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L. Frank Baum

Born

in Chittenango, New York, The United States

May 15, 1856

Died

May 06, 1919

Genre

Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction

Influences

Matilda Joslyn Gage, Andrew Lang, William Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, ...more

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also wrote under the names:
* Edith van Dyne,
* Floyd Akers,
* Schuyler Staunton,
* John Estes Cooke,
* Suzanne Metcalf,
* Laura Bancroft,
* Louis F. Baum,
* Captain Hugh Fitzgerald

Lyman Frank Baum was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema.
Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theater producer ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 760,349 ratings · 37,128 reviews · 3,271 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 513,913 ratings — published 1900 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ozma of Oz (Oz, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 27,273 ratings — published 1907 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz, #2) by L. Frank Baum, David McKee (Illustrations) 3.79 avg rating — 26,169 ratings — published 1904 — 1853 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (Oz, #4) 3.72 avg rating — 15,343 ratings — published 1908 — 133 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Road to Oz (Oz, #5) 3.71 avg rating — 13,542 ratings — published 1909 — 1288 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emerald City of Oz (Oz, #6) 3.85 avg rating — 11,945 ratings — published 1910 — 132 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Patchwork Girl of Oz (Oz, #7) by L. Frank Baum, Peter Glassman (Afterword), John R. Neill (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 9,747 ratings — published 1913 — 93 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tik-Tok of Oz (Oz, #8) by L. Frank Baum, Peter Glassman (Afterword), John R. Neill (Illustrator) 3.77 avg rating — 8,866 ratings — published 1914 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oz: The Complete Collection (Oz, #1-14) by L. Frank Baum, W.W. Denslow (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 7,658 ratings — published 1920 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus 3.94 avg rating — 7,916 ratings — published 1902 — 969 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum has us visiting the Emerald City.

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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There Lewis Carroll finds us in an imaginary world on the other side of the mirror where everything is backward.

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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson has us sailing to the Carribean.

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