Norton Juster (1929–2021)
Author of The Phantom Tollbooth
About the Author
Series
Works by Norton Juster
AS: A Surfeit of smiles 1 copy
Associated Works
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Contributor — 90 copies
Essential Modern Classics Fantasy Collection: The Phantom Tollbooth / Elidor / the Sword in the Stone (2010) — Contributor — 5 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Juster, Norton
- Birthdate
- 1929-06-02
- Date of death
- 2021-03-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
- Cause of death
- complications of a stroke
- Places of residence
- Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK - Education
- University of Liverpool (Fulbright Scholar)
University of Pennsylvania (BA|1952 - Architecture) - Occupations
- architect
historian
children's book author
professor (Architecture and Environmental Design) - Organizations
- Hampshire College
Juster Pope Associates
United States Navy
Members
Discussions
Group Read: The Phantom Tollbooth in The Green Dragon (November 2016)
Boy and a literal Watchdog explore in a kind of crazy world in Name that Book (January 2016)
Reviews
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
I know this is supposed to be a sweet story about a young girl and her time spent at her grandparent's house (and it is!), but the text was way too long for the age this was intended for.
This was my very favorite book when I was a kid and rereading it as an adult was just as magical. It makes you want to have so many adventures and learn everything there is to learn. I may have even gotten a bit misty eyed remembering how much this story had always meant to me. A must read for everyone everywhere.
I read this book because I saw Dominic Noble do a "Lost in adaptation" episode comparing this book to the Chuck Jones cartoon and for some reason reacted to that with "Chuck Jones is one of my favourite animators, I Should read the book that inspired that cartoon of his that i have never seen or heard of until now"reaching
anyway, I found the book very clever and I appreciated the wordplay commitment
anyway, I found the book very clever and I appreciated the wordplay commitment
Lists
Overdue Podcast (1)
Witchy Fiction (1)
Favourite Books (1)
Books About Boys (1)
Childhood books (1)
1960s (1)
First Novels (1)
4th Grade Books (1)
Five star books (1)
Elementary Reads (1)
Elevenses (1)
Mooie titels (1)
Sonlight Books (1)
1970s (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 18
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 22,230
- Popularity
- #959
- Rating
- 4.3
- Reviews
- 885
- ISBNs
- 149
- Languages
- 11
- Favorited
- 16
