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The Phantom Tollbooth
anniversary (1996) of this modern kids' classic with a special hardcover
edition! This ingenious fantasy centeres around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who
comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces
with a watchdog named Tock, Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and
begins a memorable journey. He meets such characters as the foolish, yet
lovable Humbug, the Mathemagician, and the not-so-wicked "Which, " Faintly
Macabre, who gives Milo the "impossible" mission of returning two princesses to
the Kingdom of Wisdom...
Book Details
- Publisher: Random House Children's Books
- Publish Date: Oct 12nd, 1988
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Edition: Anniversary - 0035
- Dimensions: 7.50in - 5.20in - 0.70in - 0.40lb
- EAN: 9780394820378
- Recommended age: 08-12
- Categories: • Classics• Fantasy - General• Action & Adventure - General
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About the Author
Jules Feiffer is the author of several books for young readers, including The Man in the Ceiling and A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears, I Lost My Bear, Bark, George, and Meanwhile.... He has won a number of prizes for his cartoons, plays, and screenplays. Mr. Feiffer lives in New York City.
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What people are saying
"It was the book I checked out from the library more times than any other; the book that it always pained me to finish...The puns might be for the birds, but truly, they’re for all of us."
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‘Here is a book that gloriously champions the importance of learning... It should be required reading for every child from the age of 9, and every parent of whatever age, in the land.’ Rohan Candappa on Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth in SF Issue 29 https://t.co/MhtbTCAEEi https://t.co/qa0k0i0SQl
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“The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.” Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth. 📷PS https://t.co/ezI1t1SJY8
Praise for this book
"A classic--Humorous, full of warmth and real invention."-The New Yorker
"The Phantom Tollbooth is the closest thing we have to a modern Alice in Wonderland."--The Guardian
"The book lingers long after turning the final page. . . . A classic indeed." --Los Angeles Review of Books
"You loved the humor and adventure . . . and [now] you'll marvel at [the book's] wit, complexity, and its understanding of how children perceive the passage of time." --Entertainment Weekly
What people are saying
"It was the book I checked out from the library more times than any other; the book that it always pained me to finish...The puns might be for the birds, but truly, they’re for all of us."
The good-looking, intelligent & slightly eccentric magazine & podcast for book lovers | Publishers of classic memoirs & children’s books | Worldwide shipping
‘Here is a book that gloriously champions the importance of learning... It should be required reading for every child from the age of 9, and every parent of whatever age, in the land.’ Rohan Candappa on Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth in SF Issue 29 https://t.co/MhtbTCAEEi https://t.co/qa0k0i0SQl