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The Road of Yellow Brick

also Yellow Brick Road · Yellow Road · Road of Yellow Bricks · yellow brick highway

The road that runs from the Munchkin country to the Emerald City.

First named in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, ch. 4

Toward evening they came to a great forest, where the trees grew so big and close together that their branches met over the road of yellow brick.

Where this is

  • placed In Oz worked out

    read out of the chapters cited on this page, not stated in any one sentence of them

Names in the books

  • called The Road of Yellow Brick 10 chapters

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz34578910

    The Marvelous Land of Oz6

    Ozma of Oz20

    The Gnome King of Oz14

  • called Yellow Brick Road 8 chapters

    The Royal Book of Oz1223

    The Cowardly Lion of Oz48918

    The Giant Horse of Oz4

  • called Road of Yellow Bricks 8 chapters

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz891011121314

    The Tin Woodman of Oz15

  • called yellow brick highway 3 chapters

    The Gnome King of Oz1

    The Giant Horse of Oz34

  • called Yellow Road 1 chapter

    The Royal Book of Oz2

What the books say it is

  • region runs through the Munchkin Country 1 chapter
    • He made good time in between falls, however, and was soon well on his way down the yellow brick road that ran through the Munchkin Country.
      The Royal Book of Oz, ch. 2
  • region leads to the Emerald City 1 chapter
    • "You are both charming and unusual, and if you follow that Yellow Road, you will come to the Emerald City, and Ozma will be delighted to welcome you."
      The Royal Book of Oz, ch. 2
  • made of brick 1 chapter
    • and in the morning they set out for the Emerald City, travelling over a road of yellow brick that led straight to the jewel-studded gates.
      Ozma of Oz, ch. 20
  • colour yellow 1 chapter
  • appearance branches meet over the road 1 chapter
    • Toward evening they came to a great forest, where the trees grew so big and close together that their branches met over the road of yellow brick.
      The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, ch. 4

Appearances

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
Ozma of Oz (1 of 21 chapters)
The Tin Woodman of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
The Royal Book of Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
The Giant Horse of Oz (1 of 20 chapters)

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