My friends the children are responsible for this new -Oz Book,- as they were for the last one, which was called The Land of Oz. Their sweet little letters plead to know -more about Dorothy-; and they ask: -What became of the Cowardly Lion?- and -What did Ozma do afterward?--meaning, of course, after she became the Ruler of Oz. And some of them suggest plots to me, saying: -Please have Dorothy go to the Land of Oz again-; or, -Why don't you make Ozma and Dorothy meet, and have a good time together?- Indeed, could I do all that my little friends ask, I would be obliged to write dozens of books...

WITH -The Sea Fairies, - my book for 1911, I ventured into a new field of fairy literature and to my delight the book was received with much approval by my former readers, many of whom have written me that they like Trot -almost as well as Dorothy.- As Dorothy was an old, old friend and Trot a new one, I think this is very high praise for Cap'n Bill's little companion. Cap'n Bill is also a new character who seems to have won approval, and so both Trot and the old sailor are again introduced in the present story, which may be called the second of the series of adventures of Trot and Cap'n...

In Which Is Related How Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter Met on an Enchanted Road and Followed it All the Way to the Marvelous Land of Oz. This is the fifth in the series of books written by L Frank Baum and was published on July 10th, 1909. The story begins with Dorothy and her dog Toto in Kansas when they meet the Shaggy Man, a wandering hobo who carries the Love Magnet with him. The road soon splits into seven paths and they take the seventh of these. Along the way they meet many other characters including Polychrome, the...

This, the ninth book about the Land Of Oz was his favorite and was first published on July 16th, 1915. In it Cap'n Bill and Trot journey to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow (and some magic he has from Glinda) overthrow the cruel King Krewl of Jinxland. Baum also experiments with such fascinating devices as berries to make you grow big or small and continued to develop themes and experiences that enthralled his young audience.

A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, Assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter. The twelfth in the series by L Frank Baum was first published on May 13th, 1918. The Tin Woodman and the Wizard of Oz are regaling each other with tales at the Woodman's palace in the Winkie Country when a Gillikin boy named Woot wanders in and asks the Woodman how he came to be made of tin. He tells how the Wicked Witch of the East enchanted his axe and caused him to chop his body parts off limb by limb, because he was in...

This, the eight in the series of Oz books written by L Frank Baum was published on June 19, 1914. The book has little to do with Tik-Tok and is more the adventure of the Shaggy Man to rescue his brother, and his resulting conflict with the Nome King. The Shaggy Man explains how Ozma sent him here by means of the Magic Belt because he wanted to find his brother, who went digging underground in Oklahoma and disappeared. He surmised that the Nome King, ruler of the underground Nome Kingdom, captured him. They meet up with Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter; and they rescue Tik-Tok from the well...