The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
27 November 1992
Summary
Frank Baum set out to write ‘a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out’. Published in May 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz had sold 100,000 copies by the following January, proving that this was exactly what his young readers wanted. The story of Dorothy, carried by a cyclone from her uncle’s Kansas farm to the Land of Oz, and her adventures on the yellow brick road with the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion, has been a firm favorite with children ever since. The original illustrations by W. W. Denslow, which are reflected in the film and stage versions, have often been imitated but never surpassed.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857159035 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857159039 |
| Author: | Frank Baum |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library Children's Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 27 November 1992 |
| Weight: | 437g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 162mm x 212mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS |
| Audience Age: | 7-9 |
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Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker. Alongside illustrator William Wallace Denslow, he created the beloved children’s book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). He also authored 13 other Oz books, including Ozma of Oz (1907).
Baum’s prolific career included a plethora of other works:
- Nine other fantasy books
- 55 novels in total
- 82 short prose pieces
- More than two hundred poems
- An unknown number of scripts
- Many miscellaneous works
He also made numerous attempts to adapt his writings for stage and screen.
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