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[[File:OZ-TITLE.JPG|right|250px|thumb|''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', by L. Frank Baum. This book launched the Oz series.]]
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 arguably present 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.[[File:OZ-TITLE.JPG|Thumb|250px|Original 1900 book]]
The '''Oz''' series is a 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. The political themes arguably present 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.
==Impact on readers==
==Impact on readers==
The 40 Oz books had a significant impact on their young middle class readers who read them in English, Spanish, Russian, French, German, Romanian, Latin, Hebrew, or Arabic editions. Novelist Gore Vidal (born 1925) recalls:
The 40 Oz books had a significant impact on their young middle class readers who read them in English, Spanish, Russian, French, German, Romanian, Latin, Hebrew, or Arabic editions. Novelist Gore Vidal (born 1925) recalls:
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!Title
!Title
!Year
!Year
!Summary
!Summary
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|1. ''[[The Wizard of Oz|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''
|1. ''[[The Wizard of Oz|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''
|1900
|1900
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|2. ''The Marvelous Land of Oz''
|2. ''The Marvelous Land of Oz''
|July 1904
|July 1904
|<!--summary goes here-->
|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
|3. ''Ozma of Oz''
|3. ''Ozma of Oz''
|1907
|1907
|<!--summary goes here-->
|<!--summary goes here-->
|-
|-
|4. ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz''
|4. ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz''
|1908
|1908
|<!--summary goes here-->
|<!--summary goes here-->
|-
|-
|5. ''The Road to Oz''
|5. ''The Road to Oz''
|1909
|1909
|<!--summary goes here-->
|<!--summary goes here-->
|-
|-
|6. ''The Emerald City of Oz''
|6. ''The Emerald City of Oz''
|1910
|1910
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|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
|7. ''The Patchwork Girl of Oz''
|7. ''The Patchwork Girl of Oz''
|??
|??
|<!--summary goes here-->
|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
|8. ''Tik-Tok of Oz''
|8. ''Tik-Tok of Oz''
|1914
|1914
|<!--summary goes here-->
|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
|9. ''The Scarecrow of Oz''
|9. ''The Scarecrow of Oz''
|1915
|1915
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|-
|-
|10. ''Rinkitink in Oz''
|10. ''Rinkitink in Oz''
|1916
|1916
|This was originally a non-Oz book entitled ''King Rinkitink'', which Baum adapted into an Oz book by having the main character be rescued by Dorothy at the end.
|This was originally a non-Oz book entitled ''King Rinkitink'', which Baum adapted into an Oz book by having the main character be rescued by Dorothy at the end.
|-
|-
|11. ''The Lost Princess of Oz''
|11. ''The Lost Princess of Oz''
|1917
|1917
|<!--summary goes here-->
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|-
|12. ''The Tin Woodman of Oz''
|12. ''The Tin Woodman of Oz''
|1918
|1918
|<!--summary goes here-->
|<!--summary goes here-->
|-
|-
|13. ''The Magic of Oz''
|13. ''The Magic of Oz''
|1919
|1919
|<!--summary goes here-->
|<!--summary goes here-->
|-
|-
|14. ''Glinda of Oz''
|14. ''Glinda of Oz''
|1915
|1915