- We examine the negative attitudes of powerful children's librarian Anne Carroll Moore toward the works of L. Frank Baum, and her efforts to see that children weren't able to read them.
- It also takes a look at the ugly scene that took place at a Jell-O sponsored party between Moore and Oz book writer Ruth Plumly Thompson.
- Finally, we begin a discussion about Baum's influence in commercializing children's literature, and we begin to talk about the commercial empire of Oz.
We have a third example of an over-zealous librarian failing to find the joy in the land of Oz.
