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Got My Kojo Working

King Kojo, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – Published in 1938, toward the end of Thompson’s tenure as Royal Historian of Oz, this book is an attempt at a children’s fantasy on her own terms. She had been writing Oz books … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Humor, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dorcas, king kojo, marge, ogowan, pirates in oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal explorers of oz |

The Patchwork Map of Oz

One of the tropes I came across on TV Tropes for the Land of Oz is that of the Patchwork Map, which definitely applies to Oz and the surrounding nations. A dry desert surrounds the entire nation, even though this … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, L. Frank Baum, Maps, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged ak, burzee, captain salt in oz, cookry land, david hulan, fairyland, great wilderness of braz, james haff, jelly bean island, king king double king, king kojo, laughing valley of hohaho, lost islands, merryland, mo, nonestic ocean, patchwork map, ray powell, rolantic ocean, royal baking powder company, santa claus, sissajig, tarara, the crescent moon over tarara, the curious cruise of captain santa, the flask with the golden stopper, the kingdom of boxtoes and hammerheels, the life and adventures of santa claus, the little prince and the faithful bluebird, the magical monarch of mo, the princess of plumpieland!, the princess of whereyouwill, the raggedys in oz, the royal explorers of oz, the seeress of saucerville, the singing tailor of nevermindwhere, the story of the first brown-haired princess, the toothache of the sultan, the wizard of way-up, the wizard of way-up and king ripitik the tenth, tik-tok of oz, trina robbins, tv tropes, way-up |

What’s the Story, Wishbone?

Beth asked me last night if I knew how the tradition of breaking the wishbone started, and I had to admit I didn’t know. As with most superstitions, it’s difficult to get an exact answer, but there’s a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Holidays, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Thanksgiving | Tagged chickens, dinosaurs, divination, etruscans, furcula, king kojo, merrythought bone, the disenchanted princess of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tippetarius, wishbird, wishbones |

Merry Monarchies

Hey, ever read that Ruth Plumly Thompson story about the loveable king with the childish personality? Yes, this is a theme Thompson returned to quite often, starting with the King of Supposyville and continuing with King Kojo of Oh-Go-Wan and … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged king kojo, king rinkitink, king ripitik x, oh-go-wan, ozma, rinkitink in oz, samandra, scarecrow, silver island, supposyville, the magical monarch of mo, the royal book of oz, the wizard of way-up, the yellow knight of oz, way-up |

A Witchy-Washy Weakness

When talking of weaknesses in works of fiction, one example that obviously comes to my mind is the Wicked Witch of the West and her aversion to water. While L. Frank Baum only mentions this weakness in conjunction with this … Continue reading →

Posted in Futurama, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television | Tagged dismocolese, dragons, enorma, fred meyer, grampa in oz, king kojo, mombi, og, ogres, oziana, quox, singra, the enchanted island of oz, the lost king of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, water, wicked witch of the west, witches |