Lisa says: It’s a book that celebrates the power of language and imagination and curiosity.  I read it as a kid, and as a twenty something, and again as a parent.  

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 centers 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 to the Kingdom of Wisdom…

Lisa Stewart is a producer of Sony Pictures Animation’s original animated musical “Vivo,” which features brand new songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creative force behind the Broadway smash “Hamilton,” available now on Netflix.

Prior to joining Sony Pictures Animation in 2016, Lisa was a film producer at DreamWorks Animation Studios for “Turbo,” “Madly Madagascar,” and “Monsters vs. Aliens.” She also served as executive producer on Twentieth Century Fox’s “This Means War.”