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Norton Juster

Norton Juster is an architect and planner, professor emeritus of design at Hampshire College, and the author of a number of highly acclaimed children's books, including The Dot and the Line, which was made into an Academy Award-winning animated film. He has collaborated with Sheldon Harnick on the libretto for an opera based on The Phantom Tollbooth. The musical adaptation, with a score by Arnold Black, premiered in 1995. An amateur cook and professional eater, Mr. Juster lives with his wife in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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American children's writer, academic, and architect (1929-2021)

Born 1929

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  • Cover of: La Caseta Magica (The Phantom Tollb
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  • Cover of: The dot & the line: a romance in lower mathematics
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    First published in 1963 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Alberic the Wise, and other journeys
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  • Cover of: Alberic the Wise
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    First published in 1966 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: As Silly As Bees Knees, As Busy As Bees: An Astounding Assortment of Similes

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  • Cover of: As: a surfeit of similes
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    First published in 1989 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Phantom Tollbooth (SparkNotes Literature Guide)

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  • Cover of: The Phantom Tollbooth - Bullseye Edition

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  • Cover of: Essential Modern Classics Fantasy Collection: The Phantom Tollbooth / Elidor / the Sword in the Stone

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  • Cover of: 3-Book Fantasy Collection: The Sword in the Stone; the Phantom Tollbooth; Charmed Life

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  • Cover of: Recta y el Punto: Un Romance Matemático

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American children's writer, academic, and architect (1929-2021)

Born 1929

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Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Juvenile literature, Fantasy fiction, Grandparent and child, New York Times reviewed, Boys, Comparison, English language, English language, juvenile literature, English language, terms and phrases, Fantasy, History, Humor, Moving, household, fiction, Picture books, Puns and punning, Renaissance, Rural women, Simile, Terms and phrases, Wit and humor, Wit and humor, juvenile, Action & Adventure

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Castle in the Air, Dictionopolis, Digitopolis, Doldrums, Expectations, Kingdom of Wisdom, Lands Beyond, Mountains of Ignorance, United States, Word Market

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Alec Bings, Chroma the Great, Gelatinous Giant., Humbug, King Azaz the Unabridged, Mathemagician, Milo, Officer Shrift, Reason, Rhyme, Spelling Bee, Terrible Trivium, Tock, Which

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19th century

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June 12, 2024 Edited by dcapillae Edited without comment.
June 12, 2024 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
January 22, 2022 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
June 18, 2021 Edited by Lisa merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import