Norton Juster, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' author, dead at 91

This cover image released by Random House Children’s Books shows "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster. The celebrated architect and children’s author who fashioned a special world of his own in “The Phantom Tollbooth” died at age 91. His death was confirmed Tuesday by a spokesperson for Random House Children's Books.

This cover image released by Random House Children’s Books shows "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster. The celebrated architect and children’s author who fashioned a special world of his own in “The Phantom Tollbooth” died at age 91. His death was confirmed Tuesday by a spokesperson for Random House Children's Books.

NEW YORK — Norton Juster, the celebrated children’s author who fashioned a world of his own in the classic “The Phantom Tollbooth” and went on to write such favorites as “The Dot and the Line” and “Stark Naked,” has died at 91. Juster’s death was confirmed Tuesday by a spokesperson for Random House Children’s Books, who did not immediately provide details. Juster’s friend and fellow author Mo Willems tweeted Tuesday that Juster “ran out of stories” and died “peacefully” the night before.As Juster wrote in the introduction to a reissue of “Phantom Tollbooth,” he first thought of the book when he was in his late 20s and working at an architectural firm in New York City.

Published in 1961, “The Phantom Tollbooth” followed the adventures of young Milo through the Kingdom of Wisdom, a land extending from The Foothills of Confusion to The Valley of Sound. Drawings were provided by his roommate at the time, Jules Feiffer, who would later collaborate with Juster on “The Odious Ogre,” published in 2010. Eric Carle of “The Hungry Caterpillar” fame illustrated Juster’s “Otter Nonsense,” which came out in 1982.

Humbug!

What a book, and what an author.

RIP Rhyme and Reason

The best. As a child it changed my life.

😥

Legend

Rest in Peace NortonJuster 🌻 ThePhantomTollbooth booksofchildhood

I know what a Dodecahedron is because of this man! God bless you, sir!

kevinevaneben guess it wasn’t just a weird trip from childhood

Writers, YAAuthors

“Shhh. It goes without saying.”

Loved this book and even the movie they made... RIP 😢

This was a favorite as a child. RIP.

💔❤️ “The Dot and the Line”

_halfamille damn

RIP what a classic

Read this multiple times with my kids. Such a good book.

let's cancel him. gotta be something offensive in it right?

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I love this book!!!

I loved that book

RIP to a real one.

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