L Frank Baum An Imprint of Abdo Publishing www abdopublishing com Checkerboard Library Jill C Wheeler
www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Checkerboard Library is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 102014 012015 Cover Photo AP Images Interior Photos Alamy pp 13 14 20 AP Images pp 5 15 17 Corbis p 9 Glow Images p 19 iStockphoto p 7 WikiCommons pp 6 8 11 12 Series Coordinator Bridget O’Brien Editors Rochelle Baltzer Megan M Gunderson Art Direction Neil Klinepier Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wheeler Jill C 1964 L Frank Baum Jill C Wheeler pages cm Children’s Authors Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-62403-665-1 1 Baum L Frank Lyman Frank 1856-1919 Juvenile literature 2 Authors American 20th century Biography Juvenile literature 3 Children’s stories Authorship Juvenile literature I Title PS3503 A923Z93 2015 813 4 dc23 B 2014025371
The Man Behind the Curtain 4 A Great Surprise 6 Acting 8 Dakota Territory 10 Story Time 12 On to Oz 14 Only the Beginning 16 Off to Hollywood 18 Glossary 22 Websites 23 Index 24
