The Phantom Tollbooth is a fabulous book and a must read. In the story, a young boy named Milo goes into his own imagination and learns a lot about life and basics of synonyms, words, numbers and basic life tools. For example: on his first expedition he runs into a guy who is called the whether man and quickly learns that certain words have different meanings (weather v. whether) is just one example. He learns throughout the novel how entertaining life can be if one puts his or her mind to it.
The story is quite humorous as well. He runs into a watch dog who has a clock built into him named tock, but goes tickticktickticktick all day long. The irony unfolds as we learn that tock has a brother named Tick that goes tocktocktocktocktock all day long.
This would be a fabulous book for middle school aged kids between 5th and 7th grade. It's an easy read and would really renew the interest of anyone who has lost interest in reading. I look forward to using this book in the classroom and expect my students to enjoy it.
I read this book as a young adult and thought it was great! I had kind of forgotten about this book. This book really helps to expand your imagination. It is very descriptive and creates some awesome imagery. This book helped me to get back into reading as a youth and would recommend it for other students who are looking for a great book that will really take you into another world.
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