They returned by the road over which Ozma and Dorothy had come, stopping to get the Sawhorse and the Red Wagon where they had left them.

  "I'm very glad I went to see these peoples," said Princess Ozma, "for I not only prevented any further warfare between them, but they have been freed from the rule of the Su-dic and Coo-ee-oh and are now happy and loyal subjects of the Land of Oz. Which proves that it is always wise to do one's duty, however unpleasant that duty may seem to be."

  More Books from the Land of Oz

  The books included in this collection make up the core of the official Oz canon. Subsequent to L. Frank Baum's death, Reilly & Lee (who had published 13 out of Baum's 14 Oz novels), published an additional 26 Oz books over the ensuing decades—19 by Ruth Plumly Thompson, 3 by John R. Neill, 2 by Jack Snow, and one each by Rachel Cosgrove Payes and by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and her daughter.

  The Official Canon

  Books 1-14 of the Oz Canon are collected in this volume. All fourteen are by L. Frank Baum.

  Books by Ruth Plumly Thompson

  The Royal Book of Oz (1921)

  Kabumpo in Oz (1922)

  The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923)

  Grampa in Oz (1924)

  The Lost King of Oz (1925)

  The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1926)

  The Gnome King of Oz (1927)

  The Giant Horse of Oz (1928)

  Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929)

  The Yellow Knight of Oz (1930)

  Pirates in Oz (1931)

  The Purple Prince of Oz (1932)

  Ojo in Oz (1933)

  Speedy in Oz (1934)

  The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935)

  Captain Salt in Oz (1936)

  Handy Mandy in Oz (1937)

  The Silver Princess in Oz (1938)

  Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939)

  Books by John R. Neill

  The Wonder City of Oz (1940)

  The Scalawagons of Oz (1941)

  Lucky Bucky in Oz (1942)

  Books by Jack Snow

  The Magical Mimics in Oz (1946)

  The Shaggy Man of Oz (1949)

  Books by Rachel Cosgrove Payes

  The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951)

  Books by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren Lynn McGraw

  Merry Go Round in Oz (1963)

  Books by Sherwood Smith

  The Emerald Wand of Oz (2005)

  Trouble Under Oz (2006)

  Sky Pirates of Oz (TBA)

  Oz Related Works

  Each of the "Royal Historians" wrote Oz-related works not generally considered canonical. Some are short stories, some are fantasy novels that contain characters or places that also appeared in Oz book, still others are novels written sometimes years after the author's main body of Oz books.

  By L. Frank Baum

  The Magical Monarch of Mo (1900)

  American Fairy Tales (1901)

  Dot and Tot of Merryland (1901)

  The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902)

  Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1904, newspaper comic)

  The Woggle-Bug Book (1905)

  Queen Zixi of Ix (1905)

  John Dough and the Cherub (1906)

  The Sea Fairies (1911)

  Sky Island (1912)

  Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1913, short stories)

  Other Royal Historians

  Yankee in Oz (Ruth Plumly Thompson, 1972)

  The Enchanted Island of Oz (Ruth Plumly Thompson, 1976)

  The Forbidden Fountain of Oz (Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren Lynn McGraw, 1980)

  The Wicked Witch of Oz (Rachel Cosgrove Payes, 1993)

  The Runaway in Oz (John R. Neill, 1995)

  "Percy and the Shrinking Violet" (Rachel Cosgrove Payes, 1995)

  "Spots in Oz" (Rachel Cosgrove Payes, 1997)

  The Rundelstone of Oz (Eloise Jarvis McGraw, 2001)

  Inspired by Oz

  The Wicked Years is a series of novels by Gregory Maguire that present a revisionist take on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, its 1939 film adaption, and related books. It is the basis for the popular stage musical Wicked, and has four books to the series.

  The Wicked Years

  Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995)

  Son of a Witch (2005)

  A Lion Among Men (2008)

  Out of Oz (2011)

  Oz on Film

  There are more than 100 feature and television shows inspired by or directly adapted from L. Frank Baum's Oz series. Collected here are the most notable productions in film, television, and stage.

  Film Adaptations

  The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays is a 1908 multimedia presentation made by L. Frank Baum which featured the young silent film actress Romola Remus.

  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 15-minute 1910 film, based on the 1902 stage musical, directed by Otis Turner, and may have featured Bebe Daniels as Dorothy.

  His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz is a loose 1914 adaptation by Baum that became the basis for the book The Scarecrow of Oz.

  The Wizard of Oz is a 1921 film project, directed by Ray C. Smallwood, but never completed.

  Wizard of Oz is a 1925 film, directed by Larry Semon in collaboration with Frank Joslyn Baum and featuring a young Oliver Hardy.

  The Land of Oz, a sequel to the Wizard of Oz is a virtually unknown 1932 film featuring the Meglin Kiddies.

  The Wizard of Oz is a 1933 animated short directed by Ted Eshbaugh.

  The Wizard of Oz is the 1939 musical film by MGM, directed by Victor Fleming and starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and Jack Haley. It is the story's best-known adaptation.

  Journey Back to Oz is a 1974 animated film, begun in 1963, the official sequel to the 1939 film.

  FantasiaÉ3 is a 1966 Spanish film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia. One segment is loosely based on The Wizard of Oz.

  The Wonderful Land of Oz is a 1969 low-budget children's-movie adaptation of The Marvelous Land of Oz, directed by Barry Mahon.

  Aysecik ve Sihirli CŸceler RŸyalar †lkesinde is a 1971 Turkish film, directed by Tun Basaran known to bootleggers as "The Turkish Wizard of Oz".

  Once Upon a Time is a 1976 film in which Maria and Mary-Lou get sucked down a well into Holleland. It is loosely based upon, and also pays homage to, "The Wizard of Oz".

  Oz is a 1976 Australian rock musical film, also known as Oz Ð A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie or 20th Century Oz.

  The Wiz is a 1978 movie directed by Sidney Lumet starring Diana Ross as Dorothy and Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, based on the Broadway musical of the same name.

  Return to Oz is a 1985 film by Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Walter Murch and starring Fairuza Balk as Dorothy.

  The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) Starring Ashanti, Queen Latifah and The Muppets. Miss Piggy plays all of the witches, Pepe plays Toto, Kermit plays the Scarecrow, Gonzo plays the Tin Man, and Fozzie plays the Lion.

  Apocalypse Oz (2006) is a short film parody of The Wizard of Oz and Apocalypse Now.

  Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 film by Walt Disney Pictures prequel to the 1939 film, directed by Sam Raimi.

  Television Adaptations

  Many of the television programs cited in this list are not strict adaptions of The Wizard of Oz; rather, they have reinterpreted aspects of the book, such as characters and plot, to create sequels, prequels or side-plots, which are inspired by Baum's original text.

  The Land of Oz is the 1960 premiere episode of The Shirley Temple Show, known in previous seasons as Shirley Temple's Storybook, and no relation to the Shirley Temple Theatre which showcased old Temple films. This adaptation of The Marvelous Land of Oz was written by Frank Gabrielson and directed by William Corrigan. William Asher produced. The cast included Shirley Temple, Ben Blue, Agnes Moorehead, Sterling Holloway, Jonathan Winters, and Arthur Treacher.

  Tales of the Wizard of Oz is a 1961 animated series of short episodes based on the Oz characters from the book.

  Off to See the Wizard is a 1967 television anthology series which showcased then-recent MGM family films. The Oz characters appeared in animated segments.

  Return to Oz is a 1964 animated television special sequel-cum-remake of the 1939 film, based on the artistic renderings of the characters in the 1961 animated series.

  Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz aka Dorothy in the Land of Oz (1980), animated television special starring Sid Caesar that aired during the Thanksgiving holiday.

  A feature-length anime adaptation of the story was made by Toho in 1982 and was directed by Fumihiko Takayama, with music by Joe Hisaishi. The English version of the movie stars Aileen Quinn as the voice of Dorothy and Lorne Greene as the Wizard. Like the 1939 film, this anime take on The Wizard of Oz ends the story with Dorothy's trip home to Kansas after visiting the Wizard. Original songs are sung by Aileen Quinn in the English version, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and Allen Byrnes. It was released in the United States before it premiered in Japan. In the U.S., it was released on video and syndicated to local television stations.

  An anime adaptation of four of Baum's Oz books known as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was created in 1986. It consists of 52 episodes and follows the story of Dorothy and her adventures in Oz with the Tin Woodsman, Cowardly Lion, and Scarecrow. It continues on to the story of Ozma and Mombi, and follows the events in other Oz books. In 1987, HBO purchased the rights to the series and dubbed/edited together key episodes of the series into a series of movies. Production for the English version was done by the Canadian studio Cinar. Margot Kidder was hired as narrator for the series, which aired as a mini-series.

  The Wizard of Oz, an animated series based on the 1939 film, was broadcast on ABC during the 1990–1991 TV season. The cartoon featured Dorothy returning to Oz, reuniting with her four friends, and journeying through the magical realm in an attempt to rescue the Wizard from a resurrected Witch of the West.

  The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (Supêsu Oz no Bôken) is a 1990 anime series, involving Dorothy and the gang traveling the "Galaxy of Oz". It was truncated to 76 minutes and dubbed for American release as The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz

  Sugar & Spice: The Wizard of Oz is a 1991 animated adaptation, part of the Funky Fables series by Saban Entertainment.

  The Wizard of Oz is a little known 1995 adaptation made for British television set in the present day, starring Denise Van Outen as Dorothy, a spoiled socialite sent to Oz against her will, and featured an early appearance by Zöe Salmon. It was described as a more adult version of the story, with characters using profanity and sexual innuendo. It featured several thematic elements from the 1985 semi-sequel Return to Oz. Its low budget and mostly non-professional cast, along with low ratings and critical indifference, caused it to sink quickly from view, but it occasionally appears on TV in the UK.

  The Oz Kids is a 1996 animated series by Hyperion Pictures and Nelvana featuring the children of the original characters.

  Adventures in the Emerald City is a 1999-2000 animated series directed by Alexander Makarov, Ilya Maximov and Denis Chernov.

  Tim Burton's Lost in Oz is a 2002 television pilot, never broadcast. It is a sequel to the 1939 film.

  In the Futurama episode "Anthology of Interest II", a retelling of the story is shown as a dream of Leela's with the cast of the show.

  Tin Man was released in December 2007 on the Sci-fi Channel by RHI Entertainment and Sci Fi. This three-part miniseries, directed by Nick Willing and starring Zooey Deschanel, Richard Dreyfuss, Alan Cumming, Raoul Trujillo, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, was advertised as a re-imagined version of The Wizard of Oz, with a heavy science fiction/fantasy emphasis and, at first glance, giving only allusive references to most of the original story and the 1939 film. However, the revelation in the third part of Tin Man (that the heroine D.G. is a descendant of Dorothy Gale and that other humans, called "Slippers" by the people of Oz, have visited Oz since Gale's fateful adventure) indicates that the series portrays a future version of Oz, thereby making the mini-series both a sequel and a re-imagining.

  W krainie czarnoksieznika Oza - Polish Television adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Marvelous Land of Oz. It was broadcast only in Poland.

  Ozenders - A Children In Need episode of EastEnders in which June Brown starred as "Dorothy Cotton", John Culshaw as Ozzy Osbourne and Adam Woodyatt as "Ian Beale", and employed the rest of the cast of Eastenders, Merseybeat and Casualty.

  In the 2006 episode of the Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven titled "Soup to Nuts", Raven sees herself in a parody of The Wizard of Oz. Dr. Stuckerman (Steve Hytner) was the Wicked Witch of the West, Raven (Raven-Symoné) was Dorothy, Chelsea (Anneliese van der Pol) was the Scarecrow, Eddie (Orlando Brown) was the Cowardly Lion, Cory (Kyle Massey) was The Tin Man and Victor (Rondell Sheridan) was the Wizard.

  The Witches of Oz is a 2011 television mini-series directed by Leigh Scott, based on the novels The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Ozma of Oz, The Road to Oz, and The Magic of Oz by Baum.

  In The Suite Life on Deck episode titled "Twister: Part 2", Bailey has a dream based on The Wizard of Oz, where she sees herself as Dorothy, Mr. Moseby as the munchkin, London as the Good Witch of the North, Moose as the Scarecrow, Cody as the Tin Man, Zack as the Flying Monkey, and Woody as the Cowardly Lion.

  Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz is a Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film, the first to be made for Blu-ray. It first appeared on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2011.

  In the Raising Hope episode "Bro-gurt", broadcast November 29, 2011, a con man using motion capture technology behind a curtain to deceive an audience into thinking they were seeing Andrew Dice Clay through videoconferencing is uncovered by baby Hope, tells the people to ignore the man behind the curtain, and explains to certain characters that one has a brain, one a heart, and one courage.

  Victorious: in a parody of The Wizard of Oz, Cat, as Dorothy, comes into the ladies' restroom, with the video in sepia. She puts her fish, Tofu, down, before opening a window to which a fan is attached. She accidentally hits herself against a stall, and is knocked out. With the video now in color, Cat, aka Dorothy, wakes up. Tori, as the Good Witch of the North, comes out of a stall. She sees that Cat has a ruby-colored PearPhone XT. With that, Jade, as the Wicked Witch, comes out of a stall which bursts open with red smoke. She tries to grab the PearPhone, but it shocks her electrically. Then Jade leaves, speaking her stage directions. With Tori happily following, Tori suggests Cat should "take a wazz." When Cat is confused, Robbie the Scarecrow, André the Lion, and Beck, playing Tin Man, say that they can help her find her way.

  An episode of Rugrats entitled No Place Like Home Susie dreams of a land like Oz after having her tonsils removed.

  On the sketch comedy show MADtv, there are at least three parodies. The first takes place just after the Wizard floats away in the balloon. When Glinda tells Dorothy that she could have gone home at anytime, Dorothy gets extremely angry and starts beating up Glinda, before the Tin Man wakes up and is revealed to be gay. The second sketch takes place when Dorothy wakes up, and finds everyone replaced by M&M's. In the third one, Dorothy and Toto move to Florida, hoping to get away from the tornadoes of Kansas, but increasingly bizzarre weather constantly takes them back to Oz, where their house crushes Glinda, the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Wizard, and the Tin Man. The Tin Man briefly speaks, and states he does have a heart, and it's hemorraging.

  An episode of Phineas and Ferb entitled "Wizard of Odd": In order to wash their house quickly, Phineas and Ferb build a contraption that spins it around, causing Candace to become so dizzy, she collapses. She soon finds herself in the magical land of Odd where Isabella, Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Jeremy, Buford, and Baljeet are remarkably like the characters from The Wizard of Oz.

  Stage Adaptations

  The first musical version of the book was produced by Baum and Denslow (with music by composer Paul Tietjens) in Chicago in 1902 and moved to New York in 1903. It used many of the same characters, and was aimed more at adult audiences. It had a long, successful run on Broadway. Baum added numerous political references to the script, mentioning President Theodore Roosevelt, Senator Mark Hanna, and John D. Rockefeller by name. Many existing songs that had nothing to do with the story were interpolated. Baum followed with two additional Oz musicals, The Woggle-Bug (1905) and The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913). Both were panned as rehashes rather than sequels; although Tik-Tok did better than The Woggle-Bug, neither made it to Broadway.

  The Wizard of Oz is a 1942 musical using songs from the 1939 film. It was adapted by Frank Gabrielson for the St. Louis Municipal Opera. The piece continues to receive frequent revivals.

  In 1959, the popular ice skating show Holiday on Ice included a condensed version of The Wizard of Oz.

  The Wiz is a 1975 musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, exclusively featuring African American actors. Stephanie Mills starred as Dorothy in the original Broadway cast. The production won the 1975 Tony Award for Best Musical. Geoffrey Holder directed a 1984 Broadway revival, which also featured Mills as Dorothy.

  The Marvelous Land of Oz is a 1981 musical by Thomas W. Olson, Gary Briggle, and Richard Dworsky. The original production, which included Briggle as the Scarecrow, was taped and shown on television.

  The Wizard of Oz (1987–1989) is an adaptation by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company, based on the novel and 1939 film, which hews more closely to the film's screenplay than the 1942 version did; this adaptation continues to be frequently revived and toured.