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Nome in Your Home

‘Tis the season, so I thought I would reread and review some Christmas-related Oz books. The Enchanted Gnome of Oz, by Greg Hunter – This one is set during Christmas Eve and Day, and it is relevant to the plot, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Christmas, Dennis Anfuso, Families, Holidays, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ray Powell, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged belinda, button-bright, christmas in oz, dragons, elves, emerald city, goblins, greg hunter, handy mandy in oz, jack pumpkinhead, joe bongiorno, julenisse, knooks, magic belt, magic umbrella, mister flint in oz, nisser, nome king, nomes, ozette, ozma, pastoria, paul dana, robin hess, ryls, santa claus, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, toto and the cats of oz, witches, wizard of oz |

We Are Family

This post on the Merry Old Land of Oz Facebook group got me thinking about how most of the kids who visit Oz tend to be only children. Okay, to be fair, it’s possible they have siblings we don’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Dick Martin, Families, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged acinad, alexander volkov, allison mcbain, annie smith, aunt em, betsy bobbin, button-bright, cap'n bill, cap'n bob, christmas in oz, clarence skillet, cory in oz, donald abbott, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, ellie smith, frank joslyn baum, fumaro, general riskitt, glinda, glinda of oz, greg hunter, guardian of the gates, handy mandy, how the wizard saved oz, jack pumpkinhead, jeff freedman, jellia jamb, joe weedles, kabina, kabumpo, lucky bucky in oz, magic land, margolotte, mombi, nine tiny piglets, nome king, notta bit more, number nine, omby amby, ozma, ozmapolitan, pastoria, patchwork girl, paul dana, pinny and gig, polychrome, prince philador, queen ann soforth, robin hess, salye soforth, scarecrow, septimius septentrion, shaggy man, tales of magic land, the enchanted gnome of oz, the giant horse of oz, the goat girls of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the magic dishpan of oz, the mysterious pool of oz, the other searches for the lost princess of oz, the ozampolitan of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), three adepts, tik-tok of oz, time-travelling in oz, tin woodman, trot griffiths, twink and tom jones, uncle henry, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz |

Button-Bright Illumination

The other day, I came across a link to this bit of Oz fanfiction about Polychrome finding Button-Bright in Philadelphia and taking him to Mo. It fills in some gaps in his story, since The Scarecrow of Oz has him … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Characters, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged american fairy tales, button-bright, christmas in oz, grandma natch, jack frost, jeremy steadman, magic umbrella, margaret berg, martin gardner, mary poppins, ojo, outsiders from oz, p.l. travers, paul dana, polychrome, red jinn, robin hess, snow queen, the emerald ring of oz, the glass dog, the lost boy of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, the road to oz, the scarecrow of oz, the visitors from oz, twin properties, Vaughn Smythe |

See You in the Funny Pages

Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz: The Complete Comic Strip Saga 1904-1905, published by Sunday Press – I received this oversize collector’s item as a Christmas gift, which is good as I’m not sure I would have bought … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Uncategorized | Tagged christmas in oz, cowardly lion, denslow's scarecrow and tin-man, dorothy gale, gump, professor wogglebug, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, robin hess, scarecrow, sunday press, the marvelous land of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, w. w. denslow, walt mcdougall |

Cats and Dogs Living Together

Toto and the Cats of Oz, by Robin Hess – I remember meeting Robin at an Oz Convention in the late nineties and hearing about this story, so it’s obviously been around for quite a while already, but wasn’t published … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged cats, christmas in oz, mooj, ojo in oz, ozma, prince bobo, rinkitink in oz, robin hess, santa claus, toto, toto and the cats of oz |