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Ho Ho, Kerumph!

Kabumpo in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – You get two Oz posts in a row this week, because I’ve finished rereading this book for its hundredth anniversary. Thompson’s second Oz book is a clear improvement over her first, and Kabumpo … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dolls, elephants, emerald city, fairies, faleero, glegg, gnomes, illumi nation, jack pumpkinhead, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, luis ricardo falero, marriage, nome king, nomes, ozma, peg amy, prince pompadore, pumperdink, puns, rabbits, rith metic, tin woodman, trees, trot griffiths, twigs, wag the rabbit, water of oblivion, witches, wizard of oz |

Legends of Obscure Characters

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return didn’t contain very many references to the larger Oz series, even when they appeared in the source material. The China Country and the field-mice were there, as was a smaller version of the Sawhorse; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged baron belfaygor of bourne, chinda, dorothy of oz, general blotz, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jester, kabumpo in oz, legends of oz: dorothy's return, pumperdink, queen else of somewhere, roger baum, samandra, the giant horse of oz, the lost princess of oz, the runaway in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tune town, twigs, who's who in oz |