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Companimals

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Nathan

Animal companions are a recurring theme in the Oz books, starting with Dorothy’s dog Toto. Kids reading the books were likely used to pets, so it makes sense. Since animals talk in Oz, however, some animal characters are more equal … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bears, betsy bobbin, billina, bunnybury, camels, cats, catty corners, chalk, civilization, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, david perry, dogs, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, emerald city, eureka, frogman, glinda, griffins, grumpy, handy mandy in oz, hank the mule, high boy, horses, humpty bumpty, imogene the cow, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jim the cab-horse, jonathan andrew manley, kabumpo, keretaria, king skamperoo, nickadoodle, nine tiny piglets, notta bit more, nox the ox, ozma, ozma of oz, patch, patchwork girl, percy the personality kid, peter brown, pets, pigasus, pigs, pinny and gig, pirates in oz, professor wogglebug, pumperdink, rabbits, seebania, sir hokus of pokes, snif the iffin, snufferbux, speedy, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the lost king of oz, the royal book of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tompy terry, toto, yankee, yankee in oz, zeb hugson | Leave a comment

Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Nathan

As I mentioned last week, deportation from Oz doesn’t appear to be too common, and new arrivals can usually stay. The general exception to this rule is invading populations like the pirates and Octagon Islanders in Pirates in Oz and … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, John R. Neill, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged antiziganism, eureka, gypsies, mifkits, mooj, ojo, ozma, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pirates in oz, romani, the scalawagons of oz, zinaro | 5 Comments

Piglet Pride

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Nathan

The Nine Tiny Piglets are never especially important characters, but they do receive a some attention in the Oz books. They first appear in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz as animals the Wizard uses in his tricks. He claims … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, eureka, gili bar-hillel, glenn ingersoll, hugh pendexter, kimberly doyle, nine tiny piglets, ozma, pigmentation, pigs, professor grunter and squealina swyne, the crocheted cat in oz, the piglets' revenge, the tin woodman of oz, wizard of oz | 12 Comments

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