Quote:
Originally Posted by bellasmomok  In regard to Toto....the literary Toto was based on illustrator W.W. Denslow's own Yorkie!!!  Pretty cool huh?! Isn't it funny that there's so much written speculation when the illustrator HAD a Yorkie?!  |
I forgot to say...in the FIRST EDITION!! W.W. Denslow ONLY illustrated the 1st edition (he and Lyman Frank Baum quarreled over the stage adaptation, and Baum didn't want to work with him anymore). Not sure how Toto was portrayed in later editions...???