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L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
1856–1919
Best known for opening the gates to Oz, this inventive American storyteller wrote fairy tales filled with wonder, humor, and a distinctly modern sense of adventure. His imagination reached far beyond a single classic, spanning novels, poems, scripts, and stage work.
85 Audiobooks
The Lost Princess of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Little Wizard Stories of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces out West
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Mary Louise
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Road to Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Magic of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Rinkitink in Oz Wherein Is Recorded the Perilous Quest of Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink in the Magical Isles That Lie Beyond the Borderland of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Mother Goose in Prose
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Tin Woodman of Oz 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
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Rinkitink in Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Scarecrow of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
La Mirinda Sorĉisto de Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Glinda of Oz In Which Are Related the Exciting Experiences of Princess Ozma of Oz, and Dorothy, in Their Hazardous Journey to the Home of the Flatheads, and to the Magic Isle of the Skeezers, and How They Were Rescued from Dire Peril by the Sorcery of Glinda the Good
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces on the Ranch
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Magic of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Glinda of Oz In Which Are Related the Exciting Experiences of Princess Ozma of Oz, and Dorothy, in Their Hazardous Journey to the Home of the Flatheads, and to the Magic Isle of the Skeezers, and How They Were Rescued from Dire Peril by the Sorcery of Glinda the Good
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Twinkle and Chubbins: Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Mary Louise in the Country
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Sea Fairies
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Ozma of Oz A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion, and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Marvelous Land of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Ozma of Oz A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion, and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered the High Ki of Twi and Other Surprising People
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Scarecrow of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Lost Princess of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Tik-Tok of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Flying Girl and Her Chum
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Tik-Tok of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Road to Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Sea Fairies
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Queen Zixi of Ix; Or, the Story of the Magic Cloak
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Woggle-Bug Book
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Land of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill After Their Visit to the Sea Fairies
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Daughters of Destiny
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
John Dough and the Cherub
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Flying Girl
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Boy Fortune Hunters in Alaska
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Emerald City of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
American Fairy Tales
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Phoebe Daring: A Story for Young Folk
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Fate of a Crown
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Sky Island Being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after their visit to the sea fairies
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Annabel: A Novel for Young Folks
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Tin Woodman of Oz 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
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Emerald City of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Baum's Complete Stamp Dealers Directory Containing a Complete List of All Dealers in the United States, Together with the Principal Ones of Europe, and a List of Philatelic Publications
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Prairie-Dog Town
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Policeman Bluejay
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seas
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Boy Fortune Hunters in Egypt
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Daring Twins: A Story for Young Folk
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Sam Steele's Adventures in Panama
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum, Emma Speed Sampson
The Book of the Hamburgs A Brief Treatise upon the Mating, Rearing and Management of the Different Varieties of Hamburgs
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Boy Fortune Hunters in China
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Tamawaca Folks: A Summer Comedy
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Dot and Tot of Merryland
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
About the author
Born in Chittenango, New York, in 1856, L. Frank Baum became one of America's most beloved writers for children. He is most famous for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), a book that grew into a long-running Oz series and helped secure his place in children's literature.
Baum's career was unusually varied. Before and alongside his books, he worked in theater and wrote for the stage, and that lively, visual storytelling style carried into his fiction. His stories are remembered for their playful imagination, memorable characters, and a sense of fantasy that feels inviting rather than frightening.
He wrote many works beyond Oz, including dozens of other novels, short stories, poems, and scripts. Baum died in California in 1919, but his best-known creation has continued to enchant readers for generations.