L. Frank Baum

Most people know The Wizard of Oz through the very famous movie, starring Judy Garland as Dorothy. However, not very many people know that, while the movie is great (it’s one of our favorites), the book is quite good, too. The movie changes several details, such as the ruby slippers, which are silver in the book. Also, there are fourteen books about Oz, written by L. Frank Baum, the royal historian of Oz.

• The Wizard of Oz (originally published as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
• The Land of Oz (originally published as The Marvelous Land of Oz)
• Ozma of Oz
• Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
• The Road to Oz
• The Emerald City of Oz
• The Patchwork Girl of Oz
• Tik-Tok of Oz
• The Scarecrow of Oz
• Rinkitink in Oz
• The Lost Princess of Oz
• The Tin Woodman of Oz
• The Magic of Oz
• Glinda of Oz

Books about Trot and Cap’n Bill outside of Oz:

• The Sea Fairies
• Sky Island

Baum also wrote under several pseudonyms, which include Edith Van Dyne, Schuyler Staunton, John Estes Cooke, Suzanne Metcald, Laura Bancroft, Floyd Akens, and Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald.