At the turn of the century when children’s literature was rife with moral lessons and cautionary violence, L. Frank Baum set about writing a great American children’s story, free from the cumbersome ...

Local “Wizard of Oz” fans will have much to celebrate in Mattydale on Saturday afternoon. The Lyman Frank Baum Foundation Incorporated of Syracuse is hosting a “magical celebration” from 1 to 5 p.m.

Glinda was referred to by name in The Wizard of Oz. The Wicked Witch, however, was only referred to by her title. So where did the name Elphaba come from? Author Gregory Maguire, who wrote the ...

Long before Wicked reimagined the Witch of the West as a dissident resisting fascism, Oz was a hotbed of political commentary. No, I'm not referring to that dubious old tale that L. Frank Baum wrote ...

Family tree -- Introduction: On telling the life story of a storyteller -- Imagining October 9th, 1899 -- In the palm of the Finger Lakes, 1848 to 1888 -- The Great Plains, 1888 to 1891 -- Crossing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The book that started it all: Wicked, published in 1995, is inspired by L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book and its ...

Ahead of the premiere, BroadwayWorld caught up with filmmakers Randall MacLowry and Tracy Heather Strain to talk about the legacy of 'The Wizard of Oz,' the most interesting things about L. Frank Baum ...

Larry King spent the last 12 years researching and organizing a new graphic novel series titled “Ultimate Oz Universe,” set after L. Frank Baum’s classic “The Wizard of Oz” ends. The first installment ...