La Jolla also impressed Baum, and two of his non-Oz books are set there, The Sea Fairies and Sky Island . A third, The Scarecrow of Oz , is a hybrid. “It begins in La Jolla.

But it does have a witch — Mombi — who is every bit as diabolical as the one in the first book. It is chock-full of vintage Baum characters: Jack Pumpkinhead, The Sawhorse, The Woggle-Bug, The ...

In L. Frank Baum’s book “The Marvelous Land of Oz”—second in the Oz series—we meet H.M. Woggle-Bug, T.E. (that is, Thoroughly Educated). This marvelous creature, who had listened to ...

The story would not be complete without the “much-less-cowardly” Lion and the smug but sophisticated Woggle-Bug. During his journey, Tip discovers a lot more about himself than he could have ...

The original musical created by a pair of Clevelanders is based on L. Frank Baum’s second book in the “Oz” series.