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Bah! There’s Always a War!

In addition to Glinda’s army, there are a lot of armed forces that show up in minor Ozian countries. Many are simply palace guards, but there are some more specific military units as well. Utensia has the Spoon Brigade, made … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged another adventure with ann, armies, belfaygor, bell-snickle, captain fyter, corabia, corumbia, dorothy gale, emerald city, eric gjovaag, flatheads, general blotz, general quakes, glinda, glinda of oz, gloria, grampa in oz, halidom, invasion, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jinjur, jinxland, karyl carlson, kiltoon, merry go round in oz, military, mogodore, mombi, nome king, oogaboo, ozma, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, ozwoz, princess melody, private jo files, pumperdink, queen ann in oz, queen ann soforth, red top mountain, regalia, rimmers, samandra, skeezers, spoon brigade, the emerald city of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tippetarius in oz, toto of oz, troth, utensia, war, zim greenleaf |

Oz-Crossed Lovers

L. Frank Baum was known to have said that he didn’t want romance or “mawkish sentimentality” in his children’s stories. Of course, Baum was also known for breaking pretty much every writing rule he came up with, but he was … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Fairy Tales, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged belfaygor, chopfyt, danx, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, gayelette, gloria, grampa in oz, hamlet, his majesty the scarecrow of oz, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jenny jump, jesseva, jinjur, kabumpo in oz, king randywell, nimmie amee, number nine, ophelia, ozga, pastoria, peg amy, planetty, pon, princess gureeda, princess marygolden of corabia, princess pretty good, private jo files, quelala, shirley sunshine, sir dashemoff daily, sir hokus of pokes, speedy, speedy in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (stage play), the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, thorns and private files in oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tryxie tryfle |

How to Succeed in Ozian Politics

When Benny, the living statue from Boston in Ruth Plumly Thompson’s The Giant Horse of Oz, arrives in Oz, he asks the Scarecrow if the country is a republic. The straw man replies, “Indeed not! We are a magic monarchy … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged american fairy tales, aurex, awgwas, benny, blue country, book of royalty, bookville, boolooroo of the blues, bunnybury, dorothy gale, giants, glinda, gloria, high coco-lorum, james haff, jenny jump, jinxland, king bal loon, king gugu, king timothy of noland, krewl, land o' patch, loonville, macvelt, nandywog, nickadoodle, noland, ozlection, ozma, patch, patchwork girl, pink country, polychrome, professor wogglebug, queen coo-ee-oh, scarecrow, septentria, skeezers, sky island, skyle of un, susan smiggs, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the queen of quok, the scarecrow of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, thi, tin woodman, tripedalia, trot griffiths, whimsies, wicked witch of the west, winkies, wizard of oz |

The Animated Scarecrow

The Scarecrow from the Oz series is already animated, but in this case I’m talking about a different sort of animation. A computer-animated version of L. Frank Baum’s The Scarecrow of Oz is the latest project from the same people … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged cap'n bill, gloria, jinxland, krewl, lord googly-goo, ork, pon, scarecrow, the scarecrow of oz, the tin woodman of oz, tin woodman, trot griffiths |

The Ozfathers

Happy Father’s Day! I know I usually make Oz posts on Mondays and Tuesdays, but I’m posting this today in honor of the holiday. It’s a list of fathers in the Oz series, not comprehensive by any means, but hopefully … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Holidays, Oz | Tagged betsy bobbin, big wigs, bini aru, books, bordermoor, cap'n bill, corabia, corumbia, crystal city, dorothy gale, down town, dr. pipt, ev, fathers, gloria, good witch of the north, halidom, jinxland, kapurta, karyl carlson, kiki aru, king cheeriobed, king evoldo, king fumbo, king pompus, king randywell, kuma party, march laumer, molto rallentando, mooj, nome king, number nine, ojo, oogaboo, ozwold, pastoria, patchwork girl, phyllis ann karr, pizzicato furioso, pon, prince philador, prince pompadore, prince tatters, princess pajonia, pumperdink, queen ann soforth, ragbad, realbad, regalia, salye soforth, scarecrow, septentria, septimius septentrion, sherwood smith, silver island, speedy, toby bridlecull, troopadours, trot, umbrella island, unc nunkie, wumbo |