The Oz books

The Oz books are a series of books, which begin with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and deal with the "history" of the Land of Oz.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

• Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife.
  • Chapter 1, "The Cyclone"
  • Opening words

The Marvelous Land of Oz

• Mombi was not exactly a Witch, because the Good Witch who ruled that part of the Land of Oz had forbidden any other Witch to exist in her dominions. So Tip's guardian, however much she might aspire to working magic, realized it was unlawful to be more than a Sorceress, or at most a Wizardess.
  • Chapter 1, "Tip Manufactures Pumpkinhead"

Ozma of Oz

• He was only about as tall as Dorothy herself, and his body was round as a ball and made out of burnished copper. Also his head and limbs were copper, and these were jointed or hinged to his body in a peculiar way, with metal caps over the joints, like the armor worn by knights in days of old. He stood perfectly still, and where the light struck upon his form it glittered as if made of pure gold.
  • Chapter 4, "Tiktok the Machine Man"

• SMITH & TINKER'S Patent Double-Action, Extra-Responsive, Thought-Creating, Perfect-Talking MECHANICAL MAN Fitted with our Special Clock-Work Attachment. Thinks, Speaks, Acts, and Does Everything but Live. Manufactured only at our Works at Evna, Land of Ev. All infringements will be promptly Prosecuted according to Law.
  • Chapter 4, "Tiktok the Machine Man"
  • Plate on back of Tik-Tok

Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz

• "I have nine lives," said the kitten, purring softly as it walked around in a circle and then came back to the roof; "but I can't lose even one of them by falling in this country, because I really couldn't manage to fall if I wanted to."
  • Chapter 2, "The Glass City"

The Road to Oz

• He told Dorothy he had brushed his shaggy hair and whiskers; but she thought he must have brushed them the wrong way, for they were quite as shaggy as before.
  • Chapter 4, "King Dox"

The Emerald City of Oz

• "Oh indeed!" exclaimed the King. Then he turned to his servants and said: "Please take General Crinkle to the torture chamber. There you will kindly slice him into thin slices. Afterward you may feed him to the seven-headed dogs."
  • Chapter 4, "How The Nome King Planned Revenge"

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

• "If any of us takes a rest,
  We'll be arrested sure,
  And get no restitution
  'Cause the rest we must endure."
  • Chapter 6, "The Journey"

Tik-Tok of Oz

• DIRECTIONS FOR USING: For THINKING:--Wind the Clockwork Man under his left arm, (marked No. 1). For SPEAKING:--Wind the Clockwork Man under his right arm, (marked No. 2). For WALKING and ACTION:--Wind Clockwork Man in the middle of his back, (marked No. 3). N. B.--This Mechanism is guaranteed to work perfectly for a thousand years.
  • Chapter 7, "Polychrome's Pitiful Plight"
  • Plate on the back of Tik-Tok

Rinkitink in Oz

• "Then he was wrong to have been born at all. Cheek- eek-eek-eek, oo, hoo!" chuckled Rinkitink, his fat body shaking with merriment. "But it's hard to prevent oneself from being born; there's no chance for protest, eh, Bilbil?"
  • Chapter 5, "The Three Pearls"

The Lost Princess of Oz

• "To be sure. Our throats and stomachs are lined with solid gold, and we find the thistles nourishing and good to eat. As a matter of fact, there is nothing else in our country that is fit for food. All around the City of Thi grow countless thistles, and all we need do is to go and gather them. If we wanted anything else to eat, we would have to plant it, and grow it, and harvest it, and that would be a lot of trouble and make us work, which is an occupation we detest."
  • Chapter 9, "The High Coco-Lorum of Thi"

The Tin Woodman of Oz

• "Beautiful things may be admired, if not loved," asserted the Tin Man. "Flowers are beautiful, for instance, but we are not inclined to marry them. Duty, on the contrary, is a bugle call to action, whether you are inclined to act, or not. In this case, I obey the bugle call of duty."
  • Chapter 2, "The Heart of the Tin Woodman"

The Magic of Oz

• "I think I prefer to be a Bear," said Big Bru. "I was born a Bear, and I know a Bear's ways. So I am satisfied to live as a Bear lives."
  • Chapter 8, "The Li-Mon-Eags Make Trouble"

Glinda of Oz

• "What do you want?" the ape asked at last.
  "Nothing," said Ervic.
  "You may have that!" retorted the ape
  • Chapter 18, "The Cleverness of Ervic"