10 Minute Projects

Follow The YellowBrick Road

Printable Games

Find OZ Near You

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01 Sprin

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The

Wiza

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f OZ

and More

a family companion to the classics

Note from the Editorhelliphellippg 5Bio Of The Bookhelliphelliphelliphellippg 8 Science amp Art What a Great Pairpg 11Meet Sean Gates (Producer of a new Oz film)helliphelliphellippg 18 Find OZ Near You (OZ field trip guide)helliphelliphelliphelliphellippg 22Poetry Garden helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellippg 24-26 My Story Jennifer Knoblochhelliphellippg 27 Games and PrintablesScarecrowhelliphelliphelliphelliphellipPg 4Cowardly LionhelliphelliphellipPg 7DorothyhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipPg 17Oz Card GamehelliphelliphellipPg32-35

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Through out our pagesyou will find me Whenyou do click to see asurprize

Note from the Editorhelliphellippg 5Bio Of The Bookhelliphelliphelliphellippg 8 Science amp Art What a Great Pairpg 11Meet Sean Gates (Producer of a new Oz film)helliphelliphellippg 18 Find OZ Near You (OZ field trip guide)helliphelliphelliphelliphellippg 22Poetry Garden helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellippg 24-26 My Story Jennifer Knoblochhelliphellippg 27 Games and PrintablesScarecrowhelliphelliphelliphelliphellipPg 4Cowardly LionhelliphelliphellipPg 7DorothyhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipPg 17Oz Card GamehelliphelliphellipPg32-35

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Through out our pagesyou will find me Whenyou do click to see asurprize

Welcome to our very first issue I am excited to take this journey with you as webreak new ground in the digital world E-books are not new There are manyperiodicals for children and even some very good ones aimed at getting them toread but this offering has been carefully designed to be a sidekick in a sharedjourney with your child into the land of literature As you thumb through thepages you will find something wholly newThis season we are delving into the land of OZ the Technicolor dream that was solovingly given to us by Frank L Baum Many across the world have becomeenamored with this tale which became the inspiration for many movies graphicnovels stage plays spin-off series and much moreThis companion is not intended as fan fiction or an annotated analysis of belovedclassics This issue of The Gossamer Beacon is a collection of OZ-inspired artpoetry and original work To distill down this magical story is the standard withwhich our magazine has been brought to you this tale of Dorothy a lost andlonely girl who took on a witch saved her friends and just wanted to get home Ihope you and your child can find yourselves believing animals can talk in

mechanical men green glasses and the power of wisheshellipMarlo

Welcome to our very first issue I am excited to take this journey with you as webreak new ground in the digital world E-books are not new There are manyperiodicals for children and even some very good ones aimed at getting them toread but this offering has been carefully designed to be a sidekick in a sharedjourney with your child into the land of literature As you thumb through thepages you will find something wholly newThis season we are delving into the land of OZ the Technicolor dream that was solovingly given to us by Frank L Baum Many across the world have becomeenamored with this tale which became the inspiration for many movies graphicnovels stage plays spin-off series and much moreThis companion is not intended as fan fiction or an annotated analysis of belovedclassics This issue of The Gossamer Beacon is a collection of OZ-inspired artpoetry and original work To distill down this magical story is the standard withwhich our magazine has been brought to you this tale of Dorothy a lost andlonely girl who took on a witch saved her friends and just wanted to get home Ihope you and your child can find yourselves believing animals can talk in

mechanical men green glasses and the power of wisheshellipMarlo

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Note from the Editorhelliphellippg 5Bio Of The Bookhelliphelliphelliphellippg 8 Science amp Art What a Great Pairpg 11Meet Sean Gates (Producer of a new Oz film)helliphelliphellippg 18 Find OZ Near You (OZ field trip guide)helliphelliphelliphelliphellippg 22Poetry Garden helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellippg 24-26 My Story Jennifer Knoblochhelliphellippg 27 Games and PrintablesScarecrowhelliphelliphelliphelliphellipPg 4Cowardly LionhelliphelliphellipPg 7DorothyhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipPg 17Oz Card GamehelliphelliphellipPg32-35

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Through out our pagesyou will find me Whenyou do click to see asurprize

Note from the Editorhelliphellippg 5Bio Of The Bookhelliphelliphelliphellippg 8 Science amp Art What a Great Pairpg 11Meet Sean Gates (Producer of a new Oz film)helliphelliphellippg 18 Find OZ Near You (OZ field trip guide)helliphelliphelliphelliphellippg 22Poetry Garden helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellippg 24-26 My Story Jennifer Knoblochhelliphellippg 27 Games and PrintablesScarecrowhelliphelliphelliphelliphellipPg 4Cowardly LionhelliphelliphellipPg 7DorothyhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipPg 17Oz Card GamehelliphelliphellipPg32-35

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Through out our pagesyou will find me Whenyou do click to see asurprize

Welcome to our very first issue I am excited to take this journey with you as webreak new ground in the digital world E-books are not new There are manyperiodicals for children and even some very good ones aimed at getting them toread but this offering has been carefully designed to be a sidekick in a sharedjourney with your child into the land of literature As you thumb through thepages you will find something wholly newThis season we are delving into the land of OZ the Technicolor dream that was solovingly given to us by Frank L Baum Many across the world have becomeenamored with this tale which became the inspiration for many movies graphicnovels stage plays spin-off series and much moreThis companion is not intended as fan fiction or an annotated analysis of belovedclassics This issue of The Gossamer Beacon is a collection of OZ-inspired artpoetry and original work To distill down this magical story is the standard withwhich our magazine has been brought to you this tale of Dorothy a lost andlonely girl who took on a witch saved her friends and just wanted to get home Ihope you and your child can find yourselves believing animals can talk in

mechanical men green glasses and the power of wisheshellipMarlo

Welcome to our very first issue I am excited to take this journey with you as webreak new ground in the digital world E-books are not new There are manyperiodicals for children and even some very good ones aimed at getting them toread but this offering has been carefully designed to be a sidekick in a sharedjourney with your child into the land of literature As you thumb through thepages you will find something wholly newThis season we are delving into the land of OZ the Technicolor dream that was solovingly given to us by Frank L Baum Many across the world have becomeenamored with this tale which became the inspiration for many movies graphicnovels stage plays spin-off series and much moreThis companion is not intended as fan fiction or an annotated analysis of belovedclassics This issue of The Gossamer Beacon is a collection of OZ-inspired artpoetry and original work To distill down this magical story is the standard withwhich our magazine has been brought to you this tale of Dorothy a lost andlonely girl who took on a witch saved her friends and just wanted to get home Ihope you and your child can find yourselves believing animals can talk in

mechanical men green glasses and the power of wisheshellipMarlo

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Note from the Editorhelliphellippg 5Bio Of The Bookhelliphelliphelliphellippg 8 Science amp Art What a Great Pairpg 11Meet Sean Gates (Producer of a new Oz film)helliphelliphellippg 18 Find OZ Near You (OZ field trip guide)helliphelliphelliphelliphellippg 22Poetry Garden helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellippg 24-26 My Story Jennifer Knoblochhelliphellippg 27 Games and PrintablesScarecrowhelliphelliphelliphelliphellipPg 4Cowardly LionhelliphelliphellipPg 7DorothyhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipPg 17Oz Card GamehelliphelliphellipPg32-35

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Through out our pagesyou will find me Whenyou do click to see asurprize

Welcome to our very first issue I am excited to take this journey with you as webreak new ground in the digital world E-books are not new There are manyperiodicals for children and even some very good ones aimed at getting them toread but this offering has been carefully designed to be a sidekick in a sharedjourney with your child into the land of literature As you thumb through thepages you will find something wholly newThis season we are delving into the land of OZ the Technicolor dream that was solovingly given to us by Frank L Baum Many across the world have becomeenamored with this tale which became the inspiration for many movies graphicnovels stage plays spin-off series and much moreThis companion is not intended as fan fiction or an annotated analysis of belovedclassics This issue of The Gossamer Beacon is a collection of OZ-inspired artpoetry and original work To distill down this magical story is the standard withwhich our magazine has been brought to you this tale of Dorothy a lost andlonely girl who took on a witch saved her friends and just wanted to get home Ihope you and your child can find yourselves believing animals can talk in

mechanical men green glasses and the power of wisheshellipMarlo

Welcome to our very first issue I am excited to take this journey with you as webreak new ground in the digital world E-books are not new There are manyperiodicals for children and even some very good ones aimed at getting them toread but this offering has been carefully designed to be a sidekick in a sharedjourney with your child into the land of literature As you thumb through thepages you will find something wholly newThis season we are delving into the land of OZ the Technicolor dream that was solovingly given to us by Frank L Baum Many across the world have becomeenamored with this tale which became the inspiration for many movies graphicnovels stage plays spin-off series and much moreThis companion is not intended as fan fiction or an annotated analysis of belovedclassics This issue of The Gossamer Beacon is a collection of OZ-inspired artpoetry and original work To distill down this magical story is the standard withwhich our magazine has been brought to you this tale of Dorothy a lost andlonely girl who took on a witch saved her friends and just wanted to get home Ihope you and your child can find yourselves believing animals can talk in

mechanical men green glasses and the power of wisheshellipMarlo

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Welcome to our very first issue I am excited to take this journey with you as webreak new ground in the digital world E-books are not new There are manyperiodicals for children and even some very good ones aimed at getting them toread but this offering has been carefully designed to be a sidekick in a sharedjourney with your child into the land of literature As you thumb through thepages you will find something wholly newThis season we are delving into the land of OZ the Technicolor dream that was solovingly given to us by Frank L Baum Many across the world have becomeenamored with this tale which became the inspiration for many movies graphicnovels stage plays spin-off series and much moreThis companion is not intended as fan fiction or an annotated analysis of belovedclassics This issue of The Gossamer Beacon is a collection of OZ-inspired artpoetry and original work To distill down this magical story is the standard withwhich our magazine has been brought to you this tale of Dorothy a lost andlonely girl who took on a witch saved her friends and just wanted to get home Ihope you and your child can find yourselves believing animals can talk in

mechanical men green glasses and the power of wisheshellipMarlo

Welcome to our very first issue I am excited to take this journey with you as webreak new ground in the digital world E-books are not new There are manyperiodicals for children and even some very good ones aimed at getting them toread but this offering has been carefully designed to be a sidekick in a sharedjourney with your child into the land of literature As you thumb through thepages you will find something wholly newThis season we are delving into the land of OZ the Technicolor dream that was solovingly given to us by Frank L Baum Many across the world have becomeenamored with this tale which became the inspiration for many movies graphicnovels stage plays spin-off series and much moreThis companion is not intended as fan fiction or an annotated analysis of belovedclassics This issue of The Gossamer Beacon is a collection of OZ-inspired artpoetry and original work To distill down this magical story is the standard withwhich our magazine has been brought to you this tale of Dorothy a lost andlonely girl who took on a witch saved her friends and just wanted to get home Ihope you and your child can find yourselves believing animals can talk in

mechanical men green glasses and the power of wisheshellipMarlo

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Welcome to our very first issue I am excited to take this journey with you as webreak new ground in the digital world E-books are not new There are manyperiodicals for children and even some very good ones aimed at getting them toread but this offering has been carefully designed to be a sidekick in a sharedjourney with your child into the land of literature As you thumb through thepages you will find something wholly newThis season we are delving into the land of OZ the Technicolor dream that was solovingly given to us by Frank L Baum Many across the world have becomeenamored with this tale which became the inspiration for many movies graphicnovels stage plays spin-off series and much moreThis companion is not intended as fan fiction or an annotated analysis of belovedclassics This issue of The Gossamer Beacon is a collection of OZ-inspired artpoetry and original work To distill down this magical story is the standard withwhich our magazine has been brought to you this tale of Dorothy a lost andlonely girl who took on a witch saved her friends and just wanted to get home Ihope you and your child can find yourselves believing animals can talk in

mechanical men green glasses and the power of wisheshellipMarlo

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Copyright 2013 The GossamerBeacon All rights reserved Thismaterial may not be duplicated forany profit-driven enterpriseEditor Marlo BalmannoCopyright 2013 to Marlo Balmanno WelcomeToTheGossamerBeaconChasing Rainbows pg25Copyright 2013 Bethany PetersenAuthor Bio Of A Book pg 8-10Copyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconCover DesignCopyright 2013 Gossamer BeaconBack Cover DesignIllustrations Photography andartwork Copyright 2013 KL BalmannoIllustrations on pages 47 11 2436-37MS Office Stock photos used on

pages 41112 13 14 15 16 17Copyright 2013 Jennifer KnoblochCover Photography PhotographyBio Of A Book pg 8-10 My Story pg26-31Copyright2013ESWoodhouse TwoSisters Copyright 2011 Sean Gates of UsedProductions screen shots pg 18-21Classic Oz quotes L Frank Baum Classic Oz IllustrationsPg 5-6 The New Wizard of Oz 1900Edition WW Denslow John R Neill

ldquoFor my life is simply

unbearable without a bit of

couragerdquo C Li o n

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 inChittenango NY From a young ageFrank enjoyed writing later becomingdevoted to theater as well As childrenhe and his brother Henry produced theirown paper naming it after their homeRose Lawn Later Frank printed amagazine called The Stamp Collectorand accompanied it with a directory ofstamp dealersAs he grew up Frank worked in manyjobs including selling fireworksowning a general store and editing anewspaper He also managed an operahouse wrote several plays and acted inthem and later started a film studiowrote a number of screenplays anddirected two films before his studioclosedFrank his wife Maude and theirchildren moved to what was then theDakota Territory (now Aberdeen SD) in1888 in 1891 the Baumrsquos and their foursons moved to Chicago IL Two yearslater in 1893 the Worldrsquos ColumbianExposition also known as the ChicagoWorldrsquos Fair was held to celebrate the400th anniversary of ChristopherColumbusrsquo arrival in the New World Itcelebrated the fine arts and featuredmany new technologies and farmingmethods all of which were housed innearly 200 buildings that were paintedbright white This made them almostshine against the rest of Chicago andearned the Fair the nickname of ldquoTheWhite Cityrdquo The whole Worldrsquos Fair wasso big and so beautiful that it left alasting impression on Frank and laterinspiredhisvisionoftheEmeraldCityofOz

While living in Chicago Frankbegan writing books for children As achild Frank had loved reading butdisliked the more frightening

elements of popular fairytales such asthose by Hans Christian Andersen orthe Grimm brothers Instead he wouldretell or adapt the tales to make themmore delightful and less scary and as afather enjoyed telling theseadaptations to his children Withencouragement from his mother-in-law he began to write them down Hisfirst childrenrsquos book published in1897 was Mother Goose in Prose acollection of nursery rhymes withstories written out to expand on themThis was followed two years later byFather Goose His Book a collection oforiginal nonsense poems

The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas published the next year in 1900 Itwas a huge success and was the best-selling childrenrsquos book for two yearsIn writing The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrank had wanted to create anAmerican fairytale drawing on thewonder of Andersen and the Grimmbrothers but leaving behind anyhorrors He filled his book with thingsthat would be familiar to his readers ndashcornfields scarecrows and tornados ndashand added the magic of witches andwizards His heroine Dorothy was alsoeasy for readers to relate to being achild very much like themselves(continued on page 10 )

Bio Of A Book The Wizard Of OZ-------Bethany Peterson

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Rainy Day OZ Projects

(continued from page 9)To make the book even more enjoyable Frank teamed upwith cartoonist and poster designer W W Denslow whom he had worked with onFather Goose His Book to create over 100 illustrations for it including 24 in colorWith the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank was able to put all hisefforts into writing He wrote many more Oz books starting with The Land of Ozand eventually wrote in total 13 Oz sequels himself with over 20 more written byothers after Frankrsquos death He also wrote several other books many underdifferent names including the Mary Louise stories the Aunt Janersquos Nieces seriesand The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Never having lost his love of theaterhe also made a stage play of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Many other adaptationsof The Wonderful Wizard of Oz were made over the years both by Frank and byothers The most famous of these is the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz starring JudyGarland as DorothyIn the inscription to a book that Frank once gave to his sister he wrote that ldquoto please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms ones heart and brings itsown reward

In writing so many wonderful books that have brought such great enjoyment tochildren all over the world Frank achieved his greatest success

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

What you need At least 6 glassesLarge bowl of waterPaper towel (PT) roll or 100cotton ropeFood Coloring (Red BlueYellow)Water

What To Do1 Take two glasses Fill eachglass with 12cup water2 Add food coloring to 3 ofthe glasses (per directionson packaging)3 Cut rope into 6 equalpieces (soak in big bowl ofwater until sopping)4 Twist dry paper towel into

a rope5 Place one end of ropePTinto one cup of coloredwater and the other endinto an empty glass6 Repeat until all glasseshave two ropesPT soakingin them7 Watch as the ropePTabsorb the colors The rope method takes afull 30 min set this up takea walk or do some of our

mini projects

Rainbow Rope

What You NeedShallow Baking Pan Masking Tape Water Flat mirrorBlank white index card What To Do1 Place a strip of maskingtape sticky-side down onthe bottom of the bakingpan near one of theedges2 Fill the pan with about aneach of water3 Set the pan near awindow that has directsunlight streamingthrough it The masking

tape should be on the sideopposite the window4 Lean the mirror againstthat side of the baking panso that its bottom rests onthe masking tape It shouldnow be angled towardsthe top of the openwindow5 Hold the index card so that any light reflected from the mirror will shine on it A rainbow will appear on the card

This is because the water in the pansplit the white light into its differentcolors just like a prism does These

colors were then reflected in themirror and onto the card

Make Your Own Rainbow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

What You NeedTwo Plastic 1 liter BottlesWaterBowlDuct tapeMetal WasherPitcherSmall towel What To Do1Fill one bottle to the topwith water2Find a metal water thatfits as closeas possible on the mouth of the bottle3Dry bottle mouth withhand towel

4Place the second bottlemouth down onto filledbottle sandwiching thewasher between the two5Use duct tape to seal thetwo bottles together6Turn the bottles upsidedown and you will see thewater swirl creating a minivortex (tornado) as thewater drains into theempty bottle Make sure the connection is assturdy as possible with nobending

What You NeedGarden StonesYellow PaintGlow-in-the-dark StonePaintTooth BrushPlastic Dairy Tub Lid What To Do1 Wash the stones with ascrub brush2 Let Dry3 Paint Stones Yellow4 Pour Glow paint on to lid5 Dip tooth brush bristlesinto glow paint6 Point tooth brush

bristles up towardsstones By placing yourthumb on the bristlesbend knuckle This flickingaction splatters paint allover the stones

Place stones in your garden andwatch them glow when the sun

goes down

Follow theYellowBrick Road

TornadoInA Bottle

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Make your own Lightning

Yoursquoll needA roll of Winter Green Life Savers A few friends and darknes

1Gather together friends then stand in a circle Make sure everyonecan see each other

2Hand out life savers3Once every one has on the count of three start chomping the candy

Mouths open4You will see a greenish glow spark around the circle

Inflate a balloonYoull Need

Latex balloon 1 liter bottle plastic spoon funnel 1 level spoonful ofbaking soda 4 spoonfuls of white vineager

What to do1 Cafefully pour vineger into bottle using funnel

2 Dry funnel then use funnel to pour bakeing soda into bottle3 With out spilling any of the bottle contents attach balloon to mouth of

bottle4 Once balloon is in place lift balloon up and shake the bottle

Watch what happends

Mini ProjectsWhen All You Have is 10 Minutes

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

ldquoThe tinsmith forgot to give me a heartrdquo like he was randomly built by an idiot In thebook you learn he used to be a Munchkin and hersquos got this great tragic backstory thatwasnrsquot in that movie at all but that makes him so sympathetic and relatable A goodadventure story is more than just a journey from one physical place to another itrsquosalso a personal journey for the people involved TGB- How long did it take to film Sean- Well the process is ongoing Since wersquore not getting paid to do this we have towork on the movie when wersquore not working at our other jobs If all goes according toplan by the time folks are reading this wersquoll be filming the last of it We started filmingway back in 2009 and since we stumbled onto Mariellen Kemp whom we felt was theperfect Dorothy we had to film with her right away So she was shot entirely on a green-screen almost four years ago and wersquove done the rest as money and time haveallowed TGB- Which book is your favorite of the seriesSG- Irsquove only read the first three Lame as it sounds ldquoWonderful Wizardrdquo remains myfavorite as itrsquos the one I have a personal connection with The abridged version I hadas a kid was the first book I read to myself That only happens once I guess ldquoOzmardquowas the first book with a pumpkinhead in it that I ever read to myself Does that count Does it countless if I was like 24 at the time

Writer-producer Sean Gates grew up in Virginia and has a Bachelor ofFine Arts from Longwood University An avid reader and movie geek hegot into independent filmmaking because it was the logical extension ofhis interests in writing drawing and photography Working with directorClayton Spinney he began the pre-production phase on Oz in 2007Sean joins us here to share a little about the new film and what inspireshim TGB- What inspired you to take on such a beloved childrenrsquos classicSG- Irsquove always been a fan my Mom used to read it to me when I was little but I neverhad an unabridged copy of the book until sometime around 2000 when I found theBooks of Wonder edition in a bookstore I read it one Saturday morning and wassurprised at how different it was from the MGM film that Irsquod seen so many timesTGB- Why is there a need for a new movie about The Wizard of OZ Sean- Because therersquos never been a decent movie that was anything like the bookand I wanted to honor what Baum had actually written The MGM moviersquos good but itrsquosbasically nothing like the book Not only is the story cut to less than half of the plot butyou lose all the character work I mean Jack Haleyrsquos Tin Man says

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

TGB- If you could be an Oz character who would it be and whySG- I always think that the point of the Oz story is that you should always feel good aboutwho you are so Irsquom pretty content being me But if I HAD to be an Oz character Irsquodprobably say the Lion just because in spite of what he thinks of himself hersquos a verytough brave critter who does what needs doing even when he doesnrsquot really want to Ifigure life is full of times where we need to do stuff that is the exact opposite of fun so theLionrsquos a good one to emulate Or maybe I just picked him because I like cats TGB- Which Oz character was the most challenging to translate to screen SG- Dorothy actually Bet you didnrsquot see that coming It was hard to write Dorothyrsquos linesand not hear Judy Garland saying things like ldquooh myrdquo inside my head Or was that GeorgeTakei I dislike how helpless Judy Garlandrsquos Dorothy seems Dorothy in the book is a lotmore Laura Ingalls ndash gutsy strong good at taking care of herself I wanted to get thatright Irsquove always liked strong women I suspect Baum did too his mother-in-law was a feminist activist and Frank and his wifeMaud had Susan B Anthony as a houseguest sometimes If you look carefully at Oz yoursquollnotice all the magic-users are ladies and the one male ndash the Wizard ndash is a complete fraud And then the main character of the story is this tough little girl who brings out the best ineverybody she makes friends with Come on tell me therersquos not a message there

TGB- Your Kick Starter campaign was a success You looked like you had a great timefilming your entry video Has the film been as fun to make SG- When things are going well yes Wersquore constantly finding new obstacles we have tobeat which can be discouraging at times but also really satisfying when we overcomethem But when wersquore on-set with the lights humming and the camera rolling and peopleare speaking dialogue I wroteyeah therersquos nothing better Obstacles or not therersquosnothing Irsquod rather be doingTGB- When will we be able to see L Frank Baums the Wonderful Wizard of Oz SG- Honestly when the movie gets finished depends so much on the contributions of somany people not all of whom have as much invested in this as Clayton Drew and myselfdo that itrsquos pretty tough to predict Finishing all the effects in a timely fashion is going totake resources that we simply havenrsquot been able to line up yet But if we generate enoughinterest things will happen Wersquod love to get it done this year but Irsquoll settle for the oneafter if I have to Or a little help from George Lucas Irsquod settle for that too Click here to find out more

Dorothy Helps The Scarecrow

Hello Tin Man

Glindas Gate

The Bizarre Birth of the Scarecrow

Visions of Oz Exhibit March 3through 31 ndash Heritage Square

Museum Los Angeleswwwheritagesquareorg EmeraldPools Zions National Park Utah

Open all year long free Earth Week wwwzionnational-parkcomzion-

emerald-pools-trailhtm Emerald CityTrapease Seatle WA

wwemeraldcitytrapezecom LasVegas Balloon Festival OCTOBER 25

26 27 2013LASVEGASBALLOONFESTCOM

Miracle of America Museum (MoAM) 58176 Highway 93 Polson MT

wwwmiracleofamericamuseumorgArapahoe Pass and Lake Dorothy

Trail Nederland CO alltrailscomtrailuscoloradoarapahoe-pass-

and-lake-dorothy-trail Lions Mane Vintage 6607 Maple St

Omaha NEwwwfacebookcomLionsManeVinta

ge

OztoberFest September 27-29 ndash Wamego KSwwwoztoberfestcom Fields of Arizona

Poppies East Whitehouse Canyon Road justbefore mile marker 6 Turpentine Creek Wildlife

Refuge 239 Turpentine Creek Lane EurekaSprings AR wwwturpentinecreekorg

Yellow Brick Road Festival May 25-26 ndashSedan KS

httpgetruralkansasorgSedan104Events124shtml

Lionrsquos Head Off Glenn Highway in Glacier ViewAlaska wwwquietwanderingscom201303hiking-

alaska-lions-head Hot Air Balloon Ridesthroughout Alaska wwwweatycom

HotAirBalloonsAlaskaindexhtml TinmanTriathalon July 28 Oahu Hawaii Begins at Queenrsquos

Beach Pier wwwtinmanhawaiicom ParadiseBallooning Honolulu HI wwwballoonrideuscom

Chicago Oz Park 2021 N BurlingSt Lincoln Park IL Entrance is

where W Webster Ave meets NOrchard St Dorothy LakeOneida County Wisconsin

httpwwwlakeplacecomlakefinderwiflorencedorothy65

5100 Z-Balloon Adventures Des

Moines IA wwwzballooncom

The Original Yellow Brick Road SWater St Peekskill NY Home townof L Frank Baum Chittenango NY

May 31- June 2 2013wwwoz-stravaganzacom

The Flying Monkey Movie Houseand Performance Theater

39 S Main St Plymouth NHwwwfyingmonkeynhcom

Tin Man Sweets 208 E Main StreetEvans City PA 16033 Preakness

Celebration Balloon Festival 2700Turf Valley Road Ellicott City MD 3rd

weekend in May RubySlippersWicked costumes American

History Museum SmithsonianInstitution Washington DC April 5th

The Wizard of Oz January 26 2013 -September 15 2013 Port Discovery

Childrens Museum 35 Market PlaceBaltimore MD 21202 Emerald Hollow

Mine Hiddenite NC wwwhiddenitegemscom

The Tin Men WashboardSousaphone and Guitar Trio

New Orleans LA PoppyPaintings In The Wild Gallery

Smoky Mountain Arts and CraftsVillage 170 Glades Road 18

Gatlinburg TN 37738 Championship Hot Air BalloonRace Canton MS Land of Oz

Garden and Childrenrsquos Play AreaEpcot Center Orlando FL

Visions of Oz Exhibit March 3through 31 ndash Heritage Square

Museum Los Angeleswwwheritagesquareorg EmeraldPools Zions National Park Utah

Open all year long free Earth Week wwwzionnational-parkcomzion-

emerald-pools-trailhtm Emerald CityTrapease Seatle WA

wwemeraldcitytrapezecom LasVegas Balloon Festival OCTOBER 25

26 27 2013LASVEGASBALLOONFESTCOM

Miracle of America Museum (MoAM) 58176 Highway 93 Polson MT

wwwmiracleofamericamuseumorgArapahoe Pass and Lake Dorothy

Trail Nederland CO alltrailscomtrailuscoloradoarapahoe-pass-

and-lake-dorothy-trail Lions Mane Vintage 6607 Maple St

Omaha NEwwwfacebookcomLionsManeVinta

ge

OztoberFest September 27-29 ndash Wamego KSwwwoztoberfestcom Fields of Arizona

Poppies East Whitehouse Canyon Road justbefore mile marker 6 Turpentine Creek Wildlife

Refuge 239 Turpentine Creek Lane EurekaSprings AR wwwturpentinecreekorg

Yellow Brick Road Festival May 25-26 ndashSedan KS

httpgetruralkansasorgSedan104Events124shtml

Lionrsquos Head Off Glenn Highway in Glacier ViewAlaska wwwquietwanderingscom201303hiking-

alaska-lions-head Hot Air Balloon Ridesthroughout Alaska wwwweatycom

HotAirBalloonsAlaskaindexhtml TinmanTriathalon July 28 Oahu Hawaii Begins at Queenrsquos

Beach Pier wwwtinmanhawaiicom ParadiseBallooning Honolulu HI wwwballoonrideuscom

Chicago Oz Park 2021 N BurlingSt Lincoln Park IL Entrance is

where W Webster Ave meets NOrchard St Dorothy LakeOneida County Wisconsin

httpwwwlakeplacecomlakefinderwiflorencedorothy65

5100 Z-Balloon Adventures Des

Moines IA wwwzballooncom

The Original Yellow Brick Road SWater St Peekskill NY Home townof L Frank Baum Chittenango NY

May 31- June 2 2013wwwoz-stravaganzacom

The Flying Monkey Movie Houseand Performance Theater

39 S Main St Plymouth NHwwwfyingmonkeynhcom

Tin Man Sweets 208 E Main StreetEvans City PA 16033 Preakness

Celebration Balloon Festival 2700Turf Valley Road Ellicott City MD 3rd

weekend in May RubySlippersWicked costumes American

History Museum SmithsonianInstitution Washington DC April 5th

The Wizard of Oz January 26 2013 -September 15 2013 Port Discovery

Childrens Museum 35 Market PlaceBaltimore MD 21202 Emerald Hollow

Mine Hiddenite NC wwwhiddenitegemscom

The Tin Men WashboardSousaphone and Guitar Trio

New Orleans LA PoppyPaintings In The Wild Gallery

Smoky Mountain Arts and CraftsVillage 170 Glades Road 18

Gatlinburg TN 37738 Championship Hot Air BalloonRace Canton MS Land of Oz

Garden and Childrenrsquos Play AreaEpcot Center Orlando FL

Rainbow Chasing

Branch sitting feet swingingRain tapping leaves swaying

Sun beaming bow shiningFeet pounding ponytail

bouncingStreet ending sand ticklingWaves crashing rainbow

chasinghellipFreckles smiling

- M Balmanno

Poetry Garden

What is growing in our gardenProse rhymeWe hope you pick the flowers and readin timeGather together the Children roundWhisper words and sing aloud

Rainbow Chasing

Branch sitting feet swingingRain tapping leaves swaying

Sun beaming bow shiningFeet pounding ponytail

bouncingStreet ending sand ticklingWaves crashing rainbow

chasinghellipFreckles smiling

- M Balmanno

Poetry Garden

What is growing in our gardenProse rhymeWe hope you pick the flowers and readin timeGather together the Children roundWhisper words and sing aloud

Two SistersE S Woodhouse

There once were two sistersWho had never met mistersAnd lived in a little green houseThey never were happyThey were really quite sappyAnd only had time to grouse Their manners were badAnd their countenance sadFor these two sistersHad never met mistersAnd never saw what they alreadyhad They never did pineFor that which was fineOr listen to the trees at night Theynever did travelFar from their gravelOr try anything that they might They never did learnWhich phrases to turnOr how to listen at allThey never did read

Or study indeedAnd soon had quite a pall They never did tryOnly sat back to sighAnd wonder ldquoIs he thererdquoThey waited and waitedAnd never abatedTill they were old mean and square Since these two sistersHad never met mistersThey never saw what to cherishThey never saw what they hadIt is really quite sadTill the day that they had to perish So learn from these sistersWho had never met mistersAnd donrsquot wait for your prince tocomeGo out and find himOr wrestle a lionJust remember to have some fun

My StoryJennifer

Knobloch

Two SistersE S Woodhouse

There once were two sistersWho had never met mistersAnd lived in a little green houseThey never were happyThey were really quite sappyAnd only had time to grouse Their manners were badAnd their countenance sadFor these two sistersHad never met mistersAnd never saw what they alreadyhad They never did pineFor that which was fineOr listen to the trees at night Theynever did travelFar from their gravelOr try anything that they might They never did learnWhich phrases to turnOr how to listen at allThey never did read

Or study indeedAnd soon had quite a pall They never did tryOnly sat back to sighAnd wonder ldquoIs he thererdquoThey waited and waitedAnd never abatedTill they were old mean and square Since these two sistersHad never met mistersThey never saw what to cherishThey never saw what they hadIt is really quite sadTill the day that they had to perish So learn from these sistersWho had never met mistersAnd donrsquot wait for your prince tocomeGo out and find himOr wrestle a lionJust remember to have some fun

My StoryJennifer

Knobloch

A s a mother of three young children I know howspecial and how short-lived the early years can be I stealevery chance I get to capture the lives of my three little onesWinston Olivia and Laela Of the thousands of pictures Ivetaken Ive found that my favorites are those that capturethe children in the moment exploring giggling or simplyacting goofy Why Because these photographs tell a storyMy passion for photography began years ago I dabbled in italong the way but it was with the birth of my son when Irealized that I needed to hone my skills in order to captureeach fleeting moment So I readand readand read I didas much studying as a new mother could do I took someclasses I bought new camera equipment And I took A LOT ofpictures Seven years later here I am (continued on page 28)

A s a mother of three young children I know howspecial and how short-lived the early years can be I stealevery chance I get to capture the lives of my three little onesWinston Olivia and Laela Of the thousands of pictures Ivetaken Ive found that my favorites are those that capturethe children in the moment exploring giggling or simplyacting goofy Why Because these photographs tell a storyMy passion for photography began years ago I dabbled in italong the way but it was with the birth of my son when Irealized that I needed to hone my skills in order to captureeach fleeting moment So I readand readand read I didas much studying as a new mother could do I took someclasses I bought new camera equipment And I took A LOT ofpictures Seven years later here I am (continued on page 28)

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Theres so much more still left to discover

wwwgossamerbeaconcomwwwfacebookcomthegossamerbeacon

wwwtwittercomgossamerbeaconwwwpinterestcomgossamergal

Rainbow Chasing

Branch sitting feet swingingRain tapping leaves swaying

Sun beaming bow shiningFeet pounding ponytail

bouncingStreet ending sand ticklingWaves crashing rainbow

chasinghellipFreckles smiling

- M Balmanno

Poetry Garden

What is growing in our gardenProse rhymeWe hope you pick the flowers and readin timeGather together the Children roundWhisper words and sing aloud

Two SistersE S Woodhouse

There once were two sistersWho had never met mistersAnd lived in a little green houseThey never were happyThey were really quite sappyAnd only had time to grouse Their manners were badAnd their countenance sadFor these two sistersHad never met mistersAnd never saw what they alreadyhad They never did pineFor that which was fineOr listen to the trees at night Theynever did travelFar from their gravelOr try anything that they might They never did learnWhich phrases to turnOr how to listen at allThey never did read

Or study indeedAnd soon had quite a pall They never did tryOnly sat back to sighAnd wonder ldquoIs he thererdquoThey waited and waitedAnd never abatedTill they were old mean and square Since these two sistersHad never met mistersThey never saw what to cherishThey never saw what they hadIt is really quite sadTill the day that they had to perish So learn from these sistersWho had never met mistersAnd donrsquot wait for your prince tocomeGo out and find himOr wrestle a lionJust remember to have some fun

My StoryJennifer

Knobloch

Two SistersE S Woodhouse

There once were two sistersWho had never met mistersAnd lived in a little green houseThey never were happyThey were really quite sappyAnd only had time to grouse Their manners were badAnd their countenance sadFor these two sistersHad never met mistersAnd never saw what they alreadyhad They never did pineFor that which was fineOr listen to the trees at night Theynever did travelFar from their gravelOr try anything that they might They never did learnWhich phrases to turnOr how to listen at allThey never did read

Or study indeedAnd soon had quite a pall They never did tryOnly sat back to sighAnd wonder ldquoIs he thererdquoThey waited and waitedAnd never abatedTill they were old mean and square Since these two sistersHad never met mistersThey never saw what to cherishThey never saw what they hadIt is really quite sadTill the day that they had to perish So learn from these sistersWho had never met mistersAnd donrsquot wait for your prince tocomeGo out and find himOr wrestle a lionJust remember to have some fun

My StoryJennifer

Knobloch

A s a mother of three young children I know howspecial and how short-lived the early years can be I stealevery chance I get to capture the lives of my three little onesWinston Olivia and Laela Of the thousands of pictures Ivetaken Ive found that my favorites are those that capturethe children in the moment exploring giggling or simplyacting goofy Why Because these photographs tell a storyMy passion for photography began years ago I dabbled in italong the way but it was with the birth of my son when Irealized that I needed to hone my skills in order to captureeach fleeting moment So I readand readand read I didas much studying as a new mother could do I took someclasses I bought new camera equipment And I took A LOT ofpictures Seven years later here I am (continued on page 28)

A s a mother of three young children I know howspecial and how short-lived the early years can be I stealevery chance I get to capture the lives of my three little onesWinston Olivia and Laela Of the thousands of pictures Ivetaken Ive found that my favorites are those that capturethe children in the moment exploring giggling or simplyacting goofy Why Because these photographs tell a storyMy passion for photography began years ago I dabbled in italong the way but it was with the birth of my son when Irealized that I needed to hone my skills in order to captureeach fleeting moment So I readand readand read I didas much studying as a new mother could do I took someclasses I bought new camera equipment And I took A LOT ofpictures Seven years later here I am (continued on page 28)

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Theres so much more still left to discover

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wwwtwittercomgossamerbeaconwwwpinterestcomgossamergal

Two SistersE S Woodhouse

There once were two sistersWho had never met mistersAnd lived in a little green houseThey never were happyThey were really quite sappyAnd only had time to grouse Their manners were badAnd their countenance sadFor these two sistersHad never met mistersAnd never saw what they alreadyhad They never did pineFor that which was fineOr listen to the trees at night Theynever did travelFar from their gravelOr try anything that they might They never did learnWhich phrases to turnOr how to listen at allThey never did read

Or study indeedAnd soon had quite a pall They never did tryOnly sat back to sighAnd wonder ldquoIs he thererdquoThey waited and waitedAnd never abatedTill they were old mean and square Since these two sistersHad never met mistersThey never saw what to cherishThey never saw what they hadIt is really quite sadTill the day that they had to perish So learn from these sistersWho had never met mistersAnd donrsquot wait for your prince tocomeGo out and find himOr wrestle a lionJust remember to have some fun

My StoryJennifer

Knobloch

Two SistersE S Woodhouse

There once were two sistersWho had never met mistersAnd lived in a little green houseThey never were happyThey were really quite sappyAnd only had time to grouse Their manners were badAnd their countenance sadFor these two sistersHad never met mistersAnd never saw what they alreadyhad They never did pineFor that which was fineOr listen to the trees at night Theynever did travelFar from their gravelOr try anything that they might They never did learnWhich phrases to turnOr how to listen at allThey never did read

Or study indeedAnd soon had quite a pall They never did tryOnly sat back to sighAnd wonder ldquoIs he thererdquoThey waited and waitedAnd never abatedTill they were old mean and square Since these two sistersHad never met mistersThey never saw what to cherishThey never saw what they hadIt is really quite sadTill the day that they had to perish So learn from these sistersWho had never met mistersAnd donrsquot wait for your prince tocomeGo out and find himOr wrestle a lionJust remember to have some fun

My StoryJennifer

Knobloch

A s a mother of three young children I know howspecial and how short-lived the early years can be I stealevery chance I get to capture the lives of my three little onesWinston Olivia and Laela Of the thousands of pictures Ivetaken Ive found that my favorites are those that capturethe children in the moment exploring giggling or simplyacting goofy Why Because these photographs tell a storyMy passion for photography began years ago I dabbled in italong the way but it was with the birth of my son when Irealized that I needed to hone my skills in order to captureeach fleeting moment So I readand readand read I didas much studying as a new mother could do I took someclasses I bought new camera equipment And I took A LOT ofpictures Seven years later here I am (continued on page 28)

A s a mother of three young children I know howspecial and how short-lived the early years can be I stealevery chance I get to capture the lives of my three little onesWinston Olivia and Laela Of the thousands of pictures Ivetaken Ive found that my favorites are those that capturethe children in the moment exploring giggling or simplyacting goofy Why Because these photographs tell a storyMy passion for photography began years ago I dabbled in italong the way but it was with the birth of my son when Irealized that I needed to hone my skills in order to captureeach fleeting moment So I readand readand read I didas much studying as a new mother could do I took someclasses I bought new camera equipment And I took A LOT ofpictures Seven years later here I am (continued on page 28)

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Theres so much more still left to discover

wwwgossamerbeaconcomwwwfacebookcomthegossamerbeacon

wwwtwittercomgossamerbeaconwwwpinterestcomgossamergal

Two SistersE S Woodhouse

There once were two sistersWho had never met mistersAnd lived in a little green houseThey never were happyThey were really quite sappyAnd only had time to grouse Their manners were badAnd their countenance sadFor these two sistersHad never met mistersAnd never saw what they alreadyhad They never did pineFor that which was fineOr listen to the trees at night Theynever did travelFar from their gravelOr try anything that they might They never did learnWhich phrases to turnOr how to listen at allThey never did read

Or study indeedAnd soon had quite a pall They never did tryOnly sat back to sighAnd wonder ldquoIs he thererdquoThey waited and waitedAnd never abatedTill they were old mean and square Since these two sistersHad never met mistersThey never saw what to cherishThey never saw what they hadIt is really quite sadTill the day that they had to perish So learn from these sistersWho had never met mistersAnd donrsquot wait for your prince tocomeGo out and find himOr wrestle a lionJust remember to have some fun

My StoryJennifer

Knobloch

A s a mother of three young children I know howspecial and how short-lived the early years can be I stealevery chance I get to capture the lives of my three little onesWinston Olivia and Laela Of the thousands of pictures Ivetaken Ive found that my favorites are those that capturethe children in the moment exploring giggling or simplyacting goofy Why Because these photographs tell a storyMy passion for photography began years ago I dabbled in italong the way but it was with the birth of my son when Irealized that I needed to hone my skills in order to captureeach fleeting moment So I readand readand read I didas much studying as a new mother could do I took someclasses I bought new camera equipment And I took A LOT ofpictures Seven years later here I am (continued on page 28)

A s a mother of three young children I know howspecial and how short-lived the early years can be I stealevery chance I get to capture the lives of my three little onesWinston Olivia and Laela Of the thousands of pictures Ivetaken Ive found that my favorites are those that capturethe children in the moment exploring giggling or simplyacting goofy Why Because these photographs tell a storyMy passion for photography began years ago I dabbled in italong the way but it was with the birth of my son when Irealized that I needed to hone my skills in order to captureeach fleeting moment So I readand readand read I didas much studying as a new mother could do I took someclasses I bought new camera equipment And I took A LOT ofpictures Seven years later here I am (continued on page 28)

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Theres so much more still left to discover

wwwgossamerbeaconcomwwwfacebookcomthegossamerbeacon

wwwtwittercomgossamerbeaconwwwpinterestcomgossamergal

A s a mother of three young children I know howspecial and how short-lived the early years can be I stealevery chance I get to capture the lives of my three little onesWinston Olivia and Laela Of the thousands of pictures Ivetaken Ive found that my favorites are those that capturethe children in the moment exploring giggling or simplyacting goofy Why Because these photographs tell a storyMy passion for photography began years ago I dabbled in italong the way but it was with the birth of my son when Irealized that I needed to hone my skills in order to captureeach fleeting moment So I readand readand read I didas much studying as a new mother could do I took someclasses I bought new camera equipment And I took A LOT ofpictures Seven years later here I am (continued on page 28)

A s a mother of three young children I know howspecial and how short-lived the early years can be I stealevery chance I get to capture the lives of my three little onesWinston Olivia and Laela Of the thousands of pictures Ivetaken Ive found that my favorites are those that capturethe children in the moment exploring giggling or simplyacting goofy Why Because these photographs tell a storyMy passion for photography began years ago I dabbled in italong the way but it was with the birth of my son when Irealized that I needed to hone my skills in order to captureeach fleeting moment So I readand readand read I didas much studying as a new mother could do I took someclasses I bought new camera equipment And I took A LOT ofpictures Seven years later here I am (continued on page 28)

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Theres so much more still left to discover

wwwgossamerbeaconcomwwwfacebookcomthegossamerbeacon

wwwtwittercomgossamerbeaconwwwpinterestcomgossamergal

A s a mother of three young children I know howspecial and how short-lived the early years can be I stealevery chance I get to capture the lives of my three little onesWinston Olivia and Laela Of the thousands of pictures Ivetaken Ive found that my favorites are those that capturethe children in the moment exploring giggling or simplyacting goofy Why Because these photographs tell a storyMy passion for photography began years ago I dabbled in italong the way but it was with the birth of my son when Irealized that I needed to hone my skills in order to captureeach fleeting moment So I readand readand read I didas much studying as a new mother could do I took someclasses I bought new camera equipment And I took A LOT ofpictures Seven years later here I am (continued on page 28)

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Theres so much more still left to discover

wwwgossamerbeaconcomwwwfacebookcomthegossamerbeacon

wwwtwittercomgossamerbeaconwwwpinterestcomgossamergal

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Theres so much more still left to discover

wwwgossamerbeaconcomwwwfacebookcomthegossamerbeacon

wwwtwittercomgossamerbeaconwwwpinterestcomgossamergal

Capturing family moments and family spirits isone of my greatest pleasures Another greatlove Literature Yup thats right Im a readingnut I love love love to get my hands on a goodbook (in fact I have a whole stack of wonderfulreads on my night stand right now) So I believe itwas much more than good fortune that broughtme to discover Marlo Through working withMarlo I have been able to to discover a wholenew side of photography through literature

This current issue which focuses on theclassic story The Wizard of Oz was so muchfun to shoot I knew I wanted the photographsto echo the story without being too cheesy Imust say I am pleased with the result and Ihope you all are too So stick around perusethe wonderful website Marlo has createdand stop by to visit us again

Smiles

Jennifer

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Theres so much more still left to discover

wwwgossamerbeaconcomwwwfacebookcomthegossamerbeacon

wwwtwittercomgossamerbeaconwwwpinterestcomgossamergal

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Theres so much more still left to discover

wwwgossamerbeaconcomwwwfacebookcomthegossamerbeacon

wwwtwittercomgossamerbeaconwwwpinterestcomgossamergal

Classic Oz MatchingGame

Printing InstructionsUsing card stock

Make two copies of page oneFlip paper over and print pages two

and three on the backs of the first twopages printed

The cards should line upCut and get matching

Theres so much more still left to discover

wwwgossamerbeaconcomwwwfacebookcomthegossamerbeacon

wwwtwittercomgossamerbeaconwwwpinterestcomgossamergal

Theres so much more still left to discover

wwwgossamerbeaconcomwwwfacebookcomthegossamerbeacon

wwwtwittercomgossamerbeaconwwwpinterestcomgossamergal