The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's adventure novel and a modern fairy tale published in 1961, written by Norton Juster and illustrated 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, drives through. He finds himself in the Kingdom of Wisdom.
There he accepts a quest to rescue the princesses of the kingdom, acquires two faithful companions, and has many adventures. The book is full of puns, and many events, like Milo's sudden jump to the Island of Conclusions, are the consequences of taking English language idioms literally.
Over the years,I've reread this book so many times.I've never seen the Chuck Jones/Butch Patrick movie.I'd like to see Brian Henson do a Muppet version of this book.
What a wonderful book! I read this many times and went to see it performed in theaters and on TV. I read the may make it into a movie. I hope if they do, they don't ruin it.