The Phantom Tollbooth (Essential Modern Classics) [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2011] Norton Juster

Quality of cassettes and packaging in excellent condition. Students enjoy narration of novel and used for differentiation of novel instruction.

Mostly vocabulary and discussion questions for each chapter. Format is helpful as I design a chapter by chapter novel study for my students.

Arrived and I'm reading it now

Perhaps the finest piece of adolescent fiction ever written, The Phantom Tollbooth teaches us lessons about life and grammar, love and arithmetic, heroism and common sense. As a child I learned not to jump to conclusions; I learned about rhyme and reason; I learned about wasting time. Everyone needs a book like this, lest they become complacent with mere reading. I am on my third copy for myself, plus every child I know has received this as a gift from Uncle Lee...and it will continue to be so...unless someone writes something better. Yeah, right...Humbug to that!

Loved it when I was 8 even better now Im in my 50s

2022 favourites be raining like this 😭Love this book so much!Books which make you reconsider the most important things:This is one.This one of the most amazing reads I read this year.I feel this is one of those rare books which mean different things to different people of different ages. One such book that I have in my mind is The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry.There’s so much one can take away from this book!The whole book is quotable. No exaggeration here.This is more of a fantasy middle grade story about a little boy who travels to another world through a tollbooth in his bedroom. He visited several places which have unique names like the Land of Expectations and the Mountain of Ignorance.I would say this little book has lots of life lessons more for the adults than for the kids. I was totally mesmerised with how the story is constructed made more memorable and fun reading experience flanked with the original illustrations and the playful writing.Now I know why most people who have read this book told me it’s the best book they have read their entire lives!

I've loved this book for years and have even purchased copies of this to gift my kids' friends on their birthdays. It's an evergreen story, perfect for every middle-grader who loves fantasy novels.

I first read this book as a child. I am now in my 60s and am still in love with it. Each time I read it I find some subtley that I seemed to have missed before.It teaches without the reader needing to make any effort to learn.As Milo, Tock and the Humbug found when they "Jumped to Conclusions" and needed to swim back through the Sea of Knowlege only the Humbug stayed dry as he was incapable of soaking up knowledge.Beware though they did make an atrocious film of it and my advice woukd be to avoid the film at all costs.

It is a wonderful book. The tollbooth reminds me of the TARDIS from Dr. Who except the tollbooth takes you to the land of wisdom. I never knew that numbers and words could be that important to a person.