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Welcome! This is an exciting place, because here, you can buy Oz books, books by L. Frank Baum and other Oz authors, Oz activity books, cassettes, CDs, videos, toys and games, and even computer software, all at the click of your mouse button. I've tried to give you a wide selection to choose from, in all price ranges, so there's sure to be something you like. Oz books also make great gifts for the Oz fan on your shopping list! Now that the bookshop is in wiki format, it should be much easier to update, and new items (when I find out about them) will show up here in the lobby on a regular basis.
This service is presented in association with 
Amazon.com in the United States, and its subsidiaries, 
Amazon.ca in Canada and 
Amazon.co.uk in Great Britain. For out-of-print, rare, or antiquarian books, besure to check out 
Abebooks.com.
When books are available from another seller, the link will take you to a source of more information. These links are shown below. (Clicking on the buttons here will take you to these sites' home pages.)
Audible.com, which sells audio books that you can download directly to your computer or other audio file player. If you become a member, you can get discounts and special offers.
Books of Wonder, publishers and sellers of many Oz books and products. Their reprints of the Baum Oz books are highly recommended.
Dramatic Publishing, purveyors of play scripts.
- Dunkiton Press reprints short stories by Ruth Plumly Thompson and other Oz authors, and pictures by many Oz illustrators, in its annual anthology. They have also printed two addenda to Who's Who in Oz.
Hungry Tiger Press, publishers of new short Oz stories and obscure Oziana and Baumiana. (Click here to look for their products at ABE Books.)
The International Wizard of Oz Club, who have reprinted many Oz books and published new Oz stories as well. (Click here to look for their products at ABE Books.)
Lulu Self Publishing, which many Oz fans are now using to print their own books ore reprint works in public domain.
Piglet Press, producers of new audio performances of the Oz books. Their site also includes an extensive online Oz encyclopedia.
Tails of the Cowardly Lion and Friends, publishers and distributors of many, many new Oz stories.(Click here or here to look for their products at ABE Books.)
Toto Too, Inc., distributors of the Oz works of Roger S. Baum, one of L. Frank Baum's great-grandsons. Order through this site and your books will be autographed.
Please note that many of these books are out-of-print or hard to find. While Amazon.com does have an out-of-print search service for such books, you may want to try other sources as well. This link will take you to some online resources that might be of help.
To comment on or ask questions about this bookshop, click here to send me an e-mail. (I can not buy old books from you, however, nor am I qualified to appraise books. For information about the age or value of older books or other items, please see my FAQ.)
Longtime Oz fan and author Hugh Pendexter III asked if I could help him sell some books that he found in his possession. These are all books he wrote or had a hand in publishing, and are available in limited quantities. These are the original editions from the 1970s and '80s. The titles he has are:
- The Blue Emperor of Oz by Henry Blossom
- The Third Book of Oz by L. Frank Baum (the latest edition of this book is Visitors from Oz from Hungry Tiger Press)
- Oz and the Three Witches by Pendexter
- The Crocheted Cat in Oz by Pendexter
- And its non-Oz companion book, Tales of the Crocheted Cat
- And its non-Oz companion book, Tales of the Crocheted Cat
- Farhold Island by Pendexter, a non-Oz book about some of the characters from Tales of the Crocheted Cat
If you are interested in purchasing any of these books directly from him, contact Hugh Pendexter at this e-mail link. He can tell you how much they are and make arrangements for payment. The ABE buttons are provided as an alternative and for comparison shopping.
Aisle 1 - The Oz books of L. Frank Baum
The books that started it all. The fourteen Oz novels by the original Royal Historian of Oz (including numerous versions of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), and other stories Baum wrote about Oz.
Aisle 2 - The "Official" Oz books by other authors
The rest of the Oz series, by Royal Historians Ruth Plumly Thompson, John R. Neill, Jack Snow, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, and Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren Lynn McGraw. Includes many of their Oz writings outside of the series, plus other Oz contributions by Royal Illustrator W. W. Denslow.
Aisle 3 - Other Oz books
Many other writers have tried their hand at writing Oz stories outside of the regular series. Here is a wide selection of those that are currently available.
Aisle 4 - Non-Oz books by Oz authors and illustrators
The Royal Historians of Oz wrote other works as well. Many of L. Frank Baum's works were even tied into the Oz series. You can purchase some of what they've written here.
Aisle 5 - Oz comics and graphic novels
For those who prefer a more visual approach to their storytelling. From all-ages adaptations of the book to more grown-up fare.
Aisle 6 - Non-fiction, reference, and biography
Books and publications about Oz and its authors. Much of the information on this website came from these books.
Aisle 7 - The Movie
It's the most watched movie in history, so of course there are many books about it. From the movie on video, scripts, music, and behind-the-scenes books, to postcards and cookbooks, if it's about The Movie, it's here.
Aisle 8 - Toys, Games, Books, and Adaptations
These products are specially selected for the kid in us all. Adaptations, pop-up books, coloring and activity books, books you cut up and make things with, and other fun stuff.
Aisle 9 - Electronics and software
If you want to enjoy Oz on your computer or by other electronic means, this is the aisle you need to take a look at.
Aisle 10 - Dramatic Presentations
You don't have to just read Oz, you can watch it on your VCR, listen to it on your cassette or CD player, or see it on the stage. Find many of them here, as well as books and other items about them.
Aisle 11 - Clothes, Accessories, Jewelry, Food, and Home Décor
Now you can show off Oz on your clothes, how you decorate your home, and how you eat.
Aisle 12 - Miscellane-Oz
All of the rest, items that don't quite fit into any of the other aisles. Includes maps, non-Oz books with major Oz references, and lots of other surprises.
Aisle 13 - You might also like...
None of these stories have to do with Oz, but they are in a similar vein, and you might also find them enjoyable. All are books appropriate for children of all ages.
Seasonal Items
2013 Wizard of Oz calendars. With pictures taken from The Movie. Spend the year in Oz!
- Wall calendar.
- Page-a-day desk calendar.
- Weekly engagement calendar.
2013 Dorothy of Oz calendar. The forthcoming movie, based on the book by Roger S. Baum, is the basis for this calendar.
- Wall calendar.
2013 Wicked calendar. The Broadway show about the Witches of Oz celebrates its tenth year on Broadway with this calendar.
- Wall calendar.
Wizard of Oz ornaments. There are many Oz Christmas tree ornaments out there, including many previously issued by Hallmark. Here are a few:
Try this link to find even more:
Wizard of Oz nutcrackers.
Try this link to find even more
Here's something to put all of the presents in:
To hang on the tree:
For the top of the tree:
For the top of your head:
To light things up:
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum. The biography of one of the most famous people on the planet, from the time he was found as an infant in the Forest of Burzee to how he created toys and gave them away to the end of his life — and the beginning of a new one.
- A quality paperback edition, published by Dover Publications, with the original Mary Cowles Clark illustrations and a new introduction by Martin Gardner.
- A paperback edition, published by Signet with the original Mary Cowles Clark illustrations and an afterword by Max Apple.
- A hardcover reproduction of the first edition.
- A hardcover edition illustrated by Michael Hague.
Also available in an elaborate leatherbound edition from the Easton Press.
- A hardcover edition illustrated by Charles Santore.
- All available editions of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.
- Kindle editions
Also available through Project Gutenberg (click the download tab to find it)
- Audio downloads
- The Complete Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, a new edition of the story, with the short story "A Kidnapped Santa Claus."
- Hardcover
- Paperback
- Hardcover
- A comic book-style graphic novel adaptation by Michael Ploog.
- DVD of the 1985 animated Rankin-Bass adaptation, paired with Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.
- The Enchanted World of Rankin-Bass by Rick Goldschmidt. All about the Rankin-Bass studio, which gave us such holiday classics as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (the latter based on the book by L. Frank Baum).
- Hardcover edition.
- Paperback editions.
- Kindle edition.
- Hardcover edition.
- DVD (Region 1 encoding, NTSC format) of the 2000 animated Universal adaptation.
- Play script, adapted by R. Eugene Jackson.
Also available from Pioneer Drama Service
A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum. Follow-up to the previous book. Santa Claus is kidnapped on Christmas Eve, so his helpers not only have to fill Santa's place, they have to find him as well.
- A hardback picture book-style edition of the story.
- Also available in The Best of The Baum Bugle 1967-1969. This is a reproduction of the story's original magazine appearance in The Delineator, December 1904, with illustrations by Frederick Richardson.
- Also available as part of the collection of The Collected Short Stories of L. Frank Baum.
- Kindle editions
Also available through Project Gutenberg (click the download tab to find it)
- Audio download
- Graphic novel adaptation by Alex Robinson.
- Santa Claus Is Missing by Sylvia Ashby. Play script, adapted from L. Frank Baum's short story "A Kidnapped Santa Claus."
Available from I. E. Clark.
The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore. The classic poem, illustrated by many different artists, including W. W. Denslow.
- Hardcover edition
- All available editions of The Night Before Christmas with W. W. Denslow's illustrations.
The Curious Cruise of Captain Santa by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Santa sets out every year to find new toys for the children of the world — and this year, he's going by boat! He finds all kinds of adventures and playthings, but can he get back to the North Pole in time for the holidays?
- A paperback edition, with an introduction by Douglas G. Greene and illustrations by John R. Neill
- All available editions of The Curious Cruise of Captain Santa.
Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz: The Complete Comic Strip Saga 1904-1905 by L. Frank Baum, Walt MacDougall, and W. W. Denslow. For the first time since their original newspaper publications, all of L. Frank Baum's newspaper comic pages are collected in their original form, at full size, in color. In one episode, they visit Santa Claus at his workshop. This book also collects W. W. Denslow's competing comic, "Denslow's Scarecrow and the Tin-Man," which includes the story "Dorothy's Christmas Tree," plus other early Oz comics and works by "Queer Visitors" artist Walt MacDougall, Denslow, and even John R. Neill.
- Oversized hardcover edition
- Also available directly from the publishers, Sunday Press Books.
The Visitors from Oz by L. Frank Baum. This 1960 picture book adapts some of the "Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz" comic page stories, with illustrations by Dick Martin. The book's final adventure has the Oz characters visiting Santa Claus, and the Gump racing the reindeer.
- Hardcover edition, illustrated by Dick Martin.
The Visitors from Oz by L. Frank Baum. The complete text of Baum's 1904-1905 "Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz" comic page, and The Woggle-Bug Book. Yes, these are the complete adventures of the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Jack Pumpkinhead, Sawhorse, Waggle-Bug, and Gump in the strange and distant land of America. They even visit Santa Claus, and the Gump has a race with the reindeer. (This book contains some racial and ethnic stereotypes that were considered amusing to many in Baum's time, but are now badly outdated and offensive to some people today. Therefore, this book is not recommended for young children.)
- Hardcover edition, illustrated by Eric Shanower.
- The original first edition, a paperback entitled The Third Book of Oz with an introduction by Martin Williams, is available in very limited quantities. Use this e-mail link to find out details
The Scarecrow and the Tin-Man of Oz by W. W. Denslow. For the first time, all of W. W. Denslow's stories about the Scarecrow and the Tin-Man are collected in one volume, with the original illustrations. Includes the "Denslow's Scarecrow and Tin-Man" comic page stories and the Denslow's Scarecrow and Tin-Man picture book. The opening chapter is "Dorothy's Christmas Tree," about how her three friends help Dorothy celebrate Christmas in Oz.
- Hardcover book, illustrated by the author.
The Road to Oz, illustrated by John R. Neill. Santa Claus comes to visit Oz for a very special event!
- A facsimile reproduction of the first edition, illustrated by John R. Neill, printed on colored paper, in cloth binding and dust jacket, published by Books of Wonder and HarperCollins. Highly recommended!
- A high quality paperback published by Dover.
- An inexpensive illustrated paperback published by Del Rey.
- All editions of The Road to Oz
- Kindle editions
Also available through Project Gutenberg (click the download tab to find it)
- Illustrated Kindle edition
- Audio download
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illustrated by John R. Neill. On their way to the Emerald City, Jack and Peter (from The Gnome King of Oz) make a wrong term and land themselves in a whole mess of adventures — including an encounter with a not-so-jolly self-trimming Christmas tree!
- Illustrated paperback edition, published by Del Rey.
- All editions of Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz
Sissajig and Other Surprises by Ruth Plumly Thompson. A collection of some of the short stories, poems, and other works of the second Royal Historian of Oz, Ruth Plumly Thompson. Includes several Oz Christmas poems.
- Hardcover.
- Paperback.
Candy Cane: An Oz Christmas Tale by Roger S. Baum. Who is breaking all of the candy canes left over from the holiday season? Dorothy and Toto help Santa to solve the mystery.
- Paperback edition.
- Kindle edition
Christmas in Oz by Robin Hess. Santa has had to set up a new workshop in Oz. Everyone's happy — except for the Wicked Blue Witch of the East, who wants to put a damper on Christmas in Oz.
- Paperback edition, illustrated by the author's son Andrew.
- Hardcover edition
Sweet Wishes from Oz by Marin Elizabeth Xiques. Wintergreen, Santa Claus's chief elf in charge of candy, is spending a year in the Emerald City to get new ideas, meet people, and hone his craft. Jack Pumpkinhead and the Patchwork Girl are along to help out, too.
- A paperback edition, illustrated by Amelie Santos.
Dorothy in the Land of Oz. The Wizard's new balloon whisks Dorothy back to Oz, where she meets up with some new friends, and the villainous Tyrone, the Terrible Toy Tinker. Originally shown on television as Thanksgiving in Oz.
- One DVD, with another holiday special, Peter and the Magic Egg, narrated by Ray Bolger (NTSC format, Region 1 encoding).
Dorothy and the Green Gobbler of Oz by Romeo Muller. It's the holidays in Kansas, but Aunt Em's pie has been stolen — by the Wizard! Dorothy confronts him, and gets whisked back to Oz via the Wizard's green turkey-shaped balloon. But when Tyrone the Terrible Toy Tinker brings the balloon to life in an attempt to take over Oz, Dorothy may be in over her head. This is an adaptation of the holiday special Dorothy in the Land of Oz.
- A paperback edition of this book, the adaptation of the television special Thanksgiving in Oz, and illustrated with stills from the special.
Christmas in the Land of Oz by Tamara Tudor. An original Oz story, in dramatic form.
- Play script.
The Oz Kids. They're the sons and daughters of all of the old familiar Oz characters, and they're off having adventures on their own! These are animated videotapes, each telling a complete story.
- Christmas in Oz. The kids' annual Christmas party may be ruined when Nome Prince Otto, jealous because he didn't get an invitation, steals Andrea's, and now she's not happy, either. And it's not nice to get a witch-in-training mad... (Also includes The Making of the Oz Kids.)
- Who Stole Santa? With Christmas only weeks away, Santa's been kidnapped! Boris (the Cowardly Lion's son) teams up with an elf to find him — but then the rest of the Oz Kids have to find Santa and Boris! (Also includes The Making of the Oz Kids.)
- DVD (Region 2, PAL format) featuring Christmas in Oz and Who Stole Santa?
Our Landlady by L. Frank Baum. A collection of Baum's columns from his newspaper editing days in the Dakota Territory. Introduction, annotations, and editing by Nancy Tystad Koupal. Two of the columns from December of 1890 deal with how Christmas was celebrated on the plains.
- A clothbound volume, in dust jacket.
- Paperback edition.
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