Norton Juster was a children’s author known for his 1961 classic, “The Phantom Tollbooth.”Juster was working as an architect when he wrote his first children’s book, which became a beloved classic. “The Phantom Tollbooth” told the story of a bored young boy, Milo, who was thrown into adventures when a tollbooth appeared in his bedroom and turned out to be a portal to fantastical lands.
Illustrated by Jules Pfeiffer, with whom Juster shared a duplex, “The Phantom Tollbooth” became an influential work that’s often ranked among the best novels for children.
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