The Phantom Tollbooth

This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Modern Classicsedition is perfect for every bookshelf.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Norton Juster
• Publisher: Haper Collins Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 9
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 31.03.2022, delayed
• EAN: 9780008523329
• ISBN: 978-0-00-852332-9
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Collins Modern Classics; HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics; HarperCollins Children’s Modern Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Fantasy / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Interest age: from c 9 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 3, For secondary education, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), For National Curriculum Key Stage 3 (England & Wales)