Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A look back at the life of Norton Juster will rear plenty of stories—both the sort he wrote and the sort he lived. In his 91 years ...

Norton Juster’s 1961 tale of a bored boy who travels to a magical land is more than it seems—as its plot enchants, The Phantom Tollbooth also manages to illustrate the joys of learning. The story ...

This year, the celebrated children's book The Phantom Tollbooth turned 50. It's a fantastic story about a boy named Milo "who didn't know what to do with himself — not just sometimes, but always." ...

When I was in fifth grade, and starting to experience real difficulties at home, I spent a lot of time in my public school’s library. I’m adopted, and it was around that age that I found myself more ...

Norton Juster, author of the acclaimed modern classic children’s books The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line, died last night. He was 91. His death was confirmed by Penguin Random House.

Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster’s first book, was published in 1961 and came about accidentally, through procrastination and boredom. Random House/Penguin Despite having 12 books under his belt, ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – When I was in middle school my class read a book called The Phantom Tollbooth, and I liked it. It has a sort of an Alice in Wonderland-like whimsy. Instead of little Alice falling ...

Carlos Saldanha, the director behind the colorful 'Rio' and 'Ice Age' animated movies, has signed on to direct 'The Phantom Tollbooth,' Tri-Star’s adaptation of the Norton Juster children’s classic.

My first experience with The Phantom Tollbooth (as with so much else that made a lasting impression on me) came from Childcraft. In the supplemental "Mathemagic" volume there was an excerpt of Milo's ...

Now this sounds like fun! Pajiba is reporting that Gary Ross, director of Pleasantville and Seabiscuit as well as being Tobey Maguire's friend and producer, is developing a remake of The Phantom ...