What are Neills other Oz works?
The first Oz book to come out under Neill’s name was The Oz Toy Book in 1915, a series of character portraits printed on cardstock so they could be cut out and made to stand. Unfortunately the publishers didn’t clear this with Baum, causing some bitterness between Baum and Neill, despite the book being the publishers’ idea. Baum feared that Neill, like Denslow before him, was trying to take credit for the creation of his characters. Reilly and Britton were able to placate Baum, and The Oz Toy Book was not reprinted and largely forgotten. It has now been reprinted in black and white, currently available from IWOC. The manuscript for Neill’s fourth novel was kept by his family, and in 1995 it was edited and illustrated by Eric Shanower, and published as The Runaway in Oz by Books of Wonder. It is currently available from both Books of Wonder and from Shanower through Hungry Tiger Press.
