What else did Baum and Denslow collaborate on?
Baum and Denslow first worked together on Baum’s privately printed book of verse, By the Candelabra’s Glare, for which Denslow contributed two drawings. Their first joint public publishing project was Father Goose: His Book, a collection of Baum’s verse illustrated by Denslow. Generally, Denslow drew a picture to go with Baum’s poem, but in some cases it worked in reverse — Baum would write a poem to go with one of Denslow’s illustrations. The book was a surprise best seller in 1899, but many give Denslow’s art and design more credit for its success than Baum’s poems. In 1900, The Songs of Father Goose came out, which was a volume of some of Baum’s poems set to music by Alberta N. Hall; Denslow’s illustrations were retained. (A third Father Goose book, Father Goose’s Year Book, came out in 1907, but did not contain any artwork by Denslow.) In 1901, Denslow illustrated Baum’s fantasy novel Dot and Tot of Merryland. Denslow also provided a new cover design, title page, and endpapers for
