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Queen Zixi of Ix, or The Story of the Magic Cloak is a children's book written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Frederick Richardson.Patrick M. Maund and Peter E. Hanff, "Bibliographia Baumiana: Queen Zixi of Ix," The Baum Bugle, Vol. 45 No. 2 Read More..

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Description	Queen Zixi of Ix, or The Story of the Magic Cloak is a children's book written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Frederick Richardson.Patrick M. Maund and Peter E. Hanff, "Bibliographia Baumiana: Queen Zixi of Ix," The Baum Bugle, Vol. 45 No. 2 (Autumn 2001), pp. 29-30. It was originally serialized in the early 20th-century American children's magazine St. Nicholas from November 1904 to October 1905,Peter E. Hanff, "The original Serial Publication of Queen Zixi of Ix," The Baum Bugle, Vol. 45 No. 2 (Autumn 2001), pp. 31-2. and was published in book form later in 1905 by The Century Company. The events of the book alternate between Noland and Ix, two neighboring regions to the Land of Oz, and Baum himself commented this was the best book he had written. In a letter to his eldest son, Frank Joslyn Baum, he said it was "nearer to the 'old-fashioned' fairy tale than anything I have yet accomplished," and in many respects, it adheres more closely to the fairy tale structure than the Oz books.Brian Attebery, The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature, Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 1980; p. 93. ISBN 0-253-35665-2 Although Oz remains the more popular region, many readers have held that Queen Zixi of Ix is a better book than The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.Michael O'Neal Riley, Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum, Lawrence, KS, University Press of Kansas, 1997; p. 228. ISBN 0-7006-0832-XThe book was made into the 1914 film The Magic Cloak of Oz. Although no part of the book's story takes place in the Land of Oz, by the time the movie was made, it had become clear that the Oz franchise was Baum's most popular creation.The copyright to Queen Zixi of Ix was acquired by Dover Publications in 1971, and the book was re-released with its original illustrations and a new introduction by Martin Gardner (ISBN 0-486-22691-3). Like all books published in the U.S. before 1923, it is now in the public domain." Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States," Cornell University.
Description	Queen Zixi of Ix, or The Story of the Magic Cloak is a children's book written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Frederick Richardson.Patrick M. Maund and Peter E. Hanff, "Bibliographia Baumiana: Queen Zixi of Ix," The Baum Bugle, Vol. 45 No. 2 (Autumn 2001), pp. 29-30. It was originally serialized in the early 20th-century American children's magazine St. Nicholas from November 1904 to October 1905,Peter E. Hanff, "The original Serial Publication of Queen Zixi of Ix," The Baum Bugle, Vol. 45 No. 2 (Autumn 2001), pp. 31-2. and was published in book form later in 1905 by The Century Company. The events of the book alternate between Noland and Ix, two neighboring regions to the Land of Oz, and Baum himself commented this was the best book he had written. In a letter to his eldest son, Frank Joslyn Baum, he said it was "nearer to the 'old-fashioned' fairy tale than anything I have yet accomplished," and in many respects, it adheres more closely to the fairy tale structure than the Oz books.Brian Attebery, The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature, Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 1980; p. 93. ISBN 0-253-35665-2 Although Oz remains the more popular region, many readers have held that Queen Zixi of Ix is a better book than The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.Michael O'Neal Riley, Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum, Lawrence, KS, University Press of Kansas, 1997; p. 228. ISBN 0-7006-0832-XThe book was made into the 1914 film The Magic Cloak of Oz. Although no part of the book's story takes place in the Land of Oz, by the time the movie was made, it had become clear that the Oz franchise was Baum's most popular creation.The copyright to Queen Zixi of Ix was acquired by Dover Publications in 1971, and the book was re-released with its original illustrations and a new introduction by Martin Gardner (ISBN 0-486-22691-3). Like all books published in the U.S. before 1923, it is now in the public domain." Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States," Cornell University.

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Name	Queen Zixi of Ix, or The Story of the Magic Cloak
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Authors	L. Frank Baum
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Genre	Fantasy novel
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Series	Oz books
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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