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The Hello, Goodbye Window |
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Norton Juster |
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From School Library Journal
Starred Review. PreSchool-Grade 1–The window in Nanna and Poppy's kitchen is no ordinary window–it is the place where love and magic happens. It's where the girl and her doting grandparents watch stars, play games, and, most importantly, say hello and goodbye. The first-person text is both simple and sophisticated, conjuring a perfectly child-centered world. Sentences such as "When I get tired I come in and take my nap and nothing happens until I get up" typify the girl's happy, imaginative world. While the language is bouncy and fun, it is the visual interpretation of this sweet story that sings. Using a bright rainbow palette of saturated color, Raschka's impressionistic, mixed-media illustrations portray a loving, mixed-race family. The artwork is at once lively and energetic, without crowding... |
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The Phantom Tollbooth |
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Norton Juster |
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"It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," Milo laments. "[T]here's nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." This bored, bored young protagonist who can't see the point to anything is knocked out of his glum humdrum by the sudden and curious appearance of a tollbooth in his bedroom. Since Milo has absolutely nothing better to do, he dusts off his toy car, pays the toll, and drives through. What ensues is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are anything but dull. Norton Juster received (and continues to receive) enormous praise for this original, witty, and oftentimes hilarious novel, first published in 1961. In an introductory "Appreciation" written by Maurice Sendak for the 35th... |
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The Phantom Tollbooth |
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Norton Juster |
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0394815009 |
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Book Review
"It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," Milo laments. "[T]here's nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." This bored, bored young protagonist who can't see the point to anything is knocked out of his glum humdrum by the sudden and curious appearance of a tollbooth in his bedroom. Since Milo has absolutely nothing better to do, he dusts off his toy car, pays the toll, and drives through. What ensues is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are anything but dull. Norton Juster received (and continues to receive) enormous praise for this original, witty, and oftentimes hilarious novel, first published in 1961. In an introductory "Appreciation" written by Maurice Sendak for the 35th... |
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The Phantom Tollbooth |
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Norton Juster |
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088103696X |
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"It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," Milo laments. "[T]here's nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." This bored, bored young protagonist who can't see the point to anything is knocked out of his glum humdrum by the sudden and curious appearance of a tollbooth in his bedroom. Since Milo has absolutely nothing better to do, he dusts off his toy car, pays the toll, and drives through. What ensues is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are anything but dull. Norton Juster received (and continues to receive) enormous praise for this original, witty, and oftentimes hilarious novel, first published in 1961. In an introductory "Appreciation" written by Maurice Sendak for the 35th... |
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The Phantom Tollbooth |
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Juster |
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A Woman's Place: Yesterday's Women in Rural America |
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| Author: |
Norton Juster |
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1555912508 |
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Fantasy Stories (Red Hot Reads Series) |
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Diana Wynne Jones |
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0753456370 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6-A compilation of fantasy and folktales, one of which is by Jones. Consisting primarily of excerpts from classics such as Tove Jansson's Finn Family Moomintroll (Transaction, 1989), Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth (Knopf, 1972), C.S. Lewis's The Silver Chair (Macmillan, 1986), Edith Nesbit's Five Children and It (Puffin, 1985), L. Frank Baum's The Land of Oz (Ballantine, 1985), etc., the book also contains a story by the Brothers Grimm and one by Andrew Lang. Andre Norton, K.M. Briggs, Joan Aiken, and Jane Yolen are also among the 18 authors represented. This is a fine introduction to the genre; although the stories are long, they are well suited to reading aloud.Anne Connor, Los Angeles Public LibraryCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The Dot and the Line |
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Norton Juster |
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1587170663 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Originally published in 1963, and back just in time for Valentine's Day, The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics by Norton Juster (The Phantom Tollbooth) once again bursts on the scene. Using only black and red, Juster tells the poignant yet humorous tale of a straight line in love with a red dot, and the line's attempts to woo her away from a slothful squiggle. Much merriment will be had by all before the hero gets his girl. ; Jan.)Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Saturday Review
A clever idea, carried out to perfection. You will find yourself going through these ingenious pages again and again. A gem.
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La Caseta Magica (the Phantom Tollb |
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| Author: |
Norton Juster |
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(Paperback) - Spanish |
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1587171090 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth, first published in 1961, is now available in a Spanish language edition, La caseta m gica, illus. by Jules Feiffer, trans. by Alberto Jim‚nez Rioja. This classic story of a boy's life transformed by the appearance of a mysterious portal in his bedroom is illustrated with wry pen-and-inks, Feiffer's first children's book. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Norton Juster's timeless, best-selling novel will reach an even wider readership with this outstanding Spanish translation. Milo thinks that just about everything is a big waste of time--when he even bothers to think at all. But he starts to see life in a whole new way after a mysterious gift transports him to the Lands Beyond. Accompanied... |
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La Cabina Magica / The Phantom Tollbooth |
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| Author: |
Norton Juster |
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(Hardcover) - Spanish |
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8420790036 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Book Description
Norton Juster's timeless, best-selling novel will reach an even wider readership with this outstanding Spanish translation. Milo thinks that just about everything is a big waste of time--when he even bothers to think at all. But he starts to see life in a whole new way after a mysterious gift transports him to the Lands Beyond. Accompanied by the ticking watchdog Tock and the boastful Humbug, Milo embarks on an unforgettable quest to rescue Princesses Rhyme and Reason and restore common sense to the Kingdom of Wisdom.
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La Recta Y El Punto |
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| Author: |
Juster Norton |
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(Paperback) - Spanish |
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9990114986 |
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