It was a blend of a classic tale and a favorite holiday to send the message: There is no place like home for the holidays. New Madrid Elementary School students presented the play "A Christmas Wizard ...

And it applies, equally, to the "Oz" stories ... Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. "By the standards of fussy librarians and teachers in the 1910s who wanted kids to read ...

But the story of Oz dates back much further than that. For nearly 125 years, the fantasy world of writer L. Frank Baum’s children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), has continued to ...