The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum | Resources

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Further Reading

Baum, Frank Joslyn, and Russell P. MacFall, To Please a Child: A Biography of L. Frank Baum, Royal Historian of Oz, Reilly & Lee Co., 1961.

Written by Baum's oldest son and a collaborator, this
biography contains their personal memories of the
author. It is among the most authoritative sources of
biographical information on Baum.

Carpenter, Angelica Shirley, and Jean Shirley, L. Frank Baum: Royal Historian of Oz, Lerner Publications, 1991.

Carpenter and Shirley have compiled biographical information
about Baum from a wide variety of sources
to create this book. What makes it especially interesting
is its inclusion of many photographs and illustrations.

Hearn, Michael Patrick, The Annotated Wizard of Oz: The Centennial Edition, Norton, 2000.

Hearn, the preeminent Oz scholar, updates his 1973
annotated version of Baum's classic novel. This book
contains a reproduction of the 1900 edition, complete
with Denslow's illustrations, in addition...
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