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 ...

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 was an entertainment franchise before franchises were a concept. The original 14-book series by Baum is a ...

"The Wizard of Oz" and its sequels were considered pulp books — like "The Hardy Boys ... "I think this is one of the rare cases in which kids and adults argued with each other, and the kids ...

While filming The Wizard of Oz, Garland wore several different copies ... because it is adapted from the original book (the copyright for which has expired) and not the 1939 film, the slippers ...

“It’s kind of closing the book on a chapter of the ruby slippers for us and that’s OK,” Ms. Heitz said. “I think it’s a testament to how important ‘The Wizard of Oz’ is to the ...

A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" — and ... As Rhys Thomas, author of the book, "The Ruby Slippers of Oz," puts it, the sequined shoes from ...