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Why is reading to my kids the highlight of my day? Because I deeply loved these books and it‘s so cool to see them love them, too.

It reminds me of one of the reasons I decided I wanted kids— I loved my partner and knew I‘d love him more watching him love them.

apologies for getting all schmaltzy but I want to join Milo packing up for that trip.

My son raced through this and then wouldn‘t rest until I‘d read it too. Delightful, and a classic for good reason. So thoroughly woven through with themes of being interested and engaged in the world around you.

Read this one (that I never read in school!) because I'm music directing a musical version very soon. Not my favorite children's book, but I loved the wordplay & completely understand why it's a classic.

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Fun and imaginative. This should be required reading for politicians.

#CoverStories #Clock
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“Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens”

With three 5✨ reads I had to really think about my June pick. The Teacher had a lot of moral issues for me, but that ending! The Jane Eyre is a classic for a reason, but it was also a reread. So I needed to give The Phantom Tollbooth the win! 😍

5✨ How have I not read this one yet!? It was so funny and I‘m definitely going to read this one again As a kid I would have missed a lot of the word play jokes. My favorite part was the character who lives in context, but constantly is out of it. Plus the watchdog. Very clever! Read for #roll100 @PuddleJumper Gandalf approved 👍🏻 #catsoflitsy

This one has been on my want-to-reread list forever, so having it be a #Roll100 pick this month gave me that final nudge! While some parts of this story feel a little cluttered, overall it's just such a fun little story with some delightfully memorable characters. Feiffer's illustrations really add so much.

#2024Book10

#InvolvesJourney #NewYearNewBook @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

1) Yes! I think I have built and read in blanket forts with my siblings as a child, with my cousin's as a teen, and with my now-husband at college over the summer semester when I had the apartment to myself.

2) the tagged book is so vividly a child memory for me, and same for my husband. We discovered over the pandemic that it was the perfect book to read aloud to cure our anxiety-induced insomnia.

#TwoForTuesday @TheSpineView

Love this result from the Literature Clock link @Bklover posted, and the book it comes from!

This book is a delight! I never read this when I was younger, not sure how I missed it. I can see why it popular to everyone. Very punny and clever ☺️

1. Next Monday. Our classroom is almost ready!

2. The Phantom Tollbooth

Thanks, @thespineview! #two4Tuesday

Wonderful first reread since childhood. Absolutely adore the way it exemplifies the myriad use of language to convey ideas, taking care with speech, the puns!
Valuable observations wound into fantastical encounters reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland.
On the not so fab side, its 1961 publishing date shows in some out-of-date language and ideas.
Side note: Never seen the word 'disconsolate' so many times in one book. 🤔

Comforting sounds. 🎵😌

My first completed book for #20in4 ! I never read it as a kid, though I do recall seeing the cover in school library. I‘m really glad to finally have read this children‘s classic. It made me laugh out loud more than once. I see why kids and adults love it and why it has stood the test of time. Very punny! Very clever.

This was a cute book. I wish I would have read it when was younger.

#OnThisDay in 1929 Norton Juster was born in Brooklyn. Trained as an architect, his most famous work began as a few scribbles while procrastinating at work. It may have remained an idle pastime if it weren't for a chance meeting with neighbor Jules Feiffer, with whom he shared his ideas for a boy named Milo. Feiffer began illustrating the tales, and Juster tried to challenge Feiffer to draw impossible things. 👇 #HistoryGetsLIT

Perfect allegory for me

The author

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@Eggs

13. #Weremember Norton Juster

#WeRemember Norton Juster

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#weremember #nortonjuster @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#WeRemember @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
Prompt: Norton Juster

Loved this book when I was a kid. It is filled with great life lessons.

Everyone should read this book💕

#WeRemember #NortonJuster @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#SavvySettings Dungeon
Milo and Tock are arrested and sent to the dungeons, where they meet the Not so Wicked Which
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

I've read it countless times. It's as fun & charming as ever. This time, I read the edition narrated by Rainn Wilson.

This is from my December TBR list for #WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious

#WrapItUpReadathon @keys_on_fire

Day 6: Wrap It Up

My emotional support snek, Milo the zen python, played along in our game by letting me wrap him up in this cozy snowflake fleece blanket before our cuddle time tonight. Milo (a 4-year-old Mojave ball python) is named after the main character in the tagged book, because my partner wouldn't allow me to name either of our human children Milo 20+ years ago.

#WinterGames2021 #FestivePhotoChallenge #TeamGameSleighers

@StayCurious

Zipped through this fun how-have-I-not-read-this-before? book this weekend! So much clever wordplay!
In other unrelated news, I have accepted that I will not be making my Goodreads challenge this year. Unless I drop everything and read novellas between now and New Year's. Oh well.

#GroupQ #Round13 #LMPBC
@ozma.of.oz @WanderingBookaneer @LibrarianRyan thoughts on these?

@suvata

I read this book in one day, looking for an easy distraction during a day of nonstop travel. It was perfect. It doesn‘t seem fair to rate this book at all, but, trust me, it is still as good as you may remember. Just like Milo, I too was transported by the Phantom Tollbooth - from a droll airport and Sunday Scaries to a world of words and numbers. Who says children‘s books are only for children?

Recent library #bookhaul courtesy of the discards bin. Several of these show up on those “best books/well-read” lists and I figured I might as well adopt them for free, right?

“I know one thing for certain; it‘s much harder to tell whether you are lost than whether you were lost, for, on many occasions, where you‘re going is exactly where you are.”

#CurrentlyReading #ThePhantomTollbooth #Bookstagram #FeelGoodReads

Ummm how have I not read this before now??
This was such a fun adventure! It reminded me a little of Alice in Wonderland at first but less trippy lol. I loved the different lands with themes like words, numbers, sight, and sound. The word play throughout the whole book was fantastic!
I can't wait to read this to my new niece ☺️

Ben is keeping me company as I go on an adventure with Milo #catsoflitsy #benthecat

I haven't made my whole #bookspinbingo board yet but I'm super excited by my #bookspin and #doublespin books! One ebook and one audio makes it easy too
@TheAromaofBooks

RIP Norton Juster. Thank you for an odd, insightful, and fun portal fantasy. I wish I had my copy with me.

R.I.P. Norton Juster

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2021/03/09/phantom-tollbooth-...

Farewell, Norton Juster. https://debbybrauer.org/#farewell-norton-juster

RIP Norton Juster. https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/09/norton-juster-author-of-the-phanto...

As a 2nd grader, I distinctly remember The Phantom Tollbooth as being the first book I fell in love with. A story that introduced me to the magic of storytelling and making me a lifelong reader. Thank you Norton Juster and rest in peace.

An odd but cute book. 3.5/5
Read as a prompt for the #HeyReaderathon

“Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.” #quotes