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The Offbeat Officials of Oz

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Nathan

The Oz books have a lot of small royal courts with unusually-titled officials. This is something we see much more often in Ruth Plumly Thompson, but L. Frank Baum did have a few examples. In John Dough and the Cherub, … Continue reading →

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Don’t Pester the Jester

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Nathan

Continuing with the April Fools’ theme, I thought I’d look at some court fools in the Oz series. There’s some overlap here with the poets and rhymers. For instance, the Rhyming Dictionary was the Book of Royalty’s jester until he … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bamboula, book of royalty, bunnybury, china country, clowns, corumbia, dorothy of oz, emerald city, fools, gayelette, grampa in oz, hah hoh, happy toko, jesters, kimbaloo, king capers, king cheeriobed, martin hopwell, melody grandy, monday mountain, mr. joker, palumbo, patchwork girl, peter pun, play, queen celestia, rhyming dictionary, rimmers, roger baum, sapphire city, scarecrow, silver island, speedy in oz, summer saltin, the emerald city of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the lost king of oz, the royal book of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tippetarius in oz, town crier, umbrella island, wicked witch of the west | 3 Comments

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