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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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!
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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 ...
Oct 25, 2011 · The Phantom Tollbooth. By Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer. Purchase. Norton Juster is the author of The Phantom Tollbooth. "There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself ...
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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. It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do, decides to drive through it in his toy car.
