Fantasy Baum, L. Frank: Little Wizard Stories of Oz. v1. 12 Aug 2025

[GrannyGrump]

These six short tales were published in separate small booklets, “Oz books in miniature,” in 1913, and then in a collected edition in 1914 with color illustrations by John R. Neill. The stories were issued to promote the new Oz novel, The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913). This collection effectively constitutes a fifteenth Oz book by Baum.

For over a century, readers of all ages have loved the Oz stories; and many of the Oz characters and situations have become a part of popular culture.

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List of stories:

Spoiler:

The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger
Little Dorothy and Toto
Tiktok and the Nome King
Ozma and the Little Wizard
Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse
The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman

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Author L. Frank Baum, “the Royal Historian of Oz,” is best known for creating the imaginary land of Oz, and especially for the first book in the series, a classic of children’s literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The book is lavishly illustrated by John R. Neill, “The Imperial Illustrator of Oz,” known for illustrating more than forty books set in the land of Oz, including those by Baum, by Ruth Plumly Thompson, and three of his own. This ebook includes 42 color illustrations, illustrated chapter heads, end-paper images, and replicas of covers of the first editon booklets.

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Available in High-rez (two volumes, illustrations based on 1000 x 1400 px) or Low-rez (single volume, illustrations based on 700 x 980 px)


Go ahead— let the Wizard take the kinks out of your day!

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EDIT TO ADD: UPLOAD CORRECTED LO-REZ FILE. PREVIOUS DOWNLOADS 9

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First published in 1913.
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[Thalassa]

Hello GrannyGrump,

The (supposedly 2in1) LoRez version seems to be identical with volume 1 of the HiRez version and features only the first three of the six stories, as far as I can see?

Thanks a lot for another wonderful edition!

[Martinoptic]

This is lovely. Thank you.

Edit:The stories are all there in the lorez, but the TOC needs a little tweak to show them.

[Mynach]

Thanks for this new release! The Oz stories are always a delight.

[Thalassa]

Originally Posted by Martinoptic

Edit:The stories are all there in the lorez, but the TOC needs a little tweak to show them.

You are right, thanks for the clarification! The last three stories don't show up in the TOC, so you can't navigate there directly.
Really lovely illustrations!

[GrannyGrump]

Thank you all for downloading!

I fixed the TOC, and have uploaded corrected Lo-rez version. My apologies for the glitch.
The moral is, do not proofread after bed-time has already passed!

[Thalassa]

Perfect, thanks!

[Martinoptic]

Thank you.

[Quoth]

Thanks.
Also "The Wizard of Oz" was the first book I read in the school's class library. Except I didn't finish it until I got my own copy as I moved up a class. I've not yet read all the titles in the series!