In many ways it can add to it because after you are finished if you desire you can find another adventure containing them. This fact does not take away from the joy of reading this book though. I personally had never been introduced to these other characters as I have never read the other book. Read moreīaum's 'The Scarecrow of Oz' sees two of his creations from another book finding their way to the land of oz. 'The Scarecrow of Oz' was a way for Baum to introduce readers to another one of his book series ('The Sea Fairies' and 'Sky Island'). This story tells of the Scarecrows efforts at helping characters Captain Bill and Trot on their journey to Oz to overthrow the evil King Krewl of Jinxland. 'The Scarecrow of Oz' is the ninth book to the Land of Oz series. Dorothy and her friends soon began their journey toward becoming an integral part of the American consciousness. In 1900, Baum and Denslow, famous illustrator with whom he shared the copyright, published 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', making it one of the first commercially successful uses of color illustrations in American publishing. Baum's Oz series compasses the first fully developed fantasy world created by an American author. This fanciful kingdom was catalogued in a series of children's books beginning with the publication of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American writer of children's books, best known for creating the marvelous Land of Oz in 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'.

The scarecrow of oz by l frank baum