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Magical Morality Tour

At a discussion of the supernatural in Oz at the last OzCon, it was pointed out that there usually isn’t a moral dimension to magic in Oz. As mentioned elsewhere, it can be used for good or evil, like many … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Fred Otto, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged akbad, blankenburg, bob up, cowardly lion, crunch the stone man, enchantment, fairies, flowers, forest of burzee, good witch of the north, grampa in oz, immortals, king cheeriobed, lurline, morality, nickadoodle, notta bit more, ozcon international, ozga, ozma, pastoria, perhaps city, princess pretty good, professor wogglebug, queen orin, quiberon, skyle of un, snip the button boy, stichwell j. threadneedle, tattypoo, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the lost king of oz, the woggle-bug's new clothes, tik-tok of oz, transformation, urtha, wizard of oz |

Rich, Tasty Courage

The Cowardly Lion of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – I reread this one for its hundredth anniversary, and I also wrote an essay on some aspects of it for the OzCon International program book. I don’t want to repeat … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bob up, cannibalism, clowns, cowardly lion, doorways, emerald city, fiddlebow boat, fiddlestick forest, flyaboutabus, king mustafa of mudge, lions, little wizard stories of oz, mudge, notta bit more, patchwork girl, signs, the cowardly lion and the hungry tiger, the cowardly lion of oz, trees |

The Enchanted Garden of Sedj

The 1994 Oziana has two stories that were written for the Oz Story Circle, run by Fred Meyer. I was a member back then, but it would take twenty more years for something I wrote around that time to appear … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Chronicles of Narnia, Dennis Anfuso, Eric Shanower, Fred Otto, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged allison mcbain, benjamin fang, bill eubank, billy bumble of oz, buckethead in oz, bumble, cap'n bill, clowns, cory in oz, cowardly lion, dennis anfuso, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dot and tot of merryland, dragons, fred meyer, ghostbusters, ghosts, ghosts in oz, glinda, great book of records, international wizard of oz club, jack pumpkinhead, jane albright, jellia jamb, kimberly doyle, leprechauns in oz, lurline, magic belt, margaret berg, marie candler richardson, mark haas, merryland, nine tiny piglets, notta bit more, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, professor grunter swyne, puns, robin olderman, scarecrow, simon t. inphinium, squealina swyne, teenty-weent, the cowardly lion of oz, the last battle, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the silver jug, the tin woodman of oz, the winged monkeys of oz, the witch queen of oz, tin woodman, witches, wizard of oz |

Fact Within Fiction

It’s a strange thing to me that a world presented in a work of fiction can be basically just like ours, except without that work, and often related ones, existing in it, even if it’s very popular in the real … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Comics, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged barry klein, becky klein, bob up, button-bright, david hulan, david perry, dorothy gale, emerald city, glinda, jenny jump, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, lucky bucky in oz, lucky bucky jones, marvel comics, nome king, notta bit more, ojo in oz, ozma, ozmapolitan, patchwork girl, peter brown, polychrome, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, red jinn, shaggy man, sky island, spider-man, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the glass cat of oz, the gnome king of oz, the magic of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, tik-tok of oz, tippetarius in oz, tompy terry, trot griffiths, twink and tom jones, walt mcdougall, wizard of oz, yankee, yankee in oz |

Get Out of Town

There are a lot of characters who come to live in Ozma’s palace, or sometimes elsewhere in or near the Emerald City. Is the city becoming overcrowded? Probably not, considering that it has the same population in L. Frank Baum’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aunt em, belfaygor, bob up, bourne, bucky jones, bungle the glass cat, captain fyter, carter green, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, davy jones, dorothy gale, doubtful dromedary, emerald city, frogman, glinda of oz, grampa in oz, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, kabumpo, kiki aru, lake quad, lucky bucky in oz, mount munch, much ado about kiki aru, nickadoodle, nome king, notta bit more, number nine, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, pumperdink, ruth waara, scarecrow, sean patrick duffley, shaggy man, sir hokus of pokes, speedy in oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic cryptogram of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tin woodman, toto, unc nunkie, uncle henry |

Companimals

Animal companions are a recurring theme in the Oz books, starting with Dorothy’s dog Toto. Kids reading the books were likely used to pets, so it makes sense. Since animals talk in Oz, however, some animal characters are more equal … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bears, betsy bobbin, billina, bunnybury, camels, cats, catty corners, chalk, civilization, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, david perry, dogs, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, emerald city, eureka, frogman, glinda, griffins, grumpy, handy mandy in oz, hank the mule, high boy, horses, humpty bumpty, imogene the cow, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jim the cab-horse, jonathan andrew manley, kabumpo, keretaria, king skamperoo, nickadoodle, nine tiny piglets, notta bit more, nox the ox, ozma, ozma of oz, patch, patchwork girl, percy the personality kid, peter brown, pets, pigasus, pigs, pinny and gig, pirates in oz, professor wogglebug, pumperdink, rabbits, seebania, sir hokus of pokes, snif the iffin, snufferbux, speedy, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the lost king of oz, the royal book of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tompy terry, toto, yankee, yankee in oz, zeb hugson |

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 |

Never Enough Oz

Lost Lands of Oz: The Rain King Is Missing, by Dr. Janet Kelly – This book is intended to teach values to kids, and as an adult reading for fun, I can’t say how successful it is in that respect. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Games, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Sports | Tagged ak, alexander volkov, benny, betsy bobbin, button-bright, captain fyter, cayke the cookie cook, dorothy gale, frogman, ghosts, gingema's daughter, handy mandy, herby, janet kelly, jinjur, kamui ayami, lost lands of oz, maggie greenleaf, nomes, notta bit more, owls, ozma, perry, peter blystone, professor wogglebug, rain king, sergei sukhinov, superb owl, tales of magic land, tales of the emerald city, the haunted castle of oz, the rain king is missing, the superb owl of oz, tin woodman, tommy kwikstep, trot griffiths, wicked witch of the east, winged monkeys, witches, zim greenleaf |

Birds of a Feather (and a Few Without)

I don’t think I’ve ever really written specifically about the birds in the Oz series, and there are quite a few of them. When Dorothy first arrives in Oz, she sees “birds with rare and brilliant plumage” in the Munchkin … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged balloon bird, balloon island, banana bird, barrel birds, birds, birds of paradise, bob up, bobolinks, captain salt, captain salt in oz, chapter three, chickens, cowardly lion, crows, dorothy and the wizard in oz, ducks, flittermouse, foolish owl, garden of eden, gluckbird, gooch, grand mo-gull, gulls, hummingbirds, hurrah birds, hurrah's nest, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jalapomp, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, lake orizon, lonesome duck, lucky bucky in oz, nickadoodle, notta bit more, orks, owls, oziana, patch, peli-cans, percy vere, peter brown, pirates in oz, policeman bluejay, reedbirds, rocs, roger the read bird, russet meagle, scissor bird, skyle of un, snif the iffin, stork scissors, storks, the cowardly lion of oz, the curious cruise of captain santa, the giant horse of oz, the little gingerbread man, the lost king of oz, the royal explorers of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, zazagooch |

All’s Fair in Oz

It’s interesting how much of the Oz series can be seen as referencing circuses and fairs. I guess it’s not surprising for children’s books of the time (or, really, even today, although the traditional circus is severely waning in popularity). … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged amusement parks, bears, camels, carnivals, carousel, circus, clowns, fairs, gravity railroads, handy mandy in oz, humpty bumpty, isle of phreex, jack pumpkinhead of oz, john dough and the cherub, lin carter, merry go round, merry go round in oz, merry-go-round mountains, notta bit more, ojo in oz, roller coasters, round-abouties, scare city, scenic railways, shoot the chute, silver mountain, snufferbux, swing city, the cowardly lion of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the giant horse of oz, the lost princess of oz, the merry mountaineer of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, willow grove park, wizard of oz |