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A lowly Munchkin with a forbidden gift joins forces with an exiled king in order to conquer the land of Oz. In The Magic of Oz, the penultimate installment of L. Frank Baum’s classic series, the reader returns once more to a land of wonder that is as much an escape as it is a reflection of the world we live in.

The Tin Woodsman of Oz (1918), a bestseller upon its publication, was a welcome victory for its author L. Frank Baum. After nearly a decade of declining book sales, the twelfth book in Baum's Land of Oz series--and the last to be published in his lifetime--was a critical and commercial success that reinvigorated public interest in his iconic work. In the safety of his palace in Winkie Country--where he was made Emperor after the Wizard of Oz g...

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908) marked a return to form of sorts for its author L. Frank Baum. Unhappy with the previous year's publication of Ozma of Oz, and eight years removed from the publication of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Baum sought to reinvigorate his fledgling fantasy series with a novel true to its roots. The story begins with an earthquake. Dorothy and her companions are plunged into the world of the Mangaboos, who blame them...

On the island of Pingaree, far from the Land of Oz, the good king Rinkitink of Gilgad is enjoying a long-awaited holiday. When intruders from the nearby islands of Regos and Coregos attack, his vacation comes to an untimely—and unexpected—end. Left on Pingaree with Prince Inga—whose parents have been kidnapped—Rinkitink is recruited to help the young royal save his family from slavery, and his kingdom from certain doom. Rinkitink in Oz, the te...

When a wicked tornado hits a small town in Kansas, Dorothy and her little dog Toto wake up, not in the comfort of their own home, but in a magical land called Oz. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by Frank L. Baum, has become one of the most well-known American stories of our time, inspiring its many readers that there is indeed, “no place like home.”