Phantom Tollbooth
4.2
(102 ratings)272 pages2022HarperCollins Publishers LimitedISBN 9780008523329
About this book
This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics edition is perfect for every bookshelf.
Milo is a boy who doesn't know what to do with himself - not just sometimes but always. After all, almost everything is a waste of time . . . until the day a tollbooth appears in his bedroom and he deposits a coin inside.
Beyond the toll and beyond Expectations, Milo will discover the unlikeliest of worlds, one without Rhyme or Reason but full of adventure.
Featuring Norton Juster's whimsical wit and Jules Feiffer's iconic illustrations, The Phantom Tollbooth is ultimately a story of imagination sure to capture yours.
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Publication Details
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Published
- 2022
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780008523329
- Language
- en
About Unknown Author
Norton Juster is an architect and planner, professor emeritus of design at Hampshire College, and the author of a number of highly acclaimed children's books, including The Dot and the Line, which was made into an Academy Award-winning animated film. He has collaborated with Sheldon Harnick on the libretto for an opera based on The Phantom Tollbooth. The musical adaptation, with a score by Arnold Black, premiered in 1995. An amateur cook and professional eater, Mr. Juster lives with his wife in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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