Adaptations of The Wizard of Oz
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a 1900 children's novel written by American author L. Frank Baum. Since its first publication in 1900, it has been adapted many times: for film, television, theatre, books, comics, games, and other media.Many of the television programs cited in this list are not strict adaptions of "The Wizard of Oz"; rather, they have reinterpreted aspects of the book, such as characters and plot, to create sequels, prequels or side-plots, which are inspired by Baum's original text.
There are over 40 canonical Oz books, including 14 by Baum, all of which are considered "official" sequels or prequels to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". In addition, the following books use the Oz milieu as settings for their tales:Kevin Scott Collier. "The Wonderful Animated World of the Wizard of Oz: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!" CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018.
The Sea Fairies
Baum had decided to end the Oz series with "The Emerald City of Oz" in 1910, after six installments over the first decade of the twentieth century. "The Sea Fairies" was intended to be the first in a new series of fantasy novels, which Baum and Reilly & Britton continued the next year with "Sky Island." Unfortunately for author and publisher, the two volumes of the new projected series did not meet with the same success as the Oz books previously had. The first edition of "The Sea Fairies" sold 12,400 copies in its initial year on the market, where "The Emerald City of Oz" had sold 20,000. Even when Baum's books experienced a major resurgence in interest and sales in 1918, "The Sea Fairies" sold only 611 copies that year while the Oz books and even Baum's non-Oz works were selling thousands of copies.