"This richly imagined novel tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book that inspired the iconic film, through the eyes of author L. Frank Baum's intrepid wife, Maud. Hollywood, 1938: As soon as she learns that M-G-M is adapting her late husband's masterpiece for the screen, seventy-seven-year-old Maud Gage Baum sets about trying to finagle her way onto the set. Nineteen years after Frank's passing, Maud is the only person who can...

From the quintessential 1939 film to the successful stage play Wicked, tells the complete history of The Wizard of Oz story, highlighting some of the earliest stage and screen adaptations such as the 1925 silent version and the even earlier The Scarecrow of Oz.

"Abby, her two friends Robin and Frankie, and the annoying Penny, are in their treehouse arguing about what to do for their special school project when a tornado appears out of nowhere, scoops up the treehouse, and transports them all to the land of Oz, where they are soon confronted by Wicked Witch of the East (who is very much alive, and rather angry), and must save a story that is going completely sideways--all because of the evil Gluck." --

Graphic Novel. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" has arrived, now in an exciting new, high-octane graphic novel rendition! Filled with kid-grabbing details, Baum's classic fantasy looks fabulous in this vivid retelling.