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'Wicked' Books To Read If You Can't Get Enough Of Oz

Nov 11, 2024 | betches.com | L. Frank Baum |Gregory Maguire |Danielle Paige |Samantha Bohrman

A Hollywood book-to-movie adaptation? Tired. A Hollywood book-to-movie-back-to-book-to-musical-to-movie adaptation? Unprecedently wired! That’s the yellow brick road that led to Ariana Grande making history as Glinda the Good Witch in Jon Chu’s Wicked movie, coming to a theatre near you ASAP.
"The Wizard of Oz," Nearly 125 Years On

Nov 1, 2024 | airmail.news | Errol Morris |L. Frank Baum

I have a long and abiding interest in Oz. As a young child, I devoured book after book after book in the series. When L. Frank Baum died and was replaced by Ruth Plumly Thompson, I was perfectly happy: it meant I could continue to read about Oz. The joy was that it was endless. You could sink in and stay forever. The authorship was secondary. Although by the time Thompson gave it up and was replaced by a third writer, I, too, had had enough.
King Dox -- Chapter IV

Jan 13, 2024 | beyondthewizard.substack.com | L. Frank Baum

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. IT was amusing to note the expression on the face of King Dox as he looked the boy over, from his sailor hat to his stubby shoes; and it was equally diverting to watch Button-Bright stare at the King in return. No fox ever beheld a fresher, fairer child's face, and no child had ever before heard a fox talk, or met with one who dressed so handsomely and ruled so big a city.
A Queer Village -- Chapter III

Jan 10, 2024 | beyondthewizard.substack.com | L. Frank Baum

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A Queer Village -- Chapter III

Jan 10, 2024 | beyondthewizard.substack.com | L. Frank Baum

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. BUTTON-BRIGHT took the shaggy man's hand willingly; for the shaggy man had the Love Magnet, you know, which was the reason Button-Bright had loved him at once. They started on, with Dorothy on one side, and Toto on the other, the little party trudging along more cheerfully than you might have supposed. The girl was getting used to queer adventures, which interested her very much.
Dorothy Meets Button-Bright -- Chapter II

Jan 6, 2024 | beyondthewizard.substack.com | L. Frank Baum

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. THE seventh road was a good road, and curved this way and that—winding through green meadows and fields covered with daisies and buttercups and past groups of shady trees. There were no houses of any sort to be seen, and for some distance they met with no living creature at all.
The Way to Butterfield -- Chapter I

Jan 3, 2024 | beyondthewizard.substack.com | L. Frank Baum

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The Way to Butterfield -- Chapter I

Jan 3, 2024 | beyondthewizard.substack.com | L. Frank Baum

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. "PLEASE, miss," said the shaggy man, "can you tell me the road to Butterfield?"Dorothy looked him over. Yes, he was shaggy, all right; but there was a twinkle in his eye that seemed pleasant. "Oh, yes," she replied; "I can tell you.
The Road to Oz | Book V

Jan 2, 2024 | beyondthewizard.substack.com | 'S Note |L. Frank Baum

To my readers: Well, my dears, here is what you have asked for: another "Oz Book" about Dorothy's strange adventures. Toto is in this story, because you wanted him to be there, and many other characters which you will recognize are in the story, too.
The Road to Oz | Book V

Jan 2, 2024 | beyondthewizard.substack.com | 'S Note |L. Frank Baum

To my readers: Well, my dears, here is what you have asked for: another "Oz Book" about Dorothy's strange adventures. Toto is in this story, because you wanted him to be there, and many other characters which you will recognize are in the story, too.