by Site Owner | Apr 2, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Classics
By Norton Juster Alfred A. Knopf, $29.99, 320 pages Norton Juster’s Phantom Tollbooth, particularly with Jules Feiffer’s illustrations, is a classic of children’s literature. The story recounts the adventures of Milo and people he meets when he...
by Site Owner | Nov 21, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
by Norton Juster Alfred A. Knopf, $17.99, 32 pages Moving to a new school and new neighborhood can be terrifying. The scariest part of being the new kid is not knowing anyone. Many kids fear that they will never make the same kind of friends that they had at their old...
by Site Owner | Jul 28, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
By Norton Juster, Michael Di Capur Books, $17.95, 32 pages Ogres don’t usually have good reputations. But in Norton Juster’s book The Odious Ogre, you’ll meet one that is even more horrible than the rest. According to the villagers, he is extraordinarily large,...