What are the “Junior Edition” Oz books from Rand McNally, published in 1939?
In March and June of 1939, Rand McNally hopped on the Wizard of Oz bandwagon (publicity for The Movie was already in high gear at that point, even though it wouldn’t be released until August) by publishing their own versions of some of the Oz books, licensed from Reilly and Lee. These books were smaller and much slimmer than the regular Oz books of the time, as they were intended for a younger audience. They were similar in style to today’s Little Golden Books. The first three offerings were unabridged reprints of some of the Little Wizard stories from 1913 (see question 6.7 for details), two stories per volume: The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman of Oz, also Princess Ozma of Oz, Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse of Oz, also Tik-tok and the Gnome King of Oz, and Little Dorothy and Toto of Oz, also The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger of Oz. The remaining six books in the series were adaptations of Oz books: The Land of Oz, The Road to Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, R
