The+Phantom+Tollbooth



Juster, Norton. (1961). //The Phantom Tollbooth.// New York, NY: Alfred A Knopf.
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Milo finds that where ever he is, he wishes he were somewhere else, until he gets somewhere else and he wishes he was back where he was. One day he comes home from school to find a mysterious package, which turns out to be a tollbooth. Since he has nothing better to do Milo sets up the tollbooth, climbs into his toy electric car, deposits his coins and is off on the adventure of a lifetime. Milo finds himself in the Kingdom of Wisdom on a quest to rescue the banished Princesses Rhyme and Reason from the Mountains of Ignorance and restore order to the kingdom. Along the way Milo visits strange cities like Dictionopolis and Digitopolis and meets many more strange characters such as Tock the Watchdog and King Azaz the Unabridged, the Mathemagician, and the Humbug.
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//The Phantom Tollbooth // is a fun and fantastical adventure. Juster’s madcap cast of characters are reminiscent of Lewis Carrol’s //Alice in Wonderland.// Juster’s play with words makes this a fun read aloud and an exciting romp in the English language. This is sure to be a favorite book of all those future English teachers. The best part of Milo’s journey and the Kingdom of Wisdom is that reader can enter again and again every time they immerse themselves in another good book!
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Fantasy 4th to 7th grade
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Educator’s Top 100 Children’s Books 2007
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Burdbridge, C. A. (1996). Reviews: Fiction. //Book Report//, 15(2), 39. Retrieved from EBSCOhost Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts with Full Text.
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Children’s Books; 50 Years of Children's Books. (1997). //New York Times Book Review//, 25. Retrieved from EBSCOhost Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts with Full Text.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">McNamee, G. (2006). Anniversaries: The Phantom Tollbooth. //Kirkus Reviews//, 74(21), 1086. Retrieved from EBSCOhost Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts with Full Text.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Milo: A young boy who finds himself on the adventure of a lifetime in the Kingdom of Wisdom
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tock: a watchdog whose job is to make sure that no one wastes time, joins Milo on his quest to rescue the Princesses

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Humbug: joins Milo on his quest to rescue the Princesses as a guide

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">King Azaz the Unabridged: ruler of Dictionopolis, lover of words, brother and rival of the Mathemagician

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Mathemagician: ruler of Digitopolis, lover of numbers, brother and rival of King Azaz

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Princesses of Sweet Rhyme and Pure Reason: twin princesses, sisters to King Azaz and the Mathemagician, banished by their brothers to the Mountains of Ignorance

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Milo enters a magical kingdom through a mysterious tollbooth left in his room. Before he knows it Milo is on a hero’s quest to restore order to the Kingdom of Wisdom by rescuing the banished princesses.
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