created the illusion that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma relayed their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of a wireless telegraph.

Published: 1909

Series: Nonestica Continent of Imagination, Land of Oz, The Oz Books Series, Novels Series, Oz #5

Author: L. Frank Baum

Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's Novel, Action & Adventure, Children's Literature

Episode: The Road to Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 5

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 4:20:13

Book: 5

Length Book: 4:20:13

Episodes: 1 - 24 of 24

Predecessor: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

Successor: The Emerald City of Oz

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: adventures, travelers, fairy tale, magic, magical kingdom, wizard, witches, royalty, whimsical, fantasy, mythology, legends

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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 4 Feb 13, 2021

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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 4

Title: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

Overview: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is the fourth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill. It was published on June 18, 1908, and reunites Dorothy Gale with the humbug Wizard from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). This is one of only two of the original fourteen Oz books (the other being The Emerald City of Oz (1910), to be illustrated with watercolor paintings. Baum, having resigned himself to writing a series of Oz books, set up elements of this book in the prior Ozma of Oz (1907). He was not entirely pleased with this, as the introduction to Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz opens with the protest that he knows many tales of many lands, and hoped that children would permit him to tell them those tales. Written shortly after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and around the time Baum moved to California, the book starts with an earthquake in California. Dorothy and others are swallowed up by cracks in the earth and fall into a cavern, where they begin their adventures. Very little of the story—six of the twenty chapters—actually takes place in Oz. As in Ozma of Oz before it, and in some of the books after, Oz is not the land where the adventures take place, but the land the characters are seeking as a refuge from adventure. The book was dedicated to Harriet Alvena Baum Neal, the author's eldest sister. The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as "the Royal Historian of Oz" in order to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. In his Oz books, Baum created the illusion that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma relayed their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of a wireless telegraph.

Published: 1908

Series: Nonestica Continent of Imagination, Land of Oz, The Oz Books Series, Novels Series, Oz #4

Author: L. Frank Baum

Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's Novel, Action & Adventure, Children's Literature

Episode: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 4

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 4:23:46

Book: 4

Length Book: 4:23:46

Episodes: 1 - 20 of 20

Predecessor: Ozma of Oz

Successor: The Road to Oz