The Wonderful Wizard of Oz



 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz  is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900 OTT, it has since been reprinted numerous times, most often under the name  The Wizard of Oz , which is the name of both the popular 1902 OTT Broadway musical and the well-known 1939 OTT film adaptation.

The story chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz, after being swept away from her Kansas farm home in a cyclone. The novel is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has been widely translated. Its initial success, and the success of the 1902 Broadway musical which Baum adapted from his original story, led to Baum's writing thirteen additional Oz books. The original book has been in the public domain in the US since 1956 OTT.

Baum dedicated the book "to my good friend & comrade, My Wife", Maud Gage Baum. In January 1901 OTT, George M. Hill Company, the publisher, completed printing the first edition, which totaled 10,000 copies.