The Phantom Tollbooth

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 round 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... 

Author: Norton Juster

Publisher: A Yearling Book

Released Date: 1996

ISBN: 9780394820378