The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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American novel children’s novel fantasy novel novel

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a classic 1900 children’s fantasy novel by L. Frank Baum that follows Dorothy’s magical journey in the Land of Oz and has become a cornerstone of American popular culture.

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Wizard of Oz 4
The Wizard of Oz 2
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900 novel) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American novel ⓘ
children’s novel ⓘ
fantasy novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
alternateTitle The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
surface form: The Wizard of Oz (common shortened title)
author L. Frank Baum ⓘ
character Glinda the Good Witch ⓘ
surface form: Glinda

Munchkins ⓘ
Wicked Witch of the East ⓘ
Wicked Witch of the West ⓘ
Winged Monkeys ⓘ
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wizard of Oz
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
followedBy The Marvelous Land of Oz ⓘ
genre children’s literature ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
surface form: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

silent film adaptations ⓘ
stage musical adaptations ⓘ
hasPart Dorothy’s house carried by a cyclone ⓘ
Dorothy’s return home ⓘ
defeat of the Wicked Witch of the West ⓘ
journey on the Yellow Brick Road ⓘ
revelation of the Wizard as an ordinary man ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter The Wonderful Wizard of Oz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wizard of Oz
illustrator W. W. Denslow ⓘ
literaryMovement American children’s fantasy at the turn of the 20th century ⓘ
literarySeries Land of Oz ⓘ
surface form: Oz series
mainCharacter The Cowardly Lion ⓘ
surface form: Cowardly Lion

Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
surface form: Dorothy Gale

The Scarecrow ⓘ
surface form: Scarecrow

The Tin Man ⓘ
surface form: Tin Woodman

Toto ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor depiction of an American fairy tale world ⓘ
iconic characters ⓘ
influence on American popular culture ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfOriginOfProtagonist Kansas ⓘ
publicationDate 1900 ⓘ
publisher George M. Hill Company ⓘ
setIn Land of Oz ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
theme friendship ⓘ
home and belonging ⓘ
self-discovery ⓘ
the idea that desired qualities are already within oneself ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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Glinda the Good Witch → appearsIn → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Land of Oz → appearsIn → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
The Cowardly Lion → appearsIn → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
The Scarecrow → appearsIn → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
The Tin Man → appearsIn → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Dorothy → appearsInWork → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead → basedOn → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
The Wizard of Oz → basedOn → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
If I Only Had a Brain → basedOnWork → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
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The Tin Man → firstAppearance → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
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OZtoberFest → inspiredBy → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Project Ozma → inspiredBy → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Glinda the Good Witch → literaryOrigin → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
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Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz → meetsCharacter → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
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L. Frank Baum → notableCharacterCreated → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
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L. Frank Baum → notableWork → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Wicked Witch of the West → notableWork → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
Princess Ozma → predecessor → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wizard of Oz
The Cowardly Lion → seeksHelpFrom → The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wizard of Oz