When Toto disappears while they are visiting their friends in Oz, Dorothy finds him caught by an unusual Golden Boy who is under the spell of the Wicked Witch of the West.

When Toto disappears while they are visiting their friends in Oz, Dorothy finds him caught by an unusual Golden Boy who is under the spell of the Wicked Witch of the West.

One day a tiny Pekinese puppy named Puffy stumbled over a seven leaf clover, which are thought to be magic. For days afterward he chased and jumped in the air at things which people couldn't see--could they be fairies?

This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.

This book provides synopses and basic bibliographical information for the 40 Oz books in the original series and a number of related books by the Royal Historians of Oz; synopses and credits for live performances, radio shows, performances on audiobook or vinyl records; theatrical films, and TV seriers; educational films; comic adapatations, electronic games; websites; and scenes on TV or in movies that have an Oz element.

Dorothy and her friends, the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and Jack Pumpkinhead, travel across Oz in search of the young wizard who stole Princess Ozma'a Magic Belt.