Emerald City Podcast: Ruth Plumly Thompson vs. The Wicked Witch

In this third episode of the Emerald City podcast, we delve even deeper into the censorship of the Oz books.  In this episode:

• 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.