书名：The Phantom Tollbooth神奇的收费亭
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数1000L
作者：Norton Juster (作者), Jules Feiffer (插图作者)
出版社名称：Bullseye Books
出版时间：1988
语种：英文
ISBN：9780394820378
商品尺寸：13.2 x 1.5 x 19.2 cm
包装：平装
页数：272
The Phantom Tollbooth《神奇的收费亭》历经五十年，已经成为世界儿童文学宝库中的珍品。这本书充满奇思妙想和鲜活的哲思，令人不忍释卷。但引人注目的是，《神奇的收费亭》切实地针对现实生活中的“无聊”病，以及青少年容易犯的懒散、不爱思考、不爱学习的毛病，用幻想文学的方式，用神奇的冒险故事，激活孩子的感官，放飞孩子的想象，让孩子真正改掉坏习惯，热爱生活。《神奇的收费亭》有着丰富的主题，五十年来在美国的中小学阅读课上盛行不衰，唤醒了无数懒散的心灵，受到老师、家长和学生的一致欢迎，与《夏洛的网》《小王子》等经典童书一起被评为20世纪优秀童书。

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精彩书评
一部经典杰作。幽默风趣，温暖动人，想象力极其丰富，是真正的创造。——《纽约客》（美国）

这本书是一个鲜活的寓言。它能满足一切辉煌的想象，令人震撼。适合孩子，也适合大人。——《卫报》（英国）

第1次阅读《神奇的收费亭》时我十岁。至今我还保留着那时写的读书笔记，第1句话是这样写的：“这是我读过的很好的一本书。”——安娜·昆德伦（知名专栏作家，普利策奖得主）

大多数书籍声称老少皆宜，但往往并非如此。诺顿·贾斯特令人吃惊的想象力却可以给所有年龄段的人带来惊喜。——《纽约时报》（美国）

把本书和卡罗尔以及班扬的书作一番比较，只是赞美本书的开始。在我看来，这本书凝聚了诺顿·贾斯特的心血和灵魂，这是本书的奇特之处。尽管这本书充满了幻想，但它和现实的联系还是十分紧密，时不时地会让人碰触到活生生的现实。朱尔斯·费弗用他神奇的画笔，轻轻松松几笔就把天马行空的幻想以及生动的现实描绘了出来，把作者的想法完整地呈现给了读者。——莫里斯·桑达克（美国著名童书作家）
一个乏味至极的下午，觉得一切都了无生趣的男孩米洛，在自己的房间发现一个神奇的收费亭。他开着电动玩具车，驶过收费亭，踏上一趟不可思议的奇妙旅程。

一路上，米洛曾身陷懒散国、误入结论岛，还在词语国锒铛入狱。但他在伙伴闹钟狗和骗人虫的帮助下，一次次转危为安，还邂逅了“哪个”婆婆、色彩大师、向下长的男孩、十二面体人、噪音医生等有趣的朋友。后来，米洛勇敢地前往无知山，去帮助词语国和数字国营救韵律公主和真理公主，但是每前进一步都有恶魔相阻。米洛从朋友们身上学到的东西能帮他战胜这些恶魔吗？
For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason! Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing. Life is far from dull. In fact, it’s exciting beyond his wildest dreams. . . .

诺顿·贾斯特，美国著名儿童文学作家。出身于建筑世家，曾是大学建筑系教授，却作为儿童文学作家闻名于世。贾斯特创作了一系列深受儿童喜爱的作品，其中自己写作并绘制插图的《点与线》被拍成电影，获得过奥斯卡动画短片奖；与画家ChrisRaschka合作的《神奇的窗子》，获得2006年凯迪克大奖。此外，诺顿·贾斯特还是一名专业美食家。
《小米洛和神奇收费亭》是杰斯特知名的作品。本书首印于1961年，历经五十年而不衰，已经成为世界儿童文学宝库中不朽的经典，被翻译成多种语言，畅销千万册。在五十年间，小米洛的故事不断被改编成电影、动画、戏剧、话剧、音乐剧和交响乐，在全世界的学校和剧院演出。根据本书改编拍摄的《幻象天堂》被评为“全球动画片”。
Norton Justeris an architect and the author of other highly acclaimed children’s books, including The Dot and the Line, The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka, which received the Caldecott Medal, and The Odious Ogre, also illustrated by Jules Feiffer.

朱尔斯·费弗，美国著名漫画家、小说家、剧作家。他的绘画风格独特，作品遍布世界各地的报刊杂志和画册，获奖无数。其中1961年创作的动画短片获奥斯卡奖，1986年获得普利策漫画奖，1995年获得美国艺术文学院奖，2004年获得美国漫画家协会的终身成就奖。
Jules Feiffer is the author and illustrator of two novels for young readers, as well as several acclaimed picture books, including Bark, George and Meanwhile . . . He has won numerous prizes for his cartoons, plays, and screenplays.
There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself — not just sometimes, but always.
When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going. Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he’d bothered. Nothing really interested him — least of all the things that should have.
“It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time,” he remarked one day as he walked dejectedly home from school. “I can’t see the point in learning to solve useless problems, or subtracting turnips from turnips, or knowing where Ethiopia is or how to spell February.” And, since no one bothered to explain otherwise, he regarded the process of seeking knowledge as the greatest waste of time of all.
As he and his unhappy thoughts hurried along (for while he was never anxious to be where he was going, he liked to get there as quickly as possible) it seemed a great wonder that the world, which was so large, could sometimes feel so small and empty.
“And worst of all,” he continued sadly, “there’s nothing for me to do, nowhere I’d care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing,” He punctuated this last thought with such a deep sigh that a house sparrow singing nearby stopped and rushed home to be with his family.
Without stopping or looking up, Milo dashed past the buildings and busy shops that lined the street and in a few minutes reached home — dashed through the lobby — hopped onto the elevator — two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and off again — opened the apartment door — rushed into his room — flopped dejectedly into a chair, and grumbled softly, “Another long afternoon.”