Lyman Frank Baum was an American author best known for writing “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. He was born in Upstate New York in 1856 and died in Hollywood, California in 1919. He was 62 years old. He was named Lyman after his uncle but preferred Frank instead.

When Baum was 30 years old his first book was published. It was about the mating and rearing of Hamburg chickens. He went on to write 41 novels, 83 short stories, 200 poems and many screenplays. He tried very hard to get his work on screen and on stage. The Wizard of Oz was finally made into a movie in 1939, twenty years after he died It became a classic children’s story for all time.

A Kidnapped Santa Claus follows what happens when Envy, Malice, Hatred and Anger kidnap Santa Claus because he is causing too much happiness in the world. His legions set out to free him from the evil ones but he eventually finds his way back home to his valley.