So when I was a kid one of my favorite books of all time was The Phantom Tollbooth. My parents bought it for me from one of those Scholastic book catalogs when I was 10 or 11 and, I adored that book. It’s still on my parents’ bookshelf.
Anywho, linked is the NPR tribute to Norton Juster, the author of the book who died on March 9, 2021 at 91.
R.I.P Norton Juster
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/09/975382840/remembering-norton-juster-author-of-the-phantom-tollbooth"> Norton Juster death