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L. Frank Baum

Born

in Chittenango, New York, The United States

May 15, 1856

Died

May 05, 1919

Genre

Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction

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also wrote under the name Edith Van Dyne, Floyd Akers

Lyman Frank Baum was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known today as simply The Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works (55 novels in total, 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings), and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 498,021 ratings · 19,584 reviews · 907 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 318,264 ratings — published 1900 — 2132 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) 3.96 avg rating — 18,778 ratings — published 1907 — 370 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) 3.83 avg rating — 16,638 ratings — published 1904 — 461 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) 3.78 avg rating — 10,777 ratings — published 1908 — 356 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) 3.77 avg rating — 9,776 ratings — published 1909 — 276 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) 3.88 avg rating — 8,698 ratings — published 1910 — 60 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 by L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 7,002 ratings — published 1913 — 236 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, John R. Neill (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 6,444 ratings — published 1914 — 246 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
	Glinda of Oz (Oz, #14) by L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 5,369 ratings — published 1920 — 227 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 Lost Princess of Oz (Oz, #11) by L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 4,988 ratings — published 1917 — 223 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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Oz (16 books)
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Quotes by L. Frank Baum

“No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Lost Princess of Oz

tags: knowledge, thievery, treasure

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“Never give up... No one knows what's going to happen next.”
― L. Frank Baum

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“There is no place like home.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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