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Books Within Books

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Nathan

One of Robert Pattrick’s essays in Unexplored Territory in Oz, “Books in Oz,” discusses just what it sounds like. It’s interesting to examine what books characters IN books read. Since fantasy adventure stories often don’t have a lot of down … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged book of royalty, book trees, bookman, books in oz, bookville, grampa in oz, jeremy steadman, kabumpo in oz, king ato, king fumbo of ragbad, margaret berg, ojo in oz, pirates in oz, princess gureeda, private jo files, rhyming dictionary, rith metic, robert pattrick, roger the read bird, speedy in oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald ring of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the reading tree of oz, the road to oz, the winged monkeys of oz, the wonder city of oz, thorns and private files in oz, tik-tok of oz, unexplored territory in oz | 1 Comment

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

Poets Who Know It

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Nathan

One of the characters introduced in the 1902 stage play of The Wizard of Oz who wasn’t in the book was Sir Dashemoff Daily, the Poet Laureate of Oz. I’m not sure if it was L. Frank Baum or someone … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Poetry, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bookville, cap'n bill, donald abbott, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, emerald city, eureka the pink kitten, flittermouse, general riskitt, halidom, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, merry go round in oz, ojo, ozma, pastoria, patchwork girl, percy vere, pigasus, popla, professor wogglebug, rhyming dictionary, sir dashemoff daily, sir wiley gyle, sky island, snif the iffin, the hidden valley of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the runaway in oz, the wizard of oz (stage play), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, twinkler | 3 Comments

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