The Phantom Tollbooth
Will be published approx. on 1. January 2049
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-00-852332-9 (ISBN)
Description
This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics edition is perfect for every bookshelf.
Milo is a boy who doesn't know what to do with himself - not just sometimes but always. After all, almost everything is a waste of time . . . until the day a tollbooth appears in his bedroom and he deposits a coin inside.
Beyond the toll and beyond Expectations, Milo will discover the unlikeliest of worlds, one without Rhyme or Reason but full of adventure.
Featuring Norton Juster's whimsical wit and Jules Feiffer's iconic illustrations, The Phantom Tollbooth is ultimately a story of imagination sure to capture yours.
Complete your library with HarperCollins Children's Classics.
Milo is a boy who doesn't know what to do with himself - not just sometimes but always. After all, almost everything is a waste of time . . . until the day a tollbooth appears in his bedroom and he deposits a coin inside.
Beyond the toll and beyond Expectations, Milo will discover the unlikeliest of worlds, one without Rhyme or Reason but full of adventure.
Featuring Norton Juster's whimsical wit and Jules Feiffer's iconic illustrations, The Phantom Tollbooth is ultimately a story of imagination sure to capture yours.
Complete your library with HarperCollins Children's Classics.
Reviews / Votes
'Think Alice in Wonderland for the modern age. Brilliant'. The Guardian'The most unpredictable, the most stimulating children's book I have read for a very long time. Words, numbers, cliches, proverbs are taken literally, imaginatively or punningly in an enthralling and very funny dazzle of mental fireworks.' The Sunday Times
'An altogether remarkable book, one that should delight any bright child, and that will be no burden for a parent to read aloud. Related with unflagging wit and a marvellous sense of the fun to be had with words, this book will be enjoyed by children for years to come.' Spectator
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 years
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-852332-9 (9780008523329)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Norton Juster was born in New York State in 1929 and grew up (carefully) in Brooklyn, studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and spent a year in Liverpool on a Fulbright Scholarship. After spending three years in the US Navy, he practiced architecture in New York and Massachusetts before teaching architecture and planning. His work includes The Dot and the Line, which was made into an animated film, and a musical adaptation of The Phantom Tollbooth.