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Clash of Cultures

Immortal Longings of Oz, by Paul Dana – The adventures of Button-Bright and Ojo, who have obtained magic powers and use them to help people, continue with this trip to the Land of Ev. As this neighboring fairyland doesn’t share … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Christianity, Gender, History, Inuit, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Native American, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aesir, button-bright, death, ev, fairies, freydis eriksdottir, immortal longings of oz, immortality, ix, jesus, jordanna max brodsky, jotuns, king evardo xv, land of an, leif erikson, lurline, noland, ojo, onna val, paul dana, phoenix, prince inga of pingaree, queen regent eviret, queen zixi of ix, ragnarok, red jinn, sherwood smith, taqqiq, the wolf in the whale, trouble under oz, vikings, wheelers |

Mangaboos and More

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz isn’t one of my favorite Oz books, perhaps because the Emerald City seems less welcoming than usual. And after a journey as dark as the one in the rest of the book, where the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged andrew heller, boboland, braided man, celebrating ozma the silver jubilee issue, dama fruit, dorothy and the wizard in oz, gargoyles, jay delkin, land of naught, mangaboos, melody grandy, mermaids, nome king, nomes, oziana, pyramid mountain, rachel heller, ruggedo in oz, scott dickerson, sherwood smith, subterranea, the disenchanted princess of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the giant horse of oz, the mysterious palace of voe, the seven blue mountains of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tippetarius, tizzland, trouble under oz, valley of voe, vegetable kingdom, wizard of oz, xenia joy, zim greenleaf |

A Pyrate’s Life for Me

Sky Pyrates Over Oz, by Sherwood Smith – Back in 2005, Random House became the first major publisher in some time to put out a traditional Oz book, Smith’s The Emerald Wand of Oz. It featured the adventures of two … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged angelica shirley carpenter, dorothy gale, glinda, jean shirley, kim mcfarland, kingdom of dreams, l. frank baum: royal historian of oz, michael patrick hearn, patchwork girl, random house, sherwood smith, six snubnosed princesses, sky island, sky pyrates over oz, the emerald wand of oz, to please a child, trouble under oz, william stout |

Nome Family Reunion

The Talking City of Oz, by Ron Baxley, Jr. – This book was originally written for the International Wizard of Oz Club’s centennial contest, and published by March Laumer. I read that version and wrote a brief review of it … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Ron Baxley Jr., Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged acinad goes to the emerald city of oz, cory in oz, kaliko, nome king, nomes, pirates in oz, return to oz, ruggedo in oz, santa claus, sherwood smith, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magic diamond of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the talking city of oz, trouble under oz, wizard of oz |

Drifting Off to Dreamland

If you look at the map of the countries surrounding Oz from the endpapers of Tik-Tok of Oz, you’ll notice that the area just to the east (which is left on this map for some reason) of the Growleywogs’ territory … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreams, Oz, Places | Tagged alexample, castle in the air, charmed gardens of oz, dori, everett avila, growleywogs, john r. neill, kabumpo in oz, kingdom of dreams, l. frank baum, maps, march laumer, michael patrick hearn, oziana, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, phanfasms, popla, professor wogglebug, ruth plumly thompson, sandman, sherwood smith, the annotated wizard of oz, the runaway in oz, the tail of the pink goat, tik-tok of oz, trouble under oz, twinkler, whimsies |