(reissued as The New Wizard of Oz by Bobbs-Merrill in 1903 and M.A. 6 short Oz stories (29 pp.), Reilly & Britton, 1913. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.These books are both classic children's literature as well as treasures of American illustration. of Oz 2 Ozma of Oz 3 Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz 4 The Road to Oz 5. Most of our Baum fans are serious collectors of the original Reilly & Britton books. If you are very particular about the condition of this book, kindly send me a. At his death in 1919, Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891-1976) was named Royal Historian of Oz and continued the series. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. However, he also wrote things like Sky Island and a popular teenage girls' series called Aunt Jane’s Nieces (under the pseudonym Edith Van Dyne). Great deals on The Wizard of Oz Books 1900-1949. Although Baum might have preferred to vary his writings and to create American fairy tales, the incessant fan mail from children prompted him to pen 14 more books in the Oz series, all illustrated by John R. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz soon followed, but the partnership with Den didn't last. Denslow in 1899, and became a bestseller. His second book for children, Father Goose, His Book, was created with renowned illustrator W.W. In 1882 he married Maud, the daughter of noted feminist Matilda Joslyn Gage, and together they moved to the Dakota territory in 1888. Over the course of his life he created many such small papers and failed at as many small business ventures. While he suffered during his short stint at military school, he excelled at independent creative projects like creating his own newspapers, the first of which he called The Rose Lawn Home Journal. Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) was a sickly child with a heart problem and a huge imagination.

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