Phantom tollbooth

Milo's exciting adventure in lands of edible words and mysterious creatures-Dictionopolis, the Mountains of Ignorance, the Kingdom of Wisdom, and more!

Partial map of The Phantom Tollbooth. By Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer.

Because The phantom tollbooth captured my imagination as a child.

“Tollbooth,” about a bored boy’s fantastical journey, became a beloved touchstone of children’s literature when it was first published in 1961.

For Ages 8 to – 12 With almost 5 million copies sold 60 years after its original publication, generations of readers have now journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic. Enriched by Jules Feiffer’s splendid illustrations, the wit, wisdom, and wordplay of Norton Juster’s offbeat fantasy are as beguiling as ever. “Comes up bright and new every time I read it . . . it will continue to charm and delight for a very long time yet. And teach us some wisdom, too.” --Phillip…

I have been waiting to do this book review since picking it up and reading it in two days. Unfortunately, I have been really busy ,but now that I have the time I am going to rant extensively abou…

when Milo gets stuck in the doldrums - Phantom Tollbooth (1961)

Another character post! Jules Feiffer is an american ilustrator, he's most known for his illustrations of the Phantom Tollbooth I think. He also does his own writing & illustration for some stories, and does some sassy cartoons. He's got a really great sense of humor. Also he definitely really influenced me artistically and maybe mentally as a child, so I thought I should share some of his work, since it was important to me at that time.

Book cover illustration and interior black and white illustration for the Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, classic mid grade novel

Rhyme and Reason from The Phantom Tollbooth

Take a journey with Milo and learn valuable lessons as you work through the Phantom Tollbooth activities to create a lapbook.

The Phantom Tollbooth Vocabulary Lists On this page are vocabulary lists which correspond to each sectional grouping of chapters, as outlined in

Be sure to check out The Phantom Tollbooth activities including the map of Milo's travels for students to summarize his adventures.

Going to prison -- from The Phantom Tollbooth: by Norton Juster

Hello, everyone! I'm super excited to reveal my brother Will's 11th birthday party (one of them, that is; I will share the other soon!), which was themed around one of the best books ever, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. I hand-drew the map from the book and the poster outside with a party-fied version of the cover image (featuring Milo and Tock). The banner of characters was created by printing collages I made of images gathered online, cutting them out, and gluing them onto string…

Escaping from the pit -- from The Phantom Tollbooth: by Norton Juster

The Phantom Tollbooth characters in character map Milo Character's Actions: interllegent, bored, doesn't care about much, always wants to be somewhere

"Like most good things that have happened in my life, The Phantom Tollbooth was written when I was trying to avoid doing something else — something I was supposed to do." So says American children's writer Norton Juster in the author's note of the…

The Phantom Tollbooth I need this map in a frame. :)