lost islands – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Christmas, Toys, and Oz

I might do a re-read of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus this year, seeing as how I have the new edition with Eric Shanower’s illustrations. I guess it depends on how soon I finish the library books I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Characters, Christmas, Eric Shanower, Holidays, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Toys | Tagged bear center, doll island, dolls, dot and tot of merryland, fairies, fuddles, handy mandy in oz, hoopers, jack-in-the-box, john dough and the cherub, jumping jacks, kabumpo in oz, lavender bear, lost islands, merryland, miss cuttenclip, mr. split, peg amy, queen dolly, rockaway island, santa claus, scoodlers, sport, squee gees, squeek, teddy bears, the curious cruise of captain santa, the emerald city of oz, the lavender bear of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the shaggy man of oz, topsies, twiffle, twoffle |

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 |