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The Phantom Tollbooth

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/28 May, 2016 by Brianboulton (talk) 18:54, 11 May 2016 (UTC)



The Phantom Tollbooth is a 1961 children's adventure novel by Norton Juster with illustrations by Jules Feiffer (shown). 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 it in his toy car. The tollbooth transports him to the Kingdom of Wisdom, once prosperous, now troubled. There, he acquires two faithful companions and goes on a quest to restore to the kingdom its exiled princesses—named Rhyme and Reason—from the Castle in the Air. Milo accomplishes his quest, and in so doing realizes the world around him is filled with interesting things. The text is full of puns and wordplay, and many events, such as when Milo unintentionally jumps to Conclusions (an island in Wisdom), explore the literal meanings of idioms. Though the book is on its face an adventure story, a major theme is that of the need for a love of education. Although the book was not expected to sell well, it received strong reviews and has sold in excess of three million copies. It has been adapted into a film, opera, and play, and translated into many languages. Critics have compared its appeal to that of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and to L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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 * Main editors: Wehwalt
 * Promoted: 2016
 * Reasons for nomination: Just adding to the nominations
 * Support as nominator. Wehwalt (talk) 13:57, 8 May 2016 (UTC)