Нортон Джастер

It has been fifty years—and millions of readers—since the world was first introduced to Milo and his adventures in the Lands Beyond with Tock, the Humbug, and the captive princesses Rhyme and Reason. Now we have a remarkable 50th anniversary edition to honor this universally adored and deeply influential novel. This special edition will include: • Gorgeous packaging that features the class...

This is a love song devoted to that special relationship between grandparents and grandchild. The kitchen window at Nanna and Poppy's house is, for one little girl, a magic gateway. Everything important happens near it, through it, or beyond it. Told in her voice, her story is both a voyage of discovery and a celebration of the commonplace wonders that define childhood, expressed as a joyfu...

For Milo, everything's a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he's got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Thyme and Reason! Somewhere along the way,...

Американец Нортон Джастер был вполне взрослым человеком и даже известным архитектором, когда вдруг придумал волшебную сказку "Мило и волшебная будка", которая сразу же принесла ему писательскую славу. Это полная невероятных приключений и озорной словесной игры история про удивительное путешествие в волшебные страны, где буквы растут в огородах, а числа добывают в подземных копях, где все звуки соб...