The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Colouring Book

(Paperback)

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Beautifully produced, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Colouring Book contains all your favourite characters from L. Frank Baum's classic story - Dorothy, Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow , Glinda the Good Witch, and not forgetting the Wicked Witch of the West. With sleek, stylish artwork interspersed with famous quotes from the original story, this book will give hours of colouring fun, and is a wonderful introduction to this well-loved tale and Baum's unforgettable characters. Printed on high-quality paper that will take crayon, paint or felt pen.

Author Bio

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 in Chittenango in the state of New York. Educated mostly at home due to ill health, he was encouraged by his wealthy father to pursue his early interests in journalism and playwriting. He started his first magazine aged fifteen, had his own theatre at twenty-four and worked for many newspapers and periodicals before turning to children's fiction with stories he had made up for his own four sons. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, was his third bestselling book in as many years, and launched the series of Oz titles. Baum had moved with his family to Hollywood following the huge success of the books and stage adaptations. His own Oz Film Manufacturing Company failed to capitalize on the stories, and the hugely popular movie The Wizard of Ozstarring Judy Garland, was not made until twenty years after Baum's death in 1939.