The Enduring Magic of The Wizard of Oz
Frank Baum: The Imaginative Mind Behind Oz Frank Baum was an American author with a lifelong love of storytelling and theater. Born in 1856, he explored many careers—journalism, playwriting, shopkeeping—before discovering that children’s literature was where his imagination truly shined. In 1900, he published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a book that combined Midwestern familiarity […]