This tale of 10-year-old Milo and his experiences in the "Lands Beyond" has become a modern-day children's classic, filled with subtle, and not so subtle, word plays and valuable life lessons. This ingenious fantasy centeres around 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, Rhyme & Reason, to the Kingdom of Wisdom. Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing - life is far from dull. In fact, it's exciting beyond his wildest dreams ...