The Emerald City is built all of beautiful marbles in which are set a profusion of emeralds, every one exquisitely cut and of very great size. There are other jewels used in the decorations inside the houses and palaces, such as rubies, diamonds, sapphires, amethysts and turquoises. But in the streets and upon the outside of the buildings only emeralds appear, from which circumstance the place is named the Emerald City of Oz.
The sixth Oz book has Dorothy coming up with a very creative solution to her aunt and uncle's financial woesDorothy has decided to take Uncle Henry and Aunt Em to live in the Land of Oz, with the help of Princess Ozma.
Memorably illustrated tale of Dorothy's move to Oz. Entertaining fantasy introduces the amusingly bizarre Cuttenclips, Wogglebug, Grand Gallipoot, and the Flutterbudgets. 105 black-and-white illustrations.
Dorothy's aunt and uncle get acquainted with Oz after they lose their farm and Ozma invites them to live with her.
The Emerald City of Oz
While they are toured through the Quadling Country, the Nome King is assembling allies for an invasion of Oz. This is the first time in the Oz series that Baum made use of double plots for one of the books
Dorothy's aunt and uncle get acquainted with Oz after they lose their farm and Ozma invites them to live with her.
Dorothy visits the magical land of Oz, returns with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, and helps Princess Ozma try to prevent the Skeezers and Flatheads from fighting
While they are toured through the Quadling Country, the Nome King is assembling allies for an invasion of Oz. This is the first time in the Oz series that Baum made use of double plots for one of the books.
The Emerald City of Oz is the sixth novel in the Oz series and was adapted into a Canadian animated film in 1987.
The Emerald City of Oz For the first time in more than eighty years, the most spectacularly illustrated of all the Oz books is available again with the metallic "emerald" green ink that illuminated the color plates of the original edition ...