Even the most confident of writers can be excused for wondering if words, mere black-and-white glyphs, can compete in a world filled with ever more animated, flashing, full-color, special-effects-crammed and interactive visual media. At such times, it’s helpful to remember a passage from Norton Juster’s children’s novel, The Phantom Tollbooth, describing a visit by the hero, Milo, to the archives of the Soundkeeper in the Lands Beyond.
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Happy Halloween! Hannah & the crew
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Phantom Tollbooth
November 20, 2011
Free with Museum Admission
Enjoy a “pun-filled” day at The Carle. Explore the art of Jules Feiffer in the galleries, play with words and pictures in the art studio, and listen in on a conversation between The Phantom Tollbooth author Norton Juster and Leonard Marcus, author of the newly annotated version of the book. Come dressed as your favorite character, share a favorite pun, and join in the fun!
Program Schedule 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Playing with Words and Pictures in the Art Studio 11:00 am Screening of the trailer for the upcoming Phantom Tollbooth documentary 1:00 – 2:00 pm Conversation with Norton Juster and Leonard S. Marcus. Book signing to follow 2:00 pm Storytime highlighting books written by Norton Juster 3:00 pm Screening of the trailer for the upcoming Phantom Tollbooth documentary
Daily Quote:
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Daily Quote:
""And now," hew continued, speaking to Milo, "where were you on the night of July 27?"
"What does that have to do with it?" Asked Milo.
"It's my birthday, that's what, "said the policeman as he entered "Forgot my birthday" in his little book. "Boys always forget other people's birthdays."
Daily Quote:
"Well, if you can't laugh or think, what can you do?" asked Milo.
"Anything as long as it's nothing, and everything as long as it isn't anything," explained another. "There's lots to do; we have a very busy schedule-
"At 8 o'clock we get up, and then we spend "From 8 to 9 daydreaming. "From 9 to 9:30 we take our early midmorning nap. "From 9:30 to 10:30 we dawdle and delay. "From 10:30 to 11:30 we take our late early morning nap. "From ll:00 to 12:00 we bide our time and then eat lunch. "From l:00 to 2:00 we linger and loiter. "From 2:00 to 2:30 we take our early afternoon nap. "From 2:30 to 3:30 we put off for tomorrow what we could have done today. "From 3:30 to 4:00 we take our early late afternoon nap. "From 4:00 to 5:00 we loaf and lounge until dinner. "From 6:00 to 7:00 we dillydally. "From 7:00 to 8:00 we take our early evening nap, and then for an hour before we go to bed at 9:00 we waste time.
"As you can see, that leaves almost no time for brooding, lagging, plodding, or procrastinating, and if we stopped to think or laugh, we'd never get nothing done."
