L. Frank Baum

"While visiting her cousin Zeb at Hugson's Ranch, Dorothy Gale, her cat Eureka, a cab-horse named Jim, and Zeb are swept underground by an earthquake. They land in the mysterious Land of the Mangaboos, a world inhabited by vegetable people who accuse them of causing the disaster. With the help of the former Wizard of Oz, the group escapes only to face new challenges in strange lands. From invisible people to hostile wooden gargoyles, they must navigate...

"The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum is the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It follows a young boy named Tip, who escapes from his cruel guardian, the witch Mombi. Along the way, Tip brings to life Jack Pumpkinhead and creates the wooden Sawhorse with a magical powder. He journeys to the Emerald City, where he joins forces with the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman to defend the city against General Jinjur and her army of rebellious girls....

"Dorothy Gale has had many adventures in the Land of Oz, but no one at home believes her stories -- not even Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. When Uncle Henry faces crippling debt after the tornado that first took Dorothy to Oz, she decides to bring her family to the magical land forever. With Princess Ozma's help and a powerful magic belt taken from the Nome King Roquat, they teleport to Oz. However, Roquat seeks revenge and plans to reclaim his magic belt...

"In the island kingdom of Pingaree, Prince Inga lives under the shadow of his parents, King Kitticut and Queen Garee. When the neighboring islands of Regos and Coregos launch another invasion, Inga's father is captured before he can wield the power of three magic pearls: one granting strength, another offering invulnerability, and the last betowing wisdom. With the jovial King Rinkitink and his surly goat, Bilbil, Inga embarks on a daring quest to...

"In The Scarecrow of Oz, Cap'n Bill and his friend Trot embark on a calm boat ride that quickly turns into an adventure when a whirlpool capsizes their vessel. Rescued by unseen mermaids, they find themselves in a mysterious cave alongside a flying creature called an Ork. Their journey leads them to Jinxland, a kingdom plagued by political turmoil, where the rightful king, King Kynd, has been usurped by the treacherous prime minister. As romance and...

"When Woot, a Gillikin boy, asks Tin Woodman how his tin arms and legs came to be, an old tale is spun. The Tin Woodman recounts how the Wicked Witch of the East enchanted his axe, causing him to chop off all the parts of his body one by one because he was in love with her ward, Nimmie Amee. Each time he lost a body part, the tinsmith Ku-Klip replaced it with tin. Woot remarks that while the Tin Woodman's new heart may have made him kind, it has not...

First published in 1916, 'Mary Louise' by popular children's author L. Frank Baum is the first in a series of children's detective stories about the courageous young Mary Louise Burrows. Wise beyond her years, Mary Louise lives with her mother and grandfather while attending a local boarding school. After a strange encounter with a stranger, Mary Louise learns that her grandfather is being sought by the State Department and is devastated when he has...

Three young girls wander into an enchanted forest at meet a fairy woman, who is bored with her perfect, immortal life. She convinces them to turn her into a human and decides to become a prince because boys have more fun. His/her new existence exploring the surrounding kingdoms is fast and adventurous from the get-go. What unfolds in an interesting story of problems solved by a woman's mind in the luxury of a man's body. 'The Enchanted Island of Yew'...

Originally released under the pseudonym Laura Bancroft, 'Policeman Bluejay' is a children's story by the famous 'Oz' author L. Frank Baum. Friends Twinkle and Chubbins are lost in the Great Forest when they are placed under a spell by the evil Tuxix which turns them into small birds. As birds, the children meet Policeman Bluejay, who teaches them about the ways of the animals of the forest and the suffering the animals endure at the hands of humans....

Rob is an electrical experimenter whose father encourages him and sees that he "never lacked batteries, motors or supplies of any sort." A "net-work of wires soon ran throughout the house". He loses track of the elaborately interconnected wires, and trying to get a cardboard house to light up, he "experimented in a rather haphazard fashion, connecting this and that wire blindly and by guesswork, in the hope that he would strike the right combination."...