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1. www.sparknotes.com › lit › tollboothThe Phantom Tollbooth: Full Book Summary - SparkNotes

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   The Phantom TollboothFull 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. On his way to Dictionopolis, one of the country's two capitals, he meets Tock ...

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   The Phantom Tollbooth. 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.

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4. www.npr.org › 2011/11/10 › 141240217My Accidental Masterpiece: The Phantom Tollbooth : NPR

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   Oct 25, 2011 · The Phantom Tollbooth was the first book I had ever written and my first ... Like most good things that have happened in my life, The Phantom Tollbooth came about because I was trying to avoid ...

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   Sep 2, 2020 · W hen I was a child, I had a voracious appetite for books. I was constantly visiting the library and picking new volumes to read, but one I always came back to was The Phantom Tollbooth, written ...

6. www.sparknotes.com › lit › tollboothThe Phantom Tollbooth: Study Guide - SparkNotes

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   The Phantom Tollbooth, written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer, is a children’s adventure novel published in 1961 that follows the journey of a young boy named Milo as he travels through a magical kingdom. Transported by a mysterious tollbooth, Milo encounters characters like Tock the Watchdog and the Mathemagician, navigating wordplay-filled landscapes like Dictionopolis ...

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   The Phantom Tollbooth came about when Juster received a grant to write a children’s book on urban planning. Instead, inspired by his own experiences as a kid and a conversation with a child at a restaurant about what the biggest number is, Juster wrote The Phantom Tollbooth. The book’s illustrator, Jules Feiffer, lived in the apartment ...

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   How did the Phantom Tollbooth come about?

   • Like most good things that have happened in my life, The Phantom Tollbooth came about because I was trying to avoid doing something else. It was 1958, and after three years in the Navy I returned to New York City to work as an architect. I had also received a grant to do a book on cities for children.

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   Who wrote The Phantom Tollbooth?

   • 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.

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   Is the Phantom Tollbooth based on a true story?

   • 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.

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   Was the Phantom Tollbooth a good book?

   • Not everyone in the publishing world of the 1960s embraced The Phantom Tollbooth. Many said that it was not a children's book, the vocabulary was much too difficult, and the ideas were beyond kids. To top it off, they claimed fantasy was bad for children because it disorients them.

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   When was the Phantom Tollbooth published?

   • The Phantom Tollbooth was published in September 1961. Its competition among new books for the minds and hearts of children included Roald Dahl 's James and the Giant Peach. The Bronze Bow, set in the Biblical times, was newly available, and brought Elizabeth George Speare her second Newbery Award in three years.

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   How does the Phantom Tollbooth display Milo's growth?

   • The Phantom Tollbooth displays Milo's growth; Leonard S. Marcus in his notes to its annotated edition writes that the boy learns to think in the abstract, pledging after his unintentional jump to Conclusions that he will not make up his mind again without a good reason.

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9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Phantom_Tollbooth_(film)The Phantom Tollbooth (film) - Wikipedia

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   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. Produced by Chuck Jones at MGM Animation/Visual Arts, the film stars Butch Patrick as Milo, alongside the voice talents of Mel Blanc, Daws ...