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The '''Oz''' series is a once-popular children's book series which has attracted a significant fan base.  It began with L. Frank Baum's [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]], published 1900.  Baum did not intend to start a series; however, readers enjoyed it so much that they called for a sequel.  While Baum tried to end the series at least twice, he ended up writing fourteen books.  After his death, other authors continued the series up to 1963.

The '''Oz''' series is popular children's book series which has attracted a significant fan base.  It began with L. Frank Baum's [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]], with illustrations by W.W. Denslow, published in 1900.  Baum did not intend to start a series; however, readers enjoyed it so much that they called for a sequel, and he needed the money after moving to Hollywood.  While Baum tried to end the series at least twice, he ended up writing fourteen books.  After his death, other authors continued the series up to 1963.

While Baum himself stated that he wrote ''Wizard of Oz'' "solely to please children of today", the Oz books have addressed or left significantly unaddressed several philosophical questions.

While Baum himself stated that he wrote ''Wizard of Oz'' "solely to please children of today", the Oz books have addressed or left significantly unaddressed several philosophical questions.  The political themes that appeared in the original ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' in 1900 and the Broadway play based on it were not continued in the rest of the series.  The famous 1939 movie version is based on the 1900 original.

==List of official Oz books==

==List of official Oz books==