Episode 8: The Phantom Tollbooth

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss TO WRITE AS IF ALREADY DEAD by Kate Zambreno. Read along with us if you like!

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Books mentioned:

• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• The Narnia books by C.S. Lewis
• The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
• A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Ramona books by Beverly Cleary
• The Betsy-Tacy Treasury by Maud Hart Lovelace
• The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
• Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
• The Curse of the Viking Grave by Farley Mowat
• Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
• The Smartest Bear and His Brother Oliver by Alice Bach
• The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick by Elizabeth Hardwick
• Flaneuse by Lauren Elkin
• The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit
• Persuasion by Jane Austen
• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
• An Honest Living by Dwyer Murphy
• The Dolphin Letters, 1970-1979: Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Lowell, and Their Circle
• The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick by Elizabeth Hardwick
• Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick
• Between Friends: The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy
• Suppose a Sentence by Brian Dillon
• Essayism by Brian Dillon
• Affinities: On Art and Fascination by Brian Dillon
• To Write As If Already Dead by Kate Zambreno
• To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life by Herve Guibert

Books Read in Childhood That We Are Sure We Misunderstood:

• P.G. Wodehouse books
• Gerald Durrell books
• Agatha Christie books
• Sherlock Holmes stories
• Charles Dickens books
• Louisa May Alcott books
• Isaac Asimov books
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy