Category: L. Frank Baum

‘There’s No Place Like Home’: L. Frank Baum’s Short Story, ‘The Man in the Moon’

Each year, hundreds of people travel to different countries, flocking to their “bucket list” locations to meet new people and try new things. But the most important journeys begin and end with home. In his short story, “The Man in the Moon,” L. Frank Baum shows how the Man’s journey from the moon to earth…


Repentance Brings Virtue Into the Light: L. Frank Baum’s Short Story, ‘A Kidnapped Santa Claus’

Although we are beginning a new year rather rather looking toward the end of the last one, it’s always a good time to think about repentance. Sometimes we let vice rule our lives, hiding our virtue in the deepest and darkest parts of ourselves. In his short story, “A Kidnapped Santa Claus,” L. Frank Baum…