Since 1900, when L. Frank Baum introduced to the children ofAmerica THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ and all the otherexciting characters who inhabit the land of Oz, these delightful fairytales have stimulated the imagination of millions of young readers.
These are stories which are genuine fantasy—creative, funny,tender, exciting and surprising. Filled with the rarest and mostabsurd creatures, each of the 40 volumes which now comprise theseries, has been eagerly sought out by generation after generationuntil today they are known to all except the very young or thosewho were never young at all.
When, in a recent survey, The New York Times polled a group ofteen agers on the books they liked best when they were young, theOz books topped the list.