1. Oct 11th 2011

    reblogged from: childrensbooks

    tags: GopnikPhantom TollboothNorton JusterJules Feiffer

    childrensbooks: “[T]he fifty-year birthday of a good children’s book marks a real passage, since it means that the book hasn’t been passed just from parent to child but from parent to child and on to child again.” - Adam Gopnik on The Phantom Tollbooth An Adam Gopnik article about the Phantom Tollbooth? Yes please!

    childrensbooks:

    “[T]he fifty-year birthday of a good children’s book marks a real passage, since it means that the book hasn’t been passed just from parent to child but from parent to child and on to child again.” - Adam Gopnik on The Phantom Tollbooth

    An Adam Gopnik article about the Phantom Tollbooth? Yes please!

     
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      Just got the Annotated Phantom Tollbooth!!!
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      found out I’ve been invited...Saturday night in honor of Jules Feiffer. I am, as they say,...
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      is worth so many rereads...i wore out my copy pretty much :D. can’t wait for the new...
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      one of my favorite favorite favorite books !
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      I loved this as a child, and read it just about every finals week in college. It made me laugh, calmed me down, and...
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      Oh, what a great cartoon. And yeah, the article’s pretty good, even if he does go off into weird BS like “As with every...
    12. theshipthatflew reblogged this from childrensbooks and added:
      article about the...Tollbooth? Yes please!
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