The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a written by author and illustrated by . It is the first novel in the . A farm girl named ends up in the magical after she and her pet dog are swept away from their home by a .Upon her arrival in Oz, she learns she cannot return home until she has destroyed the . The book was first published in the United States in May 1900 by the .In January 1901, the publishing company completed printing the first edition, a total of 10,000 copies, which quickly sold out.It had sold three million copies by the time it entered the in 1956. It was often reprinted under the title The Wizard of Oz , which is the title of the successful as well as the classic .