Norton Juster and Eric CarlePhilomel Books, 1982
Ha! With summer usurping all of my blog time, I should just call this "Taking It Easy Tuesday"... Fans of The Phantom Tollbooth and all things Eric Carle will love these exceptional animal puns and wacky word plays. Wonderful line drawings illustrate this series of sillies from the genius that brought us such incredible banter as...
"You're on the Island of Conclusions."
"But how did we get here?" asked Milo.
"You jumped, of course," explained Canby. "That's the way most everyone gets here. It's really quite simple: every time you decide something without having a good reason, you jump to Conclusions whether you like it or not. It's such an easy trip to make that I've been here hundreds of times."
"But this is such an unpleasant looking place," Milo remarked.
"Yes, that's true," admitted Canby; "it does look much better from a distance."
Phantom Tollbooth slays me every time! But seriously, folks... Anything involving animals doing human things cracks my son up.... otterly hilarious!
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ooooh I love norton - my dog is named Tock! I haven't seen this book - thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis is so great. Made me smile!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Another one added on my to find list.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize Eric Carle did any line drawing illustrations... cool.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I've got to find this one.
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