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Fairy Families

Although I can’t actually find a post where I do so, I believe I’ve written before about how The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus mentions near the beginning that “[a]ll the immortals are full-grown; there are no children among … Continue reading →

Posted in Camilla Townsend, Characters, Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Families, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged elves, enilrul, fairies, frost king, gnomes, grampa in oz, hans christian andersen, ice king, immortals, iris, j. l. bell, jack frost, king anko, laura jane musser, light elves, lurline, margaret berg, mermaids, nomes, paul dana, polychrome, prince flash, prince twilight, queen aquareine, rain king, rainbow, santa's surprise, skadi, sky island, snow queen, terra obscura, the blue raindrops of oz, the crocheted cat in oz, the giant horse of oz, the ice king of oz, the law of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the northeast wind in oz, the road to oz, the romance of the silver shoes, the royal explorers of oz, the witch queen of oz, tik-tok of oz, tititi-hoochoo, twin properties, wendy roth, zephyrus |

Mountains of Mystery

Even though John Dough and the Cherub clearly indicates that Hiland and Loland are on an island, called Hi-Lo by some and Lo-Hi by others, the map in the Tik-Tok of Oz endpapers shows them as part of the mainland, … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Dulabone, Dick Martin, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged captain salt in oz, hiland, ivalane valley, ivalor, jack breton, james e. haff, john burton hatcher, john dough and the cherub, john drury clark, larry breton, loland, meerth, nimenvell, ozma of oz, skeezik and the mys-tree of oz, terra obscura, the baum bugle, the gardener's boy of oz, the magic tapestry of oz, the ork in oz, the royal explorers of oz, the search for soob, thorns and private files in oz, witches, zectorland |

Happy We’ll Be Beyond the Sea

Picture by Alejandro Garcia I came across the song “Beyond the Sea” in two quite unrelated places as of late. One was in the third book of The Royal Explorers of Oz, in which the mermaid Chrysalissium (Sally for short) … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Characters, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, Marcus Mebes, Music, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged beyond the sea, bobby darin, charles trenet, chrysalissium, finding nemo, heart and soul, Jack Lawrence, la mer, leo chauliac, mermaids, minus 5, over the rainbow, terra obscura, the royal explorers of oz |

Even in the Most Encroaching of Darkness, There Is Always, Always Oz

I’ve managed to get my hands on a few Oz books recently. In fact, I still have a few more to go. The ones of this batch that I’ve read so far are about as different in tone as possible, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, captain salt, captain salt in oz, cowardly lion, crescent moon, crescent moon over tarara, donald abbott, dorothy gale, father goose, father goose in oz, father goose: his book, glinda, kalidahs, king anko, klein bottle, martin gardner, oprah winfrey, pearls of pingaree, pingaree, prince bobo, queen aquareine, rainbow, rudy giuliani, scarecrow, tarara, terra obscura, the annotated alice, the marvelous land of oz, the royal explorers of oz, the sea fairies, the wonderful wizard of oz, through the looking-glass, tin woodman, visitors from oz, voyage of the crescent moon, wicked witch of the west |