L. Frank Baum
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"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...
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"Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, meet the carefree Shaggy Man, who asks for directions to the nearby town of Butterfield. When they set out together, they soon find themselves lost in another dimension, where they meet Button-Bright, a little boy who's always getting lost, and Polychrome, the Daughter of the Rainbow. They also encounter King Dox of Foxville, a talking fox, and Musicker, who makes music with his breath. Along with these new characters...
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"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....
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"In the enchanting world of Oz, Ojo the Unlucky lives with his uncle Unc Nunkie, struggling in poverty. Their fortunes take a turn when they visit the magician Dr. Pipt, who has created a life-sized patchwork girl named Scraps, animated by the magical Powder of Life. However, an accident turns both Unc Nunkie and Pipt's wife to stone. To save them, Ojo must embark on a quest to gather five magical ingredients. Joined by the whimsical Scraps and vain...
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"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...
6) Ozma of Oz
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"While traveling to Australia with her Uncle Henry, Dorothy is swept overboard during a storm and lands in the mysterious Land of Ev. Accompanied by a talking hen named Billina and Tik-Tok, a clockwork man, Dorothy faces strange and dangerous inhabitants like the Wheelers and the head-swapping Princess Langwidere. When Princess Ozma arrives with her court, they embark on a mission to rescue Ev's royal family from the Nome King, who has transformed...
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"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...
8) Glinda of Oz
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"In a remote corner of the Land of Oz, Princess Ozma and Dorothy seek to prevent an impending war between the Skeezers and the Flatheads. Despite their best efforts, the stubborn leaders refuse to negotiate, and the two friends soon find themselves imprisoned on a glass-covered island magically submerged beneath a lake. Their plight intensifies when the warlike Queen Coo-ee-oh, the only one capable of raising the island, is transformed into a swan,...
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"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...
10) The magic of Oz
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"In the Land of Oz, a Munchkin named Bini Aru discovers a magical word capable of transforming people and objects. When Princess Ozma forbids magic except for Glinda and the Wizard, Bini hides the secret. When his adventurous son, Kiki Aru, finds the instructions at a fair, he transforms himself into a hawk and ventures beyond Oz. In the land of Ev, Kiki's thirst for excitement leads him to steal a gold piece, attracting the attention of the exiled...
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"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...
13) Mary Louise
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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...
14) The sea fairies
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Trot and her uncle, Cap'n Bill, encounter unusual experiences with mermaids, sea-serpents, and other strange creatures while journeying in the depths of the sea.
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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'...
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First published in 1905 'The Woggle-Bug Book' by L. Frank Baum follows the humorous exploits of the Woggle-Bug – a quirky and eccentric character who first appeared in 'The Marvelous Land of Oz'. In the 'Woggle-Bug Book' the Woggle-Bug (a fan of all things bright and colourful) falls in love with a beautiful dress that he sees in a shop window. He sets out to make the money to buy the dress – but when he returns it has already been sold! He is...
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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....
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The ninth in the 'Aunt Jane' series of novels by L. Frank Baum, we re-join Elizabeth and Patsy still in California with their Uncle John, to be close to their cousin Louise and her new baby Jane. One day while relaxing on the beach, the girls and new friend Maud spot a young man in difficulties in the water. The girls hurry to help, and when the man comes to their hotel to thank them the following day, he agrees to finance their project to produce...
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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."...
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"In The Royal Book of Oz, the only installment in the series not written by L. Frank Baum, Ruth Plumly Thompson continues the beloved series with a fresh adventure. The Scarecrow sets out to trace his roots after learning from Professor Woggle-bug that he has no family. When he goes missing, Dorothy Gale and the Cowardly Lion embark on a quest to find him. Along the way, they meet Sir Hokus of Pokes, the Doubtful Dromedary, and the Comfortable Camel,...










