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An edition of The Phantom Tollbooth (1961)

The Phantom Tollbooth

printing (10)

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  • ★★★★ 4.1 (97 ratings) ·
  • 629 Want to read
  • 61 Currently reading
  • 136 Have read

The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster with illustrations by Jules Feiffer. It was published in 1961 by Random House (USA). It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do, drives through it in his toy car, transporting him to the Kingdom of Wisdom, once prosperous but now troubled. There, he acquires two faithful companions, a dog named Tock and the Humbug, and goes on a quest to restore to the kingdom its exiled princesses—named Rhyme and Reason—from the Castle in the Air. In the process, he learns valuable lessons, finding a love of learning. The text is full of puns and wordplay, such as when Milo unintentionally jumps to Conclusions, an island in Wisdom, thus exploring the literal meanings of idioms.

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Collins
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English
Pages
256

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letters, numbers, orchestras, children's literature, adventure, Creativity and Imagination, Boredom, Magic and Supernatural, Discovery and Learning, American Fantasy fiction, Children's stories, American, Fantasy, Ficción juvenil, Fiction, Imaginación, Imagination, Language and languages, Lenguaje y lenguas, Novela fantástica, children's fantasy, puns, tollbooths, Puns and punning, Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction, Imagination in children, Criticism and interpretation, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic, Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary, Spanish: Grades 4-7, Spanish language materials, Readers - Chapter Books, Action & Adventure, Classics, Non-Classifiable, Action & Adventure - General, Children's fiction, Imaginary Voyages, Children's stories, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Magic, fiction, Boys, Learning and scholarship, Male authors, Illustrated children's books, Specimens, Garçons, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Savoir et érudition, Livres illustrés pour enfants, Spécimens, Spanish language, Children's books, Ennui (Lassitude), Fantasmes, Fantasía, Novela juvenil, Relatos de aventura, Fantasy--juvenile fiction, Pz7.j9865 ph 1996, [fic], Alphabet, Arithmetic, Adventure stories, Arithmétique, Histoires pour enfants

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Humbug, Milo, Tock, King Azaz the Unabridged, Spelling Bee, Officer Shrift, Which, Mathemagician, Rhyme, Reason, Alec Bings, Chroma the Great, Terrible Trivium, Gelatinous Giant.

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Castle in the Air, Dictionopolis, Digitopolis, Doldrums, Mountains of Ignorance, Lands Beyond, Kingdom of Wisdom, Expectations, Word Market
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Phantom Tollbooth
2022, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
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The Phantom Tollbooth Low Price CD
May 11, 2021, Quill Tree Books
audio cd
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The Phantom Tollbooth
Mar 19, 2019, Listening Library (Audio)
audio cd
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Caseta Mágica / the Phantom Tollbooth
2019, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
in Spanish
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神奇的收费亭
2012, Nan hai chu ban gong si
Paperback in Chinese - Di 1 ban
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Phantom Tollbooth
2012, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
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The phantom tollbooth
2011, Alfred A. Knopf
in English - 50th anniversary ed.
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The annotated Phantom tollbooth
2011, Alfred A. Knopf
in English - 1st annotated ed.
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Milo i volshebnai͡a budka
2009, Makhaon
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The Phantom Tollbooth
Oct 16, 2008
library binding
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Phantom Tollbooth
2008, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
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The Phantom Tollbooth CD
Nov 18, 2008, Harper Festival, HarperFestival
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The Phantom Tollbooth
Mar 21, 2006, Recorded Books
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The Phantom Tollbooth
2005-01-01, Bullseye
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Phantom Tollbooth
2004, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
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Le Royaume fantôme
January 15, 2003, Hachette Jeunesse
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Il Casello Magico
January 2003, Rl Libri
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The phantom tollbooth
2003
in English - 2003
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Phantom Tollbooth
2002, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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La Caseta Magica (The Phantom Tollb
August 1, 2001, SeaStar
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La Caseta Magica (The Phantom
August 1, 2001, SeaStar
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Caseta Magica (Phantom Tollbooth)
August 2001, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
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La Caseta Magica (the Phantom Tollbooth) Sp PB
August 2001, Tandem Library
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The Phantom Tollbooth
2000-05, Bullseye Books, Random House Books for Young Readers
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The Phantom Tollbooth
October 1999, Tandem Library
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La cabina mágica
1999 09, Anaya
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The Phantom Tollbooth
1999, Collins
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The Phantom Tollbooth
1996, Alfred A. Knopf
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The Phantom Tollbooth
1996, Random House
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The phantom tollbooth
1995, Collins
in English
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The Phantom Tollbooth: (abridged)
1995, Caedmon
LP in English
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The Phantom Tollbooth
1993, Recorded Books
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Phantom Tollbooth
March 1, 1993, Random House Books for Young Readers
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The Phantom Tollbooth
1992-07, Lions
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The phantom tollbooth
1989, Random House
in English
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The Phantom Tollbooth
1989, Bullseye Books/Alfred A. Knopf
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Apr 10, 1989, Houghton Mifflin School
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Phantom Tollbooth
1989, Random House Publishing Group
in English
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The phantom tollbooth
1989, G.K. Hall, G K Hall & Co
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The phantom tollbooth
1989, Chivers
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The Phantom Tollbooth
Oct 01, 1988, Perfection Learning
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The phantom tollbooth
1987, Collins
in English
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Phantom Tollbooth
June 1986, Listening Library
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The Phantom Tollbooth
October 1983, Caedmon Audio Cassette
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ha-Migdal ha-poreaḥ ba-ʾaṿir
1978, Zemorah, Bitan, Modan
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Phantom Tollbooth
May 1976, Amereon Ltd
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The phantom tollbooth
1975, Collins
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Phantom Tollbooth
September 12, 1972, Random House Books for Young Readers
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The Phantom Tollbooth
1971-01-01, Scholastic Book Services
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Phantom Tollbooth
April 12, 1970, Random House Books for Young Readers
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The Phantom Tollbooth
1970?, Scholastic
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The phantom tollbooth
1967, Random House
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The phantom tollbooth
1965, Penguin Books [in association with Collins]
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The Phantom Tollbooth
1964, Windward Books
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1964, Windward Books, Random House
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The phantom tollbooth
1962, Collins
in English
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The phantom tollbooth.
1961, Epstein & Carroll; distributed by Random House
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The Phantom Tollbooth
1961, New York : Epstein & Carroll : Distributed by Random House
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The phantom tollbooth
1961, Epstein& Carroll, distributed by Random House
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The phantom tollbooth
1961, Random House
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The Phantom Tollbooth.
1961-01-01, Random House
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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Book Details

First Sentence

"There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself-not just sometimes, but always."

Edition Notes

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Published in
London
Series
Collins Modern Classics
Copyright Date
1999

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
255p.
Number of pages
256
Dimensions
7.7 x 5 x 0.7 inches
Weight
7 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9215160M
Internet Archive
phantomtollbooth0000just_l9g2
ISBN 10
0006754252
ISBN 13
9780006754251
OCLC/WorldCat
1081335799, 806337834
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6320
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56178304

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"There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself-not just sometimes, but always."

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