The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
The timeless, classic fantasy novel, beloved by generations of readers.
Milo’s extraordinary voyage takes him into such places as the Land of Expectation, the Doldrums, the Mountains of Ignorance and the Castle in the Air. He meets the weirdest and most unexpected characters (such as Tock, the watchdog, the Gelatinous Giant, and the Threadbare Excuse, who mumbles the same thing over and over again), and, once home, can hardly wait to try out the Tollbooth again. But will it be still there when he gets back from school? This edition of Norton Juster’s classic story includes a special “Why You’ll Love This Book” introduction by award-winning author, Diana Wynne Jones.Reviews
Funny and clever , a top read
Anonymous 26.03.2018
Star Reviewer
My favourite part of this book is when Milo accidentally ordered basically nothing at a banquet with the King of Dictionopolis, which was quite funny.
Inspector Poseidon Hammersmith 22.04.2025
Exciting, funny with lots of jokes and maths questions.
Princess Iguana Arlington 25.07.2024
This is an amazing book full of confusing long phrases, beautiful friendships and narrow escapes. It is a fun book to read. I would totally recommend this to everyone who loves to read.
Madam Jewel Stegosaurus 13.07.2024
I enjoyed this book as it was like a maths and literature version of the wizard of Oz.but it was confusing though
Chief Itchy Godzilla 01.06.2024
This book was fun to read and very intriguing. I enjoyed reading it even though it wasn't my style. My favourite character was Tock the watchdog. I would recommend this book to people who like adventurous stories.
General Tyler Sunshine 16.07.2021
This book is really clever and funny. It is about a boy called Milo, who is bored with school because he doesn't really know why he should learn. He arrives home from school and finds a package containing instructions to build a tollbooth. When Milo has built the tollbooth, he drives through it in his toy car and arrives in the Kingdom of Wisdom. In this land he meets king Azaz, the ruler of Dictionopolis and his brother the Mathmagician, who rules Digitpolis. Along with Tock, the 'watch'dog, he sets to free the princesses Rhyme and Reason, because without them things are not going well in the kingdom.
Baroness Diamond Peanut-butter 14.09.2020
This book is really clever and funny. It is about a boy called Milo, who is bored with school because he doesn't really know why he should learn. He arrives home from school and finds a package containing instructions to build a tollbooth. When Milo has built the tollbooth, he drives through it in his toy car and arrives in the Kingdom of Wisdom. In this land he meets king Azaz, the ruler of Dictionopolis and his brother the Mathmagician, who rules Digitpolis. Along with Tock, the 'watch'dog, he sets to free the princesses Rhyme and Reason, because without them things are not going well in the kingdom.
Corporal Zeus Jellybaby 14.09.2020
One of my old favourites that I wanted to reread. This book is brilliant and bonkers. Filled with spectacular word play with strange and wonderful characters. It's fun and the cleverness of it all will entertain both adults and children.
Anonymous 28.08.2020
it was funny
Anonymous 22.08.2020
I loved this book
Mademoiselle Marge Moonbeam 16.08.2020
I thought this book was funny, weird, happy and sad. I liked Reason and Rhyme because they help people happy when they are emotionally down , they stood up for their friends and made people happy. I would recommend this book to someone who likes adventures, fun and laughter.
Mademoiselle Fifi Bumblebee 07.08.2020
I really really like this book. I have read it twice now as i read it a long time ago ! I had forgotten all the very specific and articulate details lurking in the book and that made it even more interesting. At times i found it was very hard to understand and other times i found the author either spent a long time describing the scene or a very short time in the scene which can be seen as an advantage because it makes the scene really take place. I don’t recommend this book to under 8 as it is quite hard to decipher in parts.
Anonymous 06.08.2020
Funny and great
Principal Orchid Arlington 05.08.2020
I thought of it a fantastic book because it an adventure and it was nice to read because the book gives you an amazing amount of imagination.It was fiction and I think my favourite character was Tock the watchdog
Anonymous 01.07.2020
I loved this book because it was like a behind the scenes of the world and it was all fantasy. My favourithe character was Milo becasue he was the boy who goth the gift of a tollbooth.
Anonymous 10.08.2018
it is good and odd
Anonymous 23.07.2018
This book is great and is about a boy who gets a strange delivery which takes him to the land of expectations where he meets a load of strange people.
Anonymous 25.08.2017
Epic play on words
Anonymous 18.08.2017
