Little Wizard Stories of Oz
What could be better than a story about the unforgettable characters from the land of Oz? Six stories, of course! Featuring everyone's favorite friends—Dorothy, Toto, the Wizard, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman—these little tales contain the same Baum magic, with a few special surprises not revealed in the other Oz books. Also included are adventures with Tiktok, the Clockwork Man; the always ravenous Hungry Tiger; the amazing Jack Pumpkinhead; the incredible wooden Sawhorse; and the magical princess Ozma of Oz.
Discover how Dorothy and Toto escape from under the power of the terrible giant, Crinklink, join wise Princess Ozma and the Wizard as they match wits with three mischievous Imps; follow the adventures of Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse as they brave a great, gloomy forest to save two lost children. Whether or not you have visited the enchanted land of Oz before, you will delight in these and three other fanciful and exciting tales.
About the Oz Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Wonderful Wizard of Oz(1900)
- 2.The Marvelous Land of Oz(1904)
- 3.Ozma of Oz(1907)
- 4.Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz(1908)
- 5.The Road to Oz(1909)
- 6.The Emerald City of Oz(1910)
- 7.The Patchwork Girl of Oz(1913)
- 8.Tik-Tok of Oz(1914)
- 9.The Scarecrow of Oz(1915)
- 10.Rinkitink in Oz(1916)
- 11.The Lost Princess of Oz(1917)
- 12.The Tin Woodman of Oz(1918)
- 13.The Magic of Oz(1919)
- 14.Glinda of Oz(1920)
- +Little Wizard Stories of Oz(1913)
- +The Woggle-Bug Book(1905)
Reading age: 9+ years
This series should be read in order.
The Oz books by L. Frank Baum form a series of classic children's fantasy novels that begins with the most famous of Baum's creations, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relate the fictional history of the Land of Oz and its colourful cast of inhabitants.
Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Even as he lived, Baum was styled as "the Royal Historian of Oz" to emphasise the concept that Oz is an actual place. The illusion created was that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma related their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of wireless telegraph.
Aside from the fourteen books that Baum wrote, many other authors over the past century have contributed to the canon of Oz. These include nineteen novels by Ruth Plumly Thompson, three by John R. Neill, two by Jack Snow and two by Rachel R. Cosgrove. In 2005, the Baum Trust authorised Sherwood Smith to create four more official Oz sequels, two of which have been published to date. For the purpose of authenticity, only the first fourteen Oz novels originally penned by Baum himself have been included in our list.