Tag Archives: storks

You Want Some Mo?

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Nathan

I’ve already written about elections and politics in Oz, so even though it’s Election Day here in the States, I’m going to write about a firmly entrenched royal family who never have to run for reelection, that of the Land of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Families, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships | Tagged cows, dragons, duchess bredenbutta, giants, gigaboo, hartilaf, history of prince zingle, king of mo, land of mo, maetta, monkeys, prince fiddlecumdoo, prince jollikin, prince the dog, prince thinkabit, prince zingle of mo, princess pattycake, princess truella of mo, purple dragon, queen of mo, storks, the magical monarch of mo, the royal explorers of oz, the strange adventures of the king's head, timtom, wizard of mo | Leave a comment

Birds of a Feather (and a Few Without)

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Nathan

I don’t think I’ve ever really written specifically about the birds in the Oz series, and there are quite a few of them. When Dorothy first arrives in Oz, she sees “birds with rare and brilliant plumage” in the Munchkin … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged balloon bird, balloon island, banana bird, barrel birds, birds, birds of paradise, bob up, bobolinks, captain salt, captain salt in oz, chapter three, chickens, cowardly lion, crows, dorothy and the wizard in oz, ducks, flittermouse, foolish owl, garden of eden, gluckbird, gooch, grand mo-gull, gulls, hummingbirds, hurrah birds, hurrah's nest, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jalapomp, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, lake orizon, lonesome duck, lucky bucky in oz, nickadoodle, notta bit more, orks, owls, oziana, patch, peli-cans, percy vere, peter brown, pirates in oz, policeman bluejay, reedbirds, rocs, roger the read bird, russet meagle, scissor bird, skyle of un, snif the iffin, stork scissors, storks, the cowardly lion of oz, the curious cruise of captain santa, the giant horse of oz, the little gingerbread man, the lost king of oz, the royal explorers of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, zazagooch | 1 Comment

Stork Watch

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Nathan

Storks appear from time to time in the Oz series and related books. In Dot and Tot of Merryland, the third valley is where white storks take care of babies, which drop into the valley in blossoms. In order to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Dennis Anfuso, German, L. Frank Baum, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Peter Clarke | Tagged a promise kept in oz, a small adventure in oz, dot and tot of merryland, glinda, maetta, merryland, princess truella of mo, scarecrow, storks, the lavender bear of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the wonderful wizard of oz | 1 Comment

When I See an Elephant Fly

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Nathan

We’re back to the Revisiting Disney series with the fourth animated film, Dumbo. This is one I can recall seeing a fair amount as a kid. It was the first of the animated classics to be released on home video, … Continue reading →

Posted in Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged crows, dumbo, elephants, mrs. jumbo, pink elephants, racism, sterling holloway, storks, timothy q. mouse | 10 Comments

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