"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a children's novel. The story chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz, after being swept away from her Kansas farm home in a cyclone. The novel is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture
The author
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 May 6, 1919), was an American author chiefly known for his children's books, particularly "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".