
The Phantom Tollbooth
Juster's defining and most widely known novel, and the clearest introduction to his characteristic fantasy, humor, and wordplay.

Author guide
Norton Juster (1929–2021) was an American architect, city planner, professor of design, and author. His imaginative children's books are noted for wit, wordplay, mathematical and linguistic themes, and philosophical fables. His major works include The Phantom Tollbooth, The Dot and the Line, Alberic the Wise and Other Journeys, and several acclaimed picture books. He also wrote adult humor and edited nonfiction about rural American women.
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Juster's defining and most widely known novel, and the clearest introduction to his characteristic fantasy, humor, and wordplay.
Read in order
picture-book-series · complete
A completed picture-book sequence about a child and her grandparents, beginning with The Hello, Goodbye Window and continuing with Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie.
Outside the series
play · 1977
edited_collection · 1979
graphic_work · 1969