Little Wizard Stories of Oz: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Little Wizard Stories of Oz, credited to L. Frank Baum, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Little Wizard Stories of Oz, by L. Frank Baum. Read by Maddie. The "Little Wizard Stories of Oz" are six short stories written by L. Frank Baum in 1913. By all accounts, Baum intended to finish the Oz series with "The Emerald City of Oz," published in 1910. Following that, he attempted to write non-Oz books, publishing "The Sea Fairies" in 1911 and "Sky Island" in 1912. But, (as Baum himself laments in the prefaces of many of his Oz books,) his "little tyrants" were only interested in hearing more Oz stories. So in 1913, he returned to writing about Oz, putting out both The "Little Wizard Stories" and "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" that year. According to this comprehensive Oz FAQ site, The Little Wizard Stories were geared toward younger children and were originally published separately, "similar in style to today's Little Golden Books." The next year, they were published together as one volume. Each Little Wizard Story revolves around the adventures of two famous Oz characters, and their humorous adventures in and around the land of Oz. (Summary by Maddie)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Little Wizard Stories of Oz
• Author credits: L. Frank Baum
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 6
• Listed recording duration: 1:12:15

Catalogue topics

• children
• oz
• baum

Track guide

1. 01 - The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger — 12:02
2. 02 - Little Dorothy and Toto — 12:03
3. 03 - Tiktok and the Nome King — 11:55
4. 04 - Ozma and the Little Wizard — 11:44
5. 05 - Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse — 11:24
6. 06 - The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman — 13:10

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