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Nome in Your Home
‘Tis the season, so I thought I would reread and review some Christmas-related Oz books. The Enchanted Gnome of Oz, by Greg Hunter – This one is set during Christmas Eve and Day, and it is relevant to the plot, … Continue reading →
Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Christmas, Dennis Anfuso, Families, Holidays, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ray Powell, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged belinda, button-bright, christmas in oz, dragons, elves, emerald city, goblins, greg hunter, handy mandy in oz, jack pumpkinhead, joe bongiorno, julenisse, knooks, magic belt, magic umbrella, mister flint in oz, nisser, nome king, nomes, ozette, ozma, pastoria, paul dana, robin hess, ryls, santa claus, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, toto and the cats of oz, witches, wizard of oz |
Yew and Me
The Enchanted Island of Yew, by L. Frank Baum – This year is the 120th anniversary of this book, and I guess I first read it around thirty years ago. I have the edition Chris Dulabone published, a paperback with … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dick Martin, Gender, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places | Tagged dragons, fairies, gray men, high ki of twi, james e. haff, king terribus of spor, knooks, kwytoffle, nerle, ozma, prince marvel, red rogue of dawna, ryls, the enchanted island of yew, the life and adventures of santa claus, twi, wizard of oz |
Ask the Flowers to Tell You
Yesterday was L. Frank Baum’s birthday, and Tuesdays are my designated days for writing about Oz, although it doesn’t always work out that way. Since I had something more pressing to write about yesterday, I’m going to look at a … Continue reading →
Posted in Characters, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Magic, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ray Powell, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged american fairy tales, burzee, chloris, fairies, favonius, flora, floralia, flower fairies, flowers, grampa in oz, immortals, karpos, king of the ryls, knooks, nelebel's fairyland, nymphs, ozga, prince marvel, prince of the ryls, rose kingdom, ryls, santa claus, tanko-mankie, the dummy that lived, the enchanted island of yew, the enchanted types, the gardener's boy of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the raggedys in oz, the road to oz, the ryl, the ryl of the lilies, the vegetable man of oz, the yellow ryl, tik-tok of oz, urtha, zephyrus |
Shanower on Santa
I bought a copy of L. Frank Baum’s The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus with illustrations by Eric Shanower back in July, and I might as well take a closer look at it now. I re-read the story, which … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Christmas, Eric Shanower, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a kidnapped santa claus, a visit from st nicholas, awgwas, daemons, gnomes, immortals, knooks, laughing valley of hohaho, mo, nomes, phunnyland, reindeer, ryls, santa claus, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magical monarch of mo, the road to oz |
A Few Bad Fairies
It’s been established that fairies in mythology and folklore can be either good or bad, and in fact are often amoral. In L. Frank Baum’s fantasy, however, fairies are pretty much always good. When he wrote about the Immortals in … Continue reading →
Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Fred Otto, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged ak, audia, burzee, California, celestia, claudia, dubra, emerald city, enilrul, fairies, faleero, falingo, flying cloak of invisibility, follensby forest, fraudia, gigans, gnomes, groves of trom, hallita, immortals, jack frost, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, kettywig, king randywell, knooks, lurline, mildred l. palmer, necile, nelanthe, nelebel, nelebel's fairyland, nomes, nymphs, ozma, patchwork girl, pumperdink, rimmers, ryls, scarecrow, the banishment of faleero, the forgotten forest of oz, the invisible fairy of oz, the king who changed his mind, the life and adventures of santa claus, the master crafters of oz, the purple prince of oz, the red jinn in oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the witch queen of oz, tippetarius in oz, water of oblivion, witches |
Immortal Redundancy
Robert Pattrick makes a point in Unexplored Territory in Oz about immortals in L. Frank Baum’s fantasy world who appear to have overlapping functions. In The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, we’re told that the crooked Knooks have the … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Characters, Comics, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged animal fairy tales, fairies, fairy beavers, hank the mule, immortals, john dough and the cherub, knooks, light elves, lulea, lurline, mermaids, nymphs, pittypat the rabbit, princess clia, queen erma, queen zixi of ix, robert pattrick, ryls, the enchanted island of yew, the life and adventures of santa claus, the road to oz, the sea fairies, tiger fairies, tik-tok of oz, tititi-hoochoo, unexplored territory in oz |
Santa Faces His Daemons
A Kidnapped Santa Claus, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Alex Robinson – I’m sure I’ve already written about the original story, which isn’t really too developed in terms of plot (especially since we pretty much already know the Daemon … Continue reading →
Posted in Book Reviews, Christmas, Comics, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a kidnapped santa claus, alex robinson, fairies, knooks, pixies, ryls, santa claus, the life and adventures of santa claus |