The Emerald City of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

On Sale: 04/23/1993

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The Emerald City of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

illustrated by John R. Neill

On Sale: 04/23/1993

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The most spectacularly illustrated of all the Oz books!

Join Dorothy and the Wonderful Wizard as they take Aunt Em and Uncle Henry on a fabulous tour of Oz. During their journey they encounter such amazing and amusing people as King Kleaver with his Spoon Brigade and Miss Cuttenclip of the land of paper dolls. But while Dorothy and her friends play, the wicked Nome King has joined forces with the terrible Whimsies, the fearsome Growleywogs, and the evil Phanfasms in a plot to capture the Emerald City. Will Dorothy's friends discover the danger before it's too late?

All the enchantment of Oz is here for a whole new generation to discover in this deluxe edition featuring ninety black-and-white pictures and sixteen dazzling five-color plates by Oz artist John R. Neill.

Afterword by Peter Glassman. A Books of Wonder^R Classic

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ISBN: 9780688115586
ISBN 10: 0688115586
Imprint: HarperCollins
On Sale: 04/23/1993
Pages: 304
List Price:36.99 CAD
Ages: 8 to 12
BISAC1 : JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories
BISAC2 : JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
BISAC3 : JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
BISAC4 : JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General
BISAC5 : JUVENILE FICTION / Travel
BISAC6 : JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General
BISAC7 : JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Chapter Books
BISAC8 : JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women
BISAC9 : JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
BISAC10 : JUVENILE FICTION / Classics

L. Frank Baum

Biography

L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900 and received enormous, immediate success. Baum went on to write seventeen additional novels in the Oz series. Today, he is considered the father of the American fairy tale. His stories inspired the 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz, one of the most widely viewed movies of all time.

MinaLima is an award-winning graphic design studio founded by Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima, renowned for establishing the visual graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film series. Specializing in graphic design and illustration, Miraphora and Eduardo have continued their involvement in the Harry Potter franchise through numerous design commissions, from creating all the graphic elements for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando Resort, to designing award-winning publications for the brand. Their best-selling books include Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone, Harry Potter Film Wizardry, The Case of Beasts: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Archive of Magic: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts screenplays. MinaLima studio is renowned internationally for telling stories through design and has created its own MinaLima Classics series, reimagining a growing collection of much-loved tales including Peter Pan, The Secret Garden, and Pinocchio.

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John R. Neill

Biography

John R. Neill was born in Philadelphia in 1877. In 1904, at the age of twenty-six, Neill received his first major book assignment, as illustrator for The Marvelous Land of Oz. From then until his death in 1943, Neill would illustrate over forty Oz books, including three he wrote himself. Today, his fabulous illustrations are synonymous with Oz.