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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 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.
Both The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line were adapted into films by animator Chuck Jones. [1] [14] The latter film received the 1966 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. [15] The Phantom Tollbooth was also adapted into a musical by Norton Juster and Sheldon Harnick, with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music composed by Arnold ...
The Doorman - A man who received the package of the tollbooth. [1]: xxx The small, wild-eyed little man who kept breathlessly repeating "It's here, it's here" who, in early drafts, brought the tollbooth package to the doorman. [1]: xxxi In the final draft, it is not known who brought the tollbooth, or who sent the tollbooth.
"The Phantom Tollbooth" tells the tale of a bored young boy, Milo, who is transported to a world of wonder when he drives through a magical tollbooth that has arrived without warning at his house.
Norton Juster, the USA TODAY bestselling author best known for writing "The Phantom Tollbooth," has died, according to his publisher. He was 91.
Lands Beyond: setting in Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth; Libria: a totalitarian state in the movie Equilibrium; Litzenburg: neutral country in the Border Zone computer game; Lividia: mythical kingdom in the film Greater Than a Crown; Loompaland: a "terrible" country from Roald Dahl's 1964 children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Novels set in fictional countries. Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. ... The Phantom Tollbooth; Prayers for the Assassin ...