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Summary: Wonderful book
Review: I can't believe my mother gave me the Phantom Tollbooth 35 years ago, but I just took my copy down from the shelf and sure enough, it was printed in 1961. I loved it as a nine-year-old, I read it to my own children when they were little, and I've frequently re-read it when no other book would do. It's funny and clever. The illustrations by Jules Feiffer enchanted me as a child and still delight me today.
A slight correction to your synopsis: Faintly Macabre IS
the not-so-wicked-Which.
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Summary: This book is just about perfect
Review: For many years, this book was my "rainy day" book; whenever it rained and I had nothing else to do, I read this book and loved it. For the intelligent child of any age, this book can't be beat--it is similar in tone to, and ranks with, Alice in Wonderland
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Summary: This is the best book I ever read!!
Review: This book is about a boy who is always bored, until one day
when he comes home from school and finds a tollbooth
in his room. As he has nothing else to do, he
drives through the tollbooth. He finds himself in another world. In this world he meets four main characters, a dog,
a spelling bee and two brothers. The boy learns that two
princesses, rhyme and reason, have been put in a castle in
the sky by the two brothers. Each of the brothers represent
words and numbers. Everything got mixed up after they put
their princess sisters in the castle. The two brothers argue over which is better, words or numbers. The boy learns all about the words and numbers and then sets out to
rescue the princesses. The boy has many adventures during his mission to rescue the sisters. It is a very very exciting and interesting story. I don't want to tell you any more about the story, but this book is a MUST READ BOOK!
IT IS GREAT! I am an almost 10 year old boy. I think both
boys and girls would love this book ages 8 and up.
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Summary: This is the best book I ever read!!
Review: This book is about a boy who is always bored, until one day when he comes home from school and finds a tollbooth in his
room. As he has nothing else to do, he drives through it.
He finds himself in another world. In this world he meets four main characters, a dog, a spelling bee and two people.
The boy learns that two princesses, rhyme and reason have been put in a caslte in the sky by the two people, which are two brothers too the princesses. Each of the brothers represent words and numbers. Everything got mixed up after
they put their princess sisters in the castle. The two brothers argue over which is better, words or numbers. The boy learns all about the words and numbers and then sets
out to rescue the sisters in the castle. The boy has many adventures during his mission to rescue the sisters. It is
a very very exciting and interesting story. I don't want to
tell you any more about the story, but this book is a MUST READ BOOK. IT IS GTEAT! I am an almost 10 year old boy. I think both boys and girls would love this book ages 8 and up!
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Summary: Messages for all ages, multi-level appeal
Review: My favorite children's book and favorite adult book all in one. So many aha's about how life works woven into an intriguing fairytale. I love it every time I read it. Teri-E Belf, Success Coac
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Summary: What a wonderful book
Review: This book is just so clever. I mean the word play in this book never ends. I love all the ideas in this book, but my favorite ideas are that sounds are made and that someone plays the color in the world. I will most likely allways remember when Milo claps his hands and all the paper surrounds him. This is my third time reading this book and I highly recomend it to anyone and everyone.
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Summary: Classic wordplay!
Review: This book is fun for all ages, one of the handful of great children's books that will still be fun to read 50 years from now. It's like Dr. Seuss for older children. Buy it. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: The greatest children's book I have ever read
Review: I remember reading Norton Juster's "The Phantom Tollbooth" when I was in third grade and liking it for its adventure, its characters, and its wordplay (though I missed most of it that time around). I've kept the same copy over the years - both covers have fallen off, but I have fond memories of it. About a week ago I took it off the shelf and read it again because I was bored (much like Milo, the book's main character, was when he first stepped into the Tollbooth). What I found was a splendid allegorical story that has a refreshing lookout on life quite different from that preached by most children's fantasy. The genre of escapist fantasy, fueled by claims that as long as one has imagination one doesn't have to do anything, is debunked by this book. Its last words are "I would like to make another trip, but I really don't know when I'll have the time. There's just so much to do right here."The wordplay in this book approaches Carollian proportions in parts. The descriptions of the demons near the end (including such monstrosities as the Horrible Hopping Hindsight, a "most unpleasant fellow whose eyes were in the rear and whose rear was out in front... he invariably leapt before he looked and never cared where he was going as long as he knew why he shouldn't have gone to where he'd been") are wonderfully clever and illustrate the worse sides of human nature very well. Other characters - Alec Bings (he sees through things); the fat/thin/tiny/giant man, Dr. Dischord and the Awful DYNNE; Chroma the color conductor; the Spelling Bee; and the .58 of a boy (he's one of the 2.58 children the average family has) are all so well done that one finds oneself reading their parts over and over again with a grin on one's face. Though the allegory becomes too simple as one grows older, it should be returned to over and over again just to see if you missed anything the last time around. It was only recently that I noticed the wonderful line "Is everybody who lives in Ignorance as bad as you?"
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Summary: Toll Boothtastic
Review: I read this book when I was in third grade and immediately loved it. Since then I have read it numerous times and continue to enjoy it. Every time I read it I'm taken to the Lands Beyond and am taught new things. The only thing I could possibly compare the book to would be a Disney movie which has hidden jokes for adults. Both Disney movies and the Phantom Tollbooth entertain young children as well as adults. When asked by a college advisor what my favorite book was I did not hesitate before saying the Phantom Tollbooth. This is truly an amazing and wonderfully creative book. I would strongly recommend reading it to anyone of any age.
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