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To Oz! on a wonderful journey through children’s literary maps.

April 17, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 7 Comments

Today for the letter O on the A to Z Blog Challenge,  we’re traveling over the rainbow and down the yellow brick road using maps of the Land of Oz.

This map was created for Frank L. Baum’s 1908 play and lecture series, The Fairylogue and Radio Plays that were intended to promote the first three Oz books. He showed it on a screen as he read:

“I will now show you a map of Oz, so you will understand my story better. You see, the Land of Oz is divided into four parts, that at the North being the Country of the Gillikins, the East the Country of the Munchkins; the South the Country of the Quadlings, and the West the Country of the Winkies. It was in the Munchkin Country, where you see the black cross [actually a star], that the cyclone dropped Dorothy’s house.

 

These next two maps are in the eighth book in the series, Tik-Tok of Oz (1914).

 

 

Oddly, the maps switch the positions of Munchkin and Winkie Counties from the original map.

 

The map on the back endpapers  shows Oz surrounded by Baum’s other fantasy lands.

 

 This is the black and white map printed on page 75 of the first edition of The Lost Princess of Oz (1917) – the eleventh in the series.

 

 

The Wizard of Oz Game was manufactured by Parker Brothers in 1921. The playing pieces were pewter cast characters of Dorothy, Toto, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman. To move, each player would roll a die containing the letters W,I, Z, A, R, D.

 

This updated map showing Oz in much more detail was created by in the 1960s by cartographer James E. Haff and artist Dick Martin for the International Wizard of Oz Club.

 

This illustration was drawn by Dick Martin for The Visitors From Oz (1960)

 

Visit Hungry Tiger Talk to read and learn more about the Land of Oz. (my illustration source)

Watch a short video about the Wonderful Maps of Oz

For hours of Oz entertainment visit  the International Oz Club.

Thanks for visiting!

 

Filed Under: Blogging A to Z, book maps, Books Tagged With: a to z blog challenge, Maps in Children's Books, Wizard of Oz Maps

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  1. Eva says

    April 17, 2018 at 6:41 pm

    On the contrary to Narnia, I’m a big fan of Oz books!

    I hadn’t seen the film(s) as a child, but never read any book. I took the first one four or five years ago, and I got immediately hooked. Actually, I read all the books by L. Frank Baum. And even started a postal project about (See here).

    You bet… I was expecting Oz for the O post! 😀

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    • Claire Annette Noland says

      April 21, 2018 at 4:37 pm

      Glad I didn’t disappoint!
      I love your Oz project. A good friend of mine was the president of the Oz Society one year. She even wrote a children’s biography of Frank L. Baum.

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  2. Evelyne Holingue says

    April 17, 2018 at 9:41 pm

    Another great post for the challenge, Claire. I still love the photos on the sidebar 🙂
    Evelyne Holingue recently posted…From A to Z, Twenty-Six Funny, Weird, Vivid French ExpressionsMy Profile

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  3. Hilary Melton-Butcher says

    April 17, 2018 at 9:46 pm

    Hi Claire – that was fun … as I didn’t know about the maps … but really only know the films … still fascinating to see – cheers Hilary
    Hilary Melton-Butcher recently posted…O is for Okanagan Valley and Osoyoos …My Profile

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  4. Colin says

    April 18, 2018 at 1:20 am

    That’s cool! I knew there were more Oz books, but this is the first I’ve seen original maps. Fascinating. Thanks for this, Claire! 🙂

    Have a wonderful A-Z!

    http://www.colindsmith.com/blog

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  5. Trine Grillo says

    April 18, 2018 at 2:57 am

    Classics like this will never fade away.

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  6. Ellen @ The Cynical Sailor says

    April 18, 2018 at 7:49 pm

    I wonder why the two counties switched places. You must be having so much fun with this A to Z series. I love looking at the maps and books you’re showing us. Would be fun research to do.
    Ellen @ The Cynical Sailor recently posted…P Is For “Pinguino” {Penguin} | A To Z ChallengeMy Profile

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