L. Frank Baum (Author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)

L. Frank Baum鈥檚 Followers (2,694)

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

edit data

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 In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts.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

Combine Editions
L. Frank Baum鈥檚 books

Average rating: 3.97 · 729,356 ratings · 34,489 reviews · 2,783 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 492,817 ratings — published 1900 — 4045 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) 3.97 avg rating — 28,372 ratings — published 1907 — 1735 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) 3.80 avg rating — 24,940 ratings — published 1904 — 858 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) 3.74 avg rating — 14,699 ratings — published 1908 — 699 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) 3.73 avg rating — 12,930 ratings — published 1909 — 5 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) 3.87 avg rating — 11,891 ratings — published 1910 — 1389 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) 3.86 avg rating — 9,315 ratings — published 1913 — 1139 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 — 7,532 ratings — published 1920 — 141 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) 3.79 avg rating — 8,398 ratings — published 1914 — 1139 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 — 7,180 ratings — published 1902 — 1386 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

More books by L. Frank Baum…

Series by L. Frank Baum

Oz (15 books)
by

L. Frank Baum,

Peter Glassman (Afterword),

John R. Neill (Illustrator)

3.97 avg rating — 656,590 ratings

Trot & Cap'n Bill (3 books)
by

L. Frank Baum,

1stworld Library (Editor)

3.79 avg rating — 8,622 ratings

Wizard of Oz - The Complete Collection (6 books)
by

L. Frank Baum

3.70 avg rating — 30 ratings

The Daring Twins (2 books)
by

L. Frank Baum

3.89 avg rating — 28 ratings

聽 They say that the movie is never as good as the book, but at 欧宝娱乐 we don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 a competition! 聽 Sci-fi, AI, cyborgs, bots,...

Polls

Which classic work would you like to read with us between March and April? Please vote here.

A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin

32 votes, 22.1%

Doctor Zhivago by by Boris Pasternak

29 votes, 20.0%

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

28 votes, 19.3%

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

24 votes, 16.6%

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

22 votes, 15.2%

Mary: A Fiction by Mary Wollstonecraft

10 votes, 6.9%

145 total votes

4 comments

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Paranormal Romanc...: May 2009 Reading Challenge	431	802	Jun 06, 2009 10:16AM
The Next Best Boo...: OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE - 2009	6381	9012	Jun 14, 2009 02:57PM

欧宝娱乐

L. Frank Baum鈥檚 Followers (2,694)

L. Frank Baum

Combine EditionsL. Frank Baum鈥檚 books

Series by L. Frank Baum

Related News

Polls

Topics Mentioning This Author

Combine Editions
L. Frank Baum鈥檚 books