One of my favorite books growing up was The Phantom Tollbooth. There was something really magical about it, and I probably read it about 10 times. I still have the same copy from when I was a kid. It's pretty ratty by now. I vaguely remember seeing the movie and thinking how it did not live up to the book in any way, shape or form.
I just started re-reading the book, and as an adult, I really appreciate the word play that the author uses. I didn't pick up on a lot of it as a kid. For example, the main character meets the residents of Dictionopolis, where they literally eat their words. He also meets the Whether Man who claims that "it's more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be."
Anyway, the point of this story is to buy this book for your kid when s/he hits the 4th grade or so. Maybe you can even take a gander at it yourself.
And p.s. - how bout them lakers last night? :-D
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