The Phantom TollboothWith almost 5 million copies sold 60 years after its original publication, generations of readers have now journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic. Enriched by Jules Feiffer’s splendid illustrations, the wit, wisdom, and wordplay of Norton Juster’s offbeat fantasy are as beguiling as ever. “Comes up bright and new every time I read it . . . it will continue to charm and delight for a very long time yet. And teach us some wisdom, too.” --Phillip Pullman For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason. Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing. Life is far from dull. In fact, it’s exciting beyond his wildest dreams! |
Contents
Short Shrift | 5 |
Faintly Macabres Story | 6 |
The Royal Banquet | 7 |
The Humbug Volunteers | 8 |
Its All in How You Look at Things | 9 |
A Colorful Symphony | 10 |
Dischord and Dynne | 11 |
The Silent Valley | 12 |
This Way to Infinity | 15 |
A Very Dirty Bird | 16 |
Unwelcoming Committee | 17 |
Castle in the | 18 |
The Return of Rhyme and Reason | 19 |
Goodby and Hello | 20 |
ཋ ཾ ཊ ྂ 3 ཛྱཱ ིི སྟྲི ཎྜ ཌ ྂ ིི བླློ ླ ཻ ྂ 9 | 27 |
16 | 32 |
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added agreed Alec answered arms asked Milo Azaz began busy called carefully certainly closed color continued course cried demons difficult Dodecahedron don't door DYNNE everything exactly Expectations explained eyes face feet finally followed going grew ground hands happened hard head heard Humbug important it's keep king kingdom knew land leave letter live looked Mathemagician mean minutes mountains mouth move never night noise numbers once Perhaps play princesses question quickly reached Reason remarked replied returned Rhyme road seemed seen sense shouted side slowly soon sound Spelling standing started step stopped suddenly suggested sure tell terribly that's there's things thought Tock Tollbooth trees turned valley voice wagon wait walked wonder