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Scraps on the Run

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Nathan

The Runaway in Oz, by John R. Neill – Before Neill’s death in 1943, he had completed a manuscript for this, his fourth Oz book. He hadn’t finished the illustrations, however, and that and other factors led to its not … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Dreams, Eric Shanower, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Relationships | Tagged alexample, books of wonder, fanny the weather witch, fred meyer, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, lucky bucky in oz, patchwork girl, popla, professor wogglebug, quinces, robert pattrick, spoolicle, the emerald city of oz, the runaway in oz, the wonder city of oz, twinkler, witches | 2 Comments

Spectacle Spectacular

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Nathan

I find it interesting that the Frogman in The Lost Princess of Oz is said to wear “great spectacles with gold rims, not because his eyes were bad, but because the spectacles made him look wise.” I don’t know how … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alexample, blink, character marker, cowardly lion, demon of electricity, dunkiton, emerald city, expectacles, faleero, foxes, foxville, frogman, glasses, grand duke hoochafoo, guardian of the gates, handy mandy in oz, jim the cab-horse, kabumpo, king kik-a-bray, king renard iv of foxville, looking glasses, monocle, nome king, our landlady, pirates in oz, potaroo, red jinn, spectacles, the cowardly lion of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost princess of oz, the master key, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway in oz, the silver princess in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, w. w. denslow, wise donkey, wizard of oz, wumbo | 4 Comments

We Don’t Need No Education

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Nathan

As I’ve said before, the Oz books don’t say a whole lot on education in the fairyland. When the Wogglebug, who becomes educated by listening to the lectures at a country schoolhouse, is given the post of Public Educator by … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Education, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alexample, college of art and athletic perfection, dr. pipt, education pills, herby the medicine man, mixed magic makes misery, mombi, ozma, ozma of oz, professor grunter swyne, professor nowitall, professor wogglebug, randy hoffman, ruggedo and the school of magic, the emerald city of oz, the magic tapestry of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the marvelous land of oz, the runaway in oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tippetarius in oz, wicked, wise donkey, witches, wizard of oz, wumbo | Leave a comment

School Days

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Nathan

Now that we’ve reached one of the most dreaded periods for children, back-to-school time, I was wondering about schools in Oz. We know that schools exist in the land, as the Woggle-Bug describes being educated in a rural schoolhouse by … Continue reading →

Posted in John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged alexample, college of art and athletic perfection, ozma, ozma of oz, professor nowitall, professor wogglebug, school, the emerald city of oz, the runaway in oz | 1 Comment

Drifting Off to Dreamland

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Nathan

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 | 6 Comments

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