L. Frank Baum

A special edition of Dorothy's journey down the yellow brick road to the Emerald City of Oz containing detailed textual notes and eighty-two pages of introductory historical material.

Rinkitink in Oz: When all the inhabitants of Pingaree are kidnapped by the mongrel hordes of twin island kingdoms, Prince Inga and his friend King Rinkitink decide to go to the rescue. The lost princess of Oz: A search is underway for Princess Ozma and all the magic of the Land of Oz which have been stolen by a thief of very great power. The tin woodman of Oz: When the Tin Woodman and his friends set off to find his former fiancee, their many adventures...

In Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard visit the center of the Earth, where people are vegetables, glass houses grow, and Oz characters reappear. Eventually they return to the Emerald City--but will they stay? In The Road to Oz, Dorothy sets out on another adventure with some new friends like the Shaggy Man, Button-Bright, and Polychrome, and some old ones like the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman. Will they reach the Emerald City in...

A magic cloak is an important item to a peasant boy who becomes king by being the forty-seventh person to enter the city after the old ruler dies.

The Gnome King of Oz is the 21st book in the Oz series, continuing the stories originally created by L. Frank Baum. However, "The Gnome King of Oz" is not written by L. Frank Baum, who wrote the first 14 Oz books, but by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Thompson took over the Oz series after Baum's death, and she wrote a total of 19 Oz books. Ruth Plumly Thompson's contributions to the Oz series extended the magical universe created by L. Frank Baum. While not...

Kabumpo in Oz (1922) is the sixteenth Oz book, and the second written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was the first Oz book fully credited to her. During Prince Pompadore of Pumperdink's eighteenth birthday celebration, his birthday cake explodes, revealing a magic scroll, a magic mirror, and a doorknob. The scroll warns the prince that if he doesn't wed a "proper princess" within seven days, his entire kingdom will disappear. The prince, along with the...

Solar and her little brother Fenn, still reeling from the recent death of their grandmother, befriend Campbell, a clunky, metal man who longs for more in life than chopping down trees.

Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939) is the thirty-third in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the nineteenth and last written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was illustrated by John R. Neill. The story opens with a dinner party, attended by seven of the characters from Baum's inaugural book, including the castle-housemaid Jellia Jam. After the dinner, the Wizard takes his guests to a glass-domed building that contains...