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The Phantom Tollbooth
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If you remember the Phantom Tollbooth Milo gets this present of a car in a toll booth and he goes through the toll booth any what is that from mm Norton Juster was the author and Jules Feiffer was did illustrations.
Eric Weinstein · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 2019 Listen at 1:13:36 Why people recommend it
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster is a classic children's adventure novel featuring illustrations by Jules Feiffer, following a bored boy named Milo who receives a magical tollbooth and drives his toy car into a whimsical kingdom. On The Book Review, Gilbert Cruz recommended the book as a clever and amusing classic, sharing his delight in reading it aloud to his young son at bedtime and prompting a discussion about its creation with illustrator Jules Feiffer. Julia Quinn also listed the novel on the same podcast as one of the books she enjoyed reading aloud to her own children. Furthermore, Eric Weinstein brought up The Phantom Tollbooth on The Joe Rogan Experience, referencing Milo receiving the toy car and traveling through the tollbooth to illustrate the classic narrative concept of the portal story.
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Gilbert Cruz This is The Phantom Toll Booth by Norton Jester. And the reason I bring this up is because I had never read… 3
“This is The Phantom Toll Booth by Norton Jester. And the reason I bring this up is because I had never read it before.”
“the first one I read to my son over the course of a month at bedtime the Phantom toll booth and that holy cow why were my parents doing that”
“and I have another one also for kids also with a dog on the cover and sitting in front of me the Phantom toll booth which of course was written by Norton Jester and you did the illustrations”
Julia Quinn So, like the Phantom Toll booth, like what are we talking about? 1
“So, like the Phantom Toll booth, like what are we talking about?”
Eric Weinstein if you remember the Phantom Tollbooth Milo gets this present of a car in a toll booth and he goes through t… 1
“if you remember the Phantom Tollbooth Milo gets this present of a car in a toll booth and he goes through the toll booth any what is that from mm Norton Juster was the author and Jules Feiffer was did illustrations”
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“I did the Phantom toll booth I like a 19 video series on YouTube on my playlists where I read the Phantom toll booth”