Milo ist immer schrecklich langweilig – bis er eines Tages in seinem Zimmer eine merkwürdige Schranke entdeckt. Da er gerade sowieso nichts anderes zu tun hat, schnappt er sich sein Spielzeugauto. Und ehe er sich's versieht, landet er in einer anderen Welt, in der nichts so ist, wie er es kennt. Er lernt Tack, den tickenden AufWachhund, kennen und Kackerlack, das eitle Insekt. Gemeinsam erhalten sie den Auftrag, die beiden Königreiche Wortopolis und Digitopolis wieder zu vereinen. Milo...
Three tales of wit and wonder from the children’s classic author of ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’.Unlikely hero Alberic is on a seemingly endless search for wisdom. He learns much along the way but will his journey ever satisfy him?In the second tale, a boy is drawn to a mysterious painting of a princess far away who’s left bereft of her kingdom. Can he be the knight in shining armour and win back her lands?And then meet the richest monarch in the world… and the poorest, as they discover the true...
When Milo finds an enormous package in his bedroom, he’s delighted to have something to relieve his boredom with school. And when he opens it to find – as the label states – One Genuine Turnpike Tollbooth, he gets right into his pedal car and sets off through the Tollbooth and away on a magical journey!Milo’s extraordinary voyage takes him into such places as the Land of Expectation, the Doldrums, the Mountains of Ignorance and the Castle in the Air. He meets the weirdest and most unexpected...
