RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON
August 3, 2015
Ruth Plumly Thompson, the 2nd Royal Historian of Oz, loved adverbs. Why? Her middle name was Plumly.
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THE AUNTIE EM KWIZ
January 10, 2013
On the day of her marriage to the future Uncle Henry, the future Auntie Em (pictured above): a. looked forward to the dream of exploring the Nile with her beloved. b. looked forward to Henry selling the farm and moving with her to Chicago. c. looked forward to a lifetime of drudgery with a twinkle […]
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A SENTENCE BY L. FRANK BAUM
October 27, 2012
But the tree next to the lunch-box tree was even more wonderful, for it bore quantities of tin dinner pails, which were so full and heavy that the stout branches bent underneath their weight. Why this sentence from Ozma of Oz? Simply because of the gifted storyteller’s use of the word ‘for’. He loved ‘for’ […]
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THE L. FRANK BAUM KWIZ
August 17, 2011
OZ THOUGHT
June 24, 2009
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a sigh. Down the mountain, the cook descended to the dungeon and shoved rind scrapings through the bars at the cruel king. In the Great Hall above, Queen Anne Marie hosted the villagers, proclaiming universal happiness for all save one, the cruel king.
