Thatababy by Paul Trap for October 23, 2019

Actually, I think it was called “Return to Oz” and it was released in 1985.

Baum did write 13 sequels, Ruth Plumly Thompson 19 more, and assorted others a further 7!

I read all of them when I WAS a child, then, when I HAD a child, DelRay Books issued a paperback set of L. Frank Baum’s 14 books as an anniversary edition. And on the 100th anniv’ of “The Wizard of Oz” book, all 14 were brought out in reprints of the originals…needless to say, I have all 14.

BTW: Jack Pumpkinhead is in no way scary, he’s a lil silly and not very smart, typical of Baum’s whimsical creations.

About 80%-90% of the great movie classics were based on other medias (books, real life events) sequels, or remakes.

And Ozma was his mother!

The fifth Oz book is actually titled “The Road to Oz”.

My first thoughts when I saw jack the pumpkin king was the Nightmare Before Christmas, but that’s Tim Burton

I happened to love Return to Oz. Delightfully creepy and funny at the same time.

Goodbye yellow brick road, where the dogs of society howl… (Elton John – Yellow Brick Road)

I’m a little surprised to find that I’m the first to mention “A Barnstormer in Oz,” by Philip Jose Farmer (1982), a somewhat more realistic take on the Land of Oz.

When I was a kid, I thought Jack Pumpkinhead’s argument with the Scarecrow over whether they spoke the same language or not was funnier than “Who’s on First”.

If you have an e-reader (Kindle) you can get most of the L. Frank Baum books for free. If not on Amazon, try the Gutenberg project. Many out of copyright books are free.

The latest is a cartoon series that started in 2017 animated of “Dorthy In Oz”. Much of it riffs off of the 1939 movie.