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The Phantom Tollbooth

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Jules Feiffer, Maurice Sendak, Norton Juster
4.2
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Illustrated in black-and-white. We're celebrating the thirty-fifth anniversary (1996) of this modern kids' classic with a special hardcover edition! This ingenious fantasy centeres 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. He meets such characters as the foolish, yet lovable Humbug, the Mathemagician, and the not-so-wicked "Which," Faintly Macabre, who gives Milo the "impossible" mission of returning two princesses to the Kingdom of Wisdom...

Book Details

ISBN13 9780394815008
ISBN10 0394815009
Series/Work OL1636262W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Random House
Language EN-US
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Action & Adventure Action & Adventure - General adventure Adventure stories Alphabet American Fantasy fiction Arithmetic Arithmétique Boredom Boys Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary Children's books children's fantasy Children's fiction children's literature Children's stories Children's stories, American Classics Creativity and Imagination Criticism and interpretation

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