“Is he stuffed?” asked the Lion in surprise, as he watched her pick up the Scarecrow and set him upon his feet, while she patted him into shape again.

“Of course he’s stuffed,” replied Dorothy, who was still angry.

“That’s why he went over so easily,” remarked the Lion. “It astonished me to see him whirl around so. Is the other one stuffed also?”

“No,” said Dorothy, “he’s made of tin.” And she helped the Woodman up again.

“That’s why he nearly blunted my claws,” said the Lion. “When they scratched against the tin it made a cold shiver run down my back. What is that little animal you are so tender of?”

“He is my dog, Toto,” answered Dorothy.

“Is he made of tin, or stuffed?” asked the Lion.

“Neither. He’s a—a—a meat dog.”

Two very different books this month (but maybe they have some unexpected similarities?). Chris has returned to L. Frank Baum’s beloved The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and finally takes a look at some of its sequels. Suzanne reads Margareta von Oswald’s study Working Through Colonial Collections: An Ethnography of the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, and considers its nuanced exploration of the work that goes into dealing wtih a problematic museum collection. Also, Suzanne has a new book (which she edited with former guest of the show Melissa Moreton), and Chris has a bunch of new books (thanks, Independent Bookstore Day!).

L. Frank Baum: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels, including The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, and more...

Margareta von Oswald: Working through Colonial Collections: An Ethnography of the Ethnological Museum in Berlin

A current exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Chris talked about seeing a concert over on The Scene Of The Scene.

Norman Akers and his current residency.

Just in case: The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939).

A video essay on the making of The Wizard of Oz from the delightful Be Kind, Rewind.

Ruth Plumly Thompson’s Oz books.

The Ruby Slippers at the National Museum of American History.

The Saw-Horse, illustrated by John R. Neill.

Matilda Joslyn Gage.

Return to Oz (Walter Murch, 1985).

Geoff Ryman: Was.

Gregory Maguire: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.

Wicked (Jon M. Chu, 2024).

The Ethnological Museum in Berlin and the Humboldt Forum.

Suzanne wrote an article about getting to know the museum.

An overview of the Berlin Palace.

An article from the Guardian on the rebuilding of the palace.

And an overview of the Palast der Republik.

On the Humboldt brothers.

Adolf Bastian, founder of the Ethnological Museum in Berlin.

A statement by the Humboldt Forum’s collaborators from communities of origins.

Dahomey (Mati Diop, 2024).

Hidden Stories: Books Along the Silk Roads, which Suzanne helped curate at the Aga Khan Museum.

The objects from that exhibit.

Our episode with Melissa Moreton on that exhibit.

Suzanne Conklin Akbari & Melissa Moreton (eds.): Textiles in Manuscripts: A Local and Global History of the Book.

Canadian Independent Bookstore Day. (And the US version, on the same day.)

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