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The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster, with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, first published in 1961. The story follows a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth that transports him to the once prosperous, but now troubled, Kingdom of Wisdom.
Oct 12, 1988 · Illustrated in black-and-white. This ingenious fantasy centers around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a watchdog named Tock, Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and begins a memorable journey.
The Phantom Tollbooth is a strange beast: decidedly accessible to children, but remains lovable to adults. It's championing of the struggle against moral short-cuts, boredom, and mental waste is timeless, ageless, and remains prescient, even to me: a grown person 52 years after it's publication!
The Phantom Tollbooth Full Book Summary. Milo, a very bored little boy, receives an unusual package one day: a make- believe tollbooth. When he drives through it in his electric toy car, he is suddenly transported to the Lands Beyond, a fantastic world of imagination.
The Phantom Tollbooth: Directed by Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Dave Monahan. With Butch Patrick, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Candy Candido. Milo is a boy who is bored with life. One day he comes home to find a toll booth in his room.
Milo is a chronically bored little boy. He can’t amuse himself or be happy anywhere. One day, after racing home from school and preparing for another boring afternoon, Milo notices a big mysterious package in his room. It’s a kit to put together a small purple tollbooth that leads to “lands beyond.”.
Ride with young Milo through the phantom toll booth in a magical musicaltale of warring kingdoms, fabulously weird creatures, demons, princesses and a tick-tick-tickingdog named Tock.
The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's adventure novel and modern fairytale by Norton Juster. It was published in 1961 with illustrations by Jules Feiffer.
Oct 25, 2011 · Coming home from school one day, Milo finds an unexpected gift: a highway tollbooth, a map and directions to a place called the Lands Beyond. So off he goes on his journey of discovery.
The Phantom Tollbooth (also known as The Adventures of Milo in the Phantom Tollbooth) is a 1970 American live-action/animated fantasy film based on Norton Juster's 1961 children's book of the same name.
