In short, people are finding Oz everywhere but in the original books by L. Frank Baum — who invented the place in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900) and its 13 sequels (after his death in 1919 ...

"The Wizard of Oz" and its sequels were considered pulp books — like "The Hardy Boys ... "For what one wishes the others all try to give him, in order to make him happy, and no one in Oz ...

And of course there is the evergreen 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz," which is likely to be popping up on TV all through the holiday season. Does anyone still read the "Oz" books? In short ...