L. Frank Baum

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L. Frank Baum

• By Ms. Nina Jackson, LTM

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Ozma of Oz

• In this book, Dorothy Gale rejoins with the
  Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion, plus
  meets new charaters the Hungry Tiger, whose
  appetite is never satisfied Princess Langwidere,
  who has thirty heads Billina, a talking chicken
  and Tiktok, a mechanical man.
• Dorothy lands in Ev when shes sailing with her
  uncle and is blow overboard. The Queen of Ev and
  her ten children have been imprisoned by the
  cruel Nome King. Even Ozma, the wise Ruler of Oz,
  is no match for this king. Can Dorothy find a way
  to outwit this wily king and his enchantments?

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L. Frank Baum

• Born in 1856, just east of Syracuse in
  Chittenango, NY.
• His first name was Lyman, but he preferred Frank.
• He was sick and weak as a child because of a
  heart condition.
• From L. Frank Baum lthttp//www.literarytraveler.
  com/spring/west/baum.htmgt.

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L. Frank Baum

• His father became rich in oil when he was five.
• His parents sent him to military school because
  they were worried about his imagination and
  flights of fancy.
• At 15, he started printing a newspaper with his
  younger brother.
• From L. Frank Baum lthttp//www.literarytraveler.
  com/spring/west/baum.htmgt.

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L. Frank Baum

• He also raised and breed Hamburg chickens, and
  even won awards with them.
• He developed an interest in the theater, and soon
  began writing original plays.
• He married Maud Gage on November 9th, 1882.
• From L. Frank Baum lthttp//www.literarytraveler.
  com/spring/west/baum.htmgt.

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L. Frank Baum

• Wrote 14 books about Oz
• From 1888-1891, he lived in Aberdeen, South
  Dakota
• From Baum, L. Frank in The World Book Student
  Discovery Encyclopedia.

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Chickens

• In Ozma of Oz, Dorothy is traveling with a
  chicken named Belinda.
• Chickens
• There are many, many different breeds of
  chickens, including Australorp, Cornish, Hamburg,
  Leghorn, and Sumatra.
• Some are raised for meat and/or eggs, while other
  breeds are strictly raised for ornamental
  purposes.
• From Breeds of Chickens lthttp//www.ansi.okstate
  .edu/poultry/chickensgt.

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Silver-Penciled Hamburgs From Breeds of
Chickens lthttp//www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultry/chi
ckensgt.
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Chicken Names

• All baby chickens are chicks, but baby females
  are pullets.
• Females are called hens once they reach one
  year of age, while males are then called
  roosters.
• From Farm Birds.

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Chicken History

• Chickens probably are descendents of the red
  junglefowl, a wild fowl from Southeast Asia.
• Records show that the Chinese were raising
  chickens as early as 1400 B.C.
• Chickens spread around the world because they
  were carried (live) for food on ships in the
  1500s.
• From Chicken in The World Book Encyclopedia.

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Bibliography

• Austic, Richard E. Chicken The World Book
  Encyclopedia. 1999 ed.
• Baum, L. Frank. Ozma of Oz. Chicago
  RandMcNally, 1907.
• Baum, L. Frank The World Book Student
  Discovery Encyclopedia. 2000 ed.

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Bibliography (con.)

• Breeds of Chickens Feb. 24, 2004 lthttp//www.ans
  i.okstate.edu/poultry/chickensgt.
• Haggerty, Edward C. Farm Birds. Danbury, CT
  Grolier Educational, 1997.
• L. Frank Baum Feb. 24, 2004 lthttp//www.litera
  rytraveler.com/spring/west/baum.htmgt.