The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

When a tornado whisks Dorothy away from her home in Kansas to a strange and magical world, she must enlist the help of the friends she meets along the yellow brick road to find her way home. With her dog Toto behind her, the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion join Dorothy in the quest to find the mysterious wizard in the Emerald City of Oz. But as they make their journey the Wicked Witch is never far behind. Discover the magic that made there's no place like home a phrase familiar to all.

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Lyman Frank Baum was born in Chittenango, New York in 1856 and had seven brothers and sisters. Until the age of twelve Baum was privately tutored at home and in 1869 he spent two years at a military academy. After various jobs including journalist and actor, Baum wrote his first novel Goose in Prose in 1897. He went on to write over sixty books, including, in 1900, his most famous novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum was married with four children and died in 1919.