Before 'Wicked,' before Hollywood's 'Wizard of Oz," there were the 'Oz' books of L. Frank Baum. Here's why they're worth a read. New Jersey native praised as hero for helping save nearly 200 ...

A New Book Series Authorized By Original Cast Member. Author, Mike Ernst brings The Munchkins back to life ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- An all-time classic movie, The Wizard of Oz ...

Curiously, Donaldson’s former collaborator John Wise met a similar fate just four years later, when his balloon Pathfinder ...

That's the mantra of Glinda, "Wicked's" bubbly good witch. And it applies, equally, to the "Oz" stories where she made her first appearance. They've always been popular. With children, parents ...

You'll be off to see the Wizard, Dorothy, Toto and the rest of the Oz gang in literary form when the Friends of the West Islip Public Library holds its annual vintage and premium book sale May 30-31.

For nearly 125 years, the fantasy world of writer L. Frank Baum’s children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), has continued to capture the imagination of Americans, interpreted for the ...

The 1939 film and other adaptations of Oz, like 1970s film 'The Wiz', are based on the original book by Frank L. Baum "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," written in 1900.

More than 50 years after Hamilton wore toxic copper-based face paint to appear green in The Wizard of Oz, Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West ...

All of these Wizard of Oz offshoots are worthwhile, but if you’re looking for something that actually moves the Oz story forward, rather than looking back, the choice is, oddly, perhaps the ...

About Book 2: Munchkin's Tale Of The Lollipop King This is a tale of how Dorothy ended up landing on the Wicked Witch of the East. Prior to Dorothy's arrival 3 munchkin boys set out to destroy the ...