L. Frank Baum
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
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Adult - Best Children's Novels for Adults
Kids - Fantasy
Kids - Suggestions for Second Graders
Description
"Dorothy and her little dog Toto are swept away from their home in Kansas by a powerful tornado and dropped into an enchanting new land called Oz. To get home, the Witch of the North tells her she must follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and ask the mysterious Wizard of Oz for help. Along the way, she meets the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion, and together they embark on a strange and magical adventure"--
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Series
The Wizard of Oz series volume 12
Language
English
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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 gave...
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Series
The Wizard of Oz series volume 13
Language
English
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The Magic of Oz continues the adventures collected in The Wizard of Oz: The First Five Novels and The Emerald City of Oz: Novels Six Through Ten of the Oz Series, gathering into a single volume the last four Land of Oz novels written by L. Frank Baum and the sole short-fiction collection in the series. The Lost Princess of Oz. When the theft of several magic talismans coincides with the disappearance of the Princess Ozma, Dorothy and the Wizard follow...
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The Wizard of Oz series volume 11
Language
English
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When Princess Ozma and all the magic of the Land of Oz are mysteriously stolen away, Dorothy and the other residents of Oz are determined to find their missing ruler and the thief responsible for her disappearance.
10) Tik-Tok of Oz
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Series
The Wizard of Oz series volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Introduces Ann Soforth, Queen of Oogaboo, whom Tik-Tok, the clockwork man, assists in conquering the Nome King.
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Series
The Wizard of Oz series volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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During a California earthquake Dorothy falls into the underground Land of the Manaboos where she again meets the Wizard of Oz.
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English
Description
American Fairy Tales is the title of a collection of twelve fantasy stories by L. Frank Baum, published in 1901 by the George M. Hill Company, the firm that issued The Wonderful Wizard of Oz the previous year. The twelve stories were published in this order in the first edition. "The Box of Robbers." "The Glass Dog." "The Queen of Quok." "The Girl Who Owned a Bear." "The Enchanted Types." "The Laughing Hippopotamus." "The Magic Bon Bons." "The Capture...
14) Glinda of Oz
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Series
The Wizard of Oz series volume 14
Language
English
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While trying to prevent a war between the Skeezers and the Flatheads, Ozma and Dorothy find themselves prisoners on the former's underwater island in a remote corner of the Land of Oz. Only their guard, the war-queen Coo-ee-oh, knows how to raise the island back to the surface, but when she's transformed into a swan and loses her magic, Glinda the Good Witch must figure out how to raise the island and rescue her friends. Glinda of Oz is the fourteenth,...
15) Ozma of Oz
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English
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Readers of all ages will welcome the chance to be reunited with Dorothy Gale and other beloved characters in the third Oz book by L. Frank BaumDorothy and her trusty hen, Billina, are washed ashore in the Land of Ev after a shipwreck. At first Dorothy is delighted to find lunch grows on trees in lunchboxes. But soon she realizes there is a darker side to the Land of Ev. On the seashore, Dorothy encounters the Wheelers, terrifying creatures with wheels...
16) The Wizard of Oz
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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After being transported by a cyclone to the land of Oz, Dorothy and her dog are befriended by a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion, who accompany her to the Emerald City to look for a wizard who can help Dorothy return home to Kansas.
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English
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Rob is an electrical experimenter whose father encourages him and sees that he "never lacked batteries, motors or supplies of any sort." A "net-work of wires soon ran throughout the house". He loses track of the elaborately interconnected wires, and trying to get a cardboard house to light up, he "experimented in a rather haphazard fashion, connecting this and that wire blindly and by guesswork, in the hope that he would strike the right combination."...
18) The Sea Fairies
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English
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This delightful underwater fantasia from Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum is sure to enthrall younger readers—and any parents or grandparents who happen to come along for the ride. A little girl named Mayre Griffiths wishes desperately to catch a glimpse of a mermaid. Not only is her wish granted, but she is also invited to pay a visit to the enchanted kingdom of these beautiful creatures.
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English
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Travel to an enchanted land borne from the imagination of Frank L. Baum, the author of the beloved Wizard of Oz series. The mysterious island of Yew is as fantastical as Oz, but this story offers more that will please fans of traditional and medieval-inspired fantasy tales, including warring nights, magical castles, fairies, and much more.