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.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In an interview, which you can watch below, Maguire talks about coming up with the name of Elphaba ...

The movie and Broadway musical are based on Maguire’s 1995 novel ‘Wicked,’ itself an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at ...

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 ...

In 1995, the original front cover of Gregory Maguire’s “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” featured an image by Douglas Smith of the title character. (Like L. Frank Baum, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tip and his creation, Jack Pumpkin, run away to Oz where they save the city after it is captured by girls.