Author for children Norton Juster
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Norton Juster
Living place: Brooklyn
Birthday: 2-6-1929 (95 years old)
Population of US 1929: 121,767,000
Global rank: #31387
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Who is Author for children Norton Juster?
An American author of children's books, he is best known for The Phantom Tollbooth (1961) and The Dot and Line (1963). His later works include Otter Nonsense (1982) and The Disgusting Ogre (2010).
His children's works make frequent use of word games and puns. Critics argue that such literary devices would be incomprehensible to children; However, Juster's book sales appear to be unaffected.
An American author of children's books, he is best known for The Phantom Tollbooth (1961) and The Dot and Line (1963). His later works include Otter Nonsense (1982) and The Disgusting Ogre (2010).
His children's works make frequent use of word games and puns. Critics argue that such literary devices would be incomprehensible to children; However, Juster's book sales appear to be unaffected.
During the 1950s, he served in the United States Navy's Corps of Civil Engineers. He later graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in architecture; In 1970, he co-founded a Massachusetts architecture firm.
He was born in New York City to a Jewish family of Romanian and Polish descent. Both his father and brother are also architects. He eventually settled in Amherst, Massachusetts with his wife, Jeanne.
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Animator Chuck Jones adapted the book Juster, The Dot and Line, into an Oscar-winning short film.
Animator Chuck Jones adapted the book Juster, The Dot and Line, into an Oscar-winning short film.
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When was Author for children Norton Juster born?
Norton Juster birthday 2-6-1929 (at the age of 95).
Where is Author for children Norton Juster's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Norton Juster was born in Brooklyn, New York- United States. is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Norton Juster's global rank is 31387 and whose rank is 86 in list of famous Author for children. Population of US in 1929 is about 121,767,000 persons.
Norton Juster birthday 2-6-1929 (at the age of 95).
Where is Author for children Norton Juster's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Norton Juster was born in Brooklyn, New York- United States. is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Norton Juster's global rank is 31387 and whose rank is 86 in list of famous Author for children. Population of US in 1929 is about 121,767,000 persons.
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Events in 1929 and 2-6
Events in US in the birth year of Norton Juster
- St. Valentine's Day gangland massacre in Chicago (Feb. 14).
- Stock market prices plummet (Nov.-Dec.). U.S. securities lose $26 billion, marking the first financial disaster of the Great Depression
Birthday Norton Juster (2-6) in history
- Day 2-6 year 1886: Grover Cleveland became the first U.S. president to get married in the White House.
- Day 2-6 year 1924: Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians.
- Day 2-6 year 1941: Baseball great, Lou Gehrig died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, ALS, a rare type of paralysis now referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.
- Day 2-6 year 1946: In Italy, a plebiscite rejected the monarchy in favor of a republic.
- Day 2-6 year 1953: Queen Elizabeth II of Britain was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- Day 2-6 year 1997: Timothy McVeigh was found guilty of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City.
- Day 2-6 year 2003: The European Space Agency launched the Mars Express probe. Contact with the lander Beagle 2 was lost in December.
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