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Eleven, Twelve, Pig and Delve

The first noticeable thing about the 1995 Oziana is that the cover has a picture by the late Rob Roy MacVeigh of the main characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. There’s also inside cover art by editor Robin Olderman, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Dreams, Eric Shanower, Games, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a princess of oz, betsy bobbin, cats, david hulan, david maxine, delves, destre xan childs, dolls, emerald city, eureka the pink kitten, glinda, jack pumpkinhead, james vincent iii, k. kline, kaliko in oz, karyl carlson, magic belt, nine tiny piglets, nome king, nome kingdom, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, pigs, queen delva, rob roy macveigh, robin olderman, scarecrow, the dollmaker of oz, the purple prince of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's tale, tin woodman, trot griffiths, wag the rabbit, wizard of oz, yellow brick road |

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 |

A Child’s Garden of Curses

While children’s media obviously tend not to contain many actual curse words, characters in them do often use milder swears. Sometimes they’re as simple as minced oaths like “darn” and “heck,” but other writers get much more creative. I’m sure … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television | Tagged a frog he would a-wooing go, a refugee in oz, billina, captain salt, captain salt in oz, carter green, curses, gili bar-hillel, gollywockers, grampa in oz, grumpy the bear, handy mandy, hippikaloric, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jellia jamb, jenny jump, john fricke, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, kim mcfarland, kinkajou, krizzle kroo, lurline, nome king, nomes, notta bit more, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, peter brown, pirates in oz, red jinn, roger the read bird, sauce box, scarecrow, speedy, speedy in oz, swearing, the gnome king of oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the woozy's tale, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, trumpkin, wag the rabbit, woozy, zim greenleaf |

Some Bunny Special

According to the McGraws’ Merry Go Round in Oz, the Easter Bunny lives in the Munchkin Country of Oz, and is a loyal subject of Ozma. Edward Wagenknecht is quoted in the most recent Baum Bugle as having said that … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Easter, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged bunnybury, circlets of halidom, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, easter bunny, Edward Wagenknecht, halidom, merry go round in oz, rabbits, santa claus, the life and adventures of santa claus, the road to oz, the ryl of the lilies, the strange adventures of an easter egg, wag the rabbit |