Munchkin Country
also Land of the Munchkins · Country of the Munchkins · Munchkin Country of Oz · Munchkin Country
The blue country where Dorothy's house comes to earth, and where the road of yellow brick begins.
First named in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, ch. 2
Her tears seemed to grieve the kind-hearted Munchkins, for they immediately took out their handkerchiefs and began to weep also.
Where the books disagree
Baum puts the Munchkins in the east. Thompson agrees in Kabumpo in Oz (1922) and reverses herself five years later in The Gnome King of Oz (1927), where the Munchkins are western and the Winkies eastern. The compass of Oz is disputed not only between its two authors but within one of them.
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They are the people who live in this land of the East where the Wicked Witch ruled.
L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, ch. 2 1900
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Oz itself is a huge oblong country divided into four parts, the North being the purple Gilliken country, the East the blue Munchkin country, the South the red lands of the Quadlings, and the West the pleasant yellow country of the Winkies.
Ruth Plumly Thompson Kabumpo in Oz, ch. 4 1922
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There are four large countries in Oz; the yellow Winkie Land of the East, the purple Gillikin country of the North, the blue Munchkin country of the West and the red lands of the Quadlings in the South.
Ruth Plumly Thompson The Gnome King of Oz, ch. 2 1927
Names in the books
- Munchkin Country
- Country of the Munchkins
- Munchkin Country of Oz
- Land of the Munchkins
Appearances
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (4 of 24 chapters)
The Marvelous Land of Oz (4 of 24 chapters)
Ozma of Oz (1 of 21 chapters)
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (2 of 20 chapters)
The Road to Oz (2 of 24 chapters)
The Emerald City of Oz (3 of 30 chapters)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (6 of 28 chapters)
The Lost Princess of Oz (3 of 26 chapters)
The Tin Woodman of Oz (8 of 24 chapters)
- 1 The Tin Woodman sat on his glittering tin throne in the handsome tin
- 2 The Emperor of the Winkies paused in his story to reach for an oil-can,
- 3 Woot the Wanderer slept that night in the tin castle of the Emperor of
- 8 "Quick!" cried Polychrome the Canary; "we must hurry, or Mrs. Yoop may
- 10 "Our best plan," said the Scarecrow Bear, when the Green Monkey had
- 15 Ozma and Dorothy were quite pleased with Woot the Wanderer, whom they
- 17 It was not more than a two hours' journey to the house where Nimmie Amee
- 18 The Tin Woodman had just noticed the cupboards and was curious to know
The Magic of Oz (7 of 23 chapters)
Glinda of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
The Royal Book of Oz (2 of 24 chapters)
The Cowardly Lion of Oz (4 of 22 chapters)
Grampa in Oz (1 of 22 chapters)
The Lost King of Oz (1 of 21 chapters)
The Giant Horse of Oz (4 of 20 chapters)
The Yellow Knight of Oz (1 of 20 chapters)
Connections from others
Wise Donkey lives in Munchkin Country 1 chapter
stated in The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 8
Wicked Witch of the East rules Munchkin Country 1 chapter
stated in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, ch. 2