The Wizard of Oz, The First Five Novels

Resumen del libro

This is a collection of magical tales from the Emerald City. These stories have enchanted readers young and old for more than a century. It is lavishly illustrated.

Oz, the Great Wizard! The very name of L. Frank Baum's magical character conjures a world where diminutive munchkins live and work, wicked witches run riot, and the mighty Oz himself rules over an Emerald City reached by a yellow brick road. The Wizard of Oz: The First Five Novels is your passport to this marvelous realm and wonders that have enchanted readers young and old for more than a century.

Lavishly illustrated by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill, this volume includes The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz and The Road to Oz.

Biografía del autor

Lyman Frank Baum fue un escritor estadounidense de libros para niños. Alcanzó el éxito comercial con su primer libro, Father Goose, al que siguió un año después la aún más popular historia El maravilloso mago de Oz. Escribió otros trece libros sobre la serie Oz, que tuvo un gran número de lectores.