Roger S. Baum
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Roger Stanton Baum is a former banker and stockbroker, and currently (as of 2005) a children's author, residing in Branson, Missouri
. Baum publishes under the name Roger S. Baum. Baum is a former resident of Los Angeles and the vicinity of Las Vegas. He also tours the country, reading from and signing his children's books. Baum is the great-grandson of L. Frank Baum
, the original creator of the "Oz" series, and grandson of Frank Joslyn Baum
, who published The Laughing Dragon of Oz in 1935. Many of Roger S. Baum's children's books are set in the same world.
Baum had written short stories and another children's book, entitled Long Ears and Tailspin, before being approached by the International Wizard of Oz Club in 1987 to write original "Oz" stories. The success of his "Oz" books allowed him to leave his banking job in 1990, and become a full-time children's author. Sometimes Baum's earlier material is reworked in his later books; Long Ears and Tailspin's "Candy Land" reappears in his 2000 Toto book, for example.
Because his work does not follow the history in the canon Famous Forty Oz books, even disregarding information given in his great-grandfather's fourteen, his work is considered apocryphal by most Oz fans.
One of Baum's books was made into the movie, Lion of Oz, and a film adaptation of Dorothy of Oz is planned by Summertime Entertainment. Dorothy of Oz
is slated for a 2012 theatrical release.
Currently living in Springfield, Mo
Branson, Missouri
Branson is a city in Taney County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It was named after Reuben Branson, postmaster and operator of a general store in the area in the 1880s....
. Baum publishes under the name Roger S. Baum. Baum is a former resident of Los Angeles and the vicinity of Las Vegas. He also tours the country, reading from and signing his children's books. Baum is the great-grandson of L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...
, the original creator of the "Oz" series, and grandson of Frank Joslyn Baum
Frank Joslyn Baum
Frank Joslyn Baum was a lawyer, soldier, writer, and film producer, though his attempts to continue the legacy of his father brought him lawsuit and estrangement from his family. Nonetheless, he became the first president of The International Wizard of Oz Club.He is best known as the author of To...
, who published The Laughing Dragon of Oz in 1935. Many of Roger S. Baum's children's books are set in the same world.
Baum had written short stories and another children's book, entitled Long Ears and Tailspin, before being approached by the International Wizard of Oz Club in 1987 to write original "Oz" stories. The success of his "Oz" books allowed him to leave his banking job in 1990, and become a full-time children's author. Sometimes Baum's earlier material is reworked in his later books; Long Ears and Tailspin's "Candy Land" reappears in his 2000 Toto book, for example.
Because his work does not follow the history in the canon Famous Forty Oz books, even disregarding information given in his great-grandfather's fourteen, his work is considered apocryphal by most Oz fans.
One of Baum's books was made into the movie, Lion of Oz, and a film adaptation of Dorothy of Oz is planned by Summertime Entertainment. Dorothy of Oz
Dorothy of Oz (film)
Dorothy of Oz is an upcoming computer-animated film based on the book by Roger Stanton Baum by the same name. It is being produced by Summertime Entertainment, the family entertainment division of Alpine Pictures. The film is scheduled for a 3D U.S. theatrical release on August 3, 2012....
is slated for a 2012 theatrical release.
Selected bibliography
- Long Ears and Tailspin in Candy Land: A Faraway Adventure (1968), illus. Mary Ann Farmer
- Dorothy of Oz (1989, 2012), illus. by Elizabeth Miles.
- The Rewolf of Oz (1990), illus. Charlotte Hart, ISBN 0-88138-152-7; (1998), illus. Jacque Klaus, ISBN 0-671-74982-X
- The SillyOZbul trilogy:
- The SillyOZbuls of Oz (1991), illus. Lisa Mertins, ISBN 0-9630101-0-7
- The SillyOZbul of Oz and Toto (1992), illus. Lisa Mertins, ISBN 0-9630101-1-5
- The SillyOZbul of Oz and the Magic Merry-Go-Round (1992), illus. Lisa Mertins, ISBN 0-9630101-2-3
- Lion of Oz and the Badge of CourageLion of oz and the badge of courageLion of Oz is an official animated prequel film to The Wizard of Oz. It tells the story of how the Cowardly Lion, formerly part of the Omaha Circus, came to be in Oz, how he stopped the Wicked Witch of the East from getting the Flower of Oz. It is based upon the book Lion of Oz and the Badge of...
(1995, 2003), illust. Sean Coons, ISBN 0-9630101-4-X, ISBN 1-57072-255-2. This book formed the basis for the Sony animated movie Lion of Oz. - The Green Star of Oz (2000), illus. Victoria Seitzinger, ISBN 1-57072-161-0
- Toto in Candy Land of Oz (2000), illus. Ronit Berkovitz, ISBN 1-57072-224-2
- The Wizard of Oz and the Magic Merry-Go-Round (2002), illus. Victoria Seitzinger, ISBN 1-57072-245-5
- Toto of Oz and the Surprise Party (2004), illus. Victoria Seitzinger, ISBN 1-57072-284-6
- The Oz Odyssey (2006), illus. Victoria Seitzinger, ISBN 1-57072-299-4
- Oz Odyssey II (2011), illus. Chad Thomas.
Currently living in Springfield, Mo