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Shopping O-Z

I wrote about traveling salesmen in Oz last week, but I forgot about one. That was none other than Ruggedo, the former Nome King, who was a peddler of sunglasses at the beginning of Pirates in Oz. Now, I might … Continue reading →

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And Juster for All

Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth was a favorite in my childhood, and I’m pleased to say it still holds up. I recently checked out The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth, with annotations by Leonard S. Marcus, which was published in 2011. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Cartoons, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alice in wonderland, butch patrick, chuck jones, dictionopolis, flatland, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jules feiffer, kabumpo in oz, leonard marcus, mathematics, norton juster, rith metic, synesthesia, the annotated alice, the annotated phantom tollbooth, the dot and the line, The Phantom Tollbooth |