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  The Phantom Tollbooth

  by Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer

  This black-and-white illustrated, ingenious fantasy centers around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large package containing a toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and begins a memorable journey. He meets characters such as the watchdog named Tock, the foolish, yet lovable Humbug, the Mathemagician, the not-so-wicked "Which," and King Azaz the Unabridged... (more)
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  The Dot and the Line

  A Romance in Lower Mathematics

  by Norton Juster

  Once upon a time there was a sensible straight line who was hopelessly in love with a beautiful dot. But the dot, though perfect in every way, only had eyes for a wild and unkempt squiggle. All of the line's romantic dreams were in vain, until he discovered . . . angles! Now, with newfound self-expression, he can be anything he wants to be--a square, a triangle, a parallelogram. . . . And that's just the... (more)
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  The Odious Ogre

  by Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer

  This is the story of a really rotten Ogre who is extraordinarily large, exceedingly ugly, unusually angry, constantly hungry, and absolutely merciless. He terrorizes the entire countryside and all the surrounding towns, wreaking havoc, sowing confusion, and dining happily on the hapless citizens. Nothing can stop him. But then he takes a wrong turn and encounters a kind and friendly young lady who does her best... (more)
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  The Hello, Goodbye Window

  by Norton Juster, Chris Raschka

  The kitchen window at Nanna and Poppy's house is, for one little girl, a magic gateway. Everything important happens near it, through it, or beyond it. Told in her voice, her story is both a voyage of discovery and a celebration of the commonplace wonders that define childhood. It is also a love song devoted to that special relationship between grandparents and grandchild.
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  Alberic the Wise and Other Journeys

  by Norton Juster

  Three tales of wonder Three quests for greatness Three feats of imagination   Norton Juster, author of the beloved classic The Phantom Tollbooth, shares spellbinding stories that entertain and delight.  The first is of Alberic and his endless search for wisdom—will his journey satisfy him in the end? The second reveals a boy with no illusions and a princess with no kingdom. The third is the tale of the richest... (more)
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  Sourpuss And Sweetie Pie

  by Norton Juster

  Is it Sourpuss or Sweetie Pie? That's the question whenever Nanna and Poppy are treated a visit from their granddaughter. Most of the time she's Sweetie Pie, some of the time she's Sourpuss, and then there are those occasions when she's both at once. You can never be sure which it will be. Happy and sad, joyful and furious, delighted and dejected, loving and impossible. She can change in the blink of an eye!
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  Neville

  by Norman Juster, G. Brian Karas

  Written by the acclaimed author of The Phantom Tollbooth, this is a simply told story about a boy who moves to a new neighborhood and finds a unique way to make friends. With whimsical illustrations by award-winning illustrator G. Brian Karas, here is a read-aloud that's great for storytime, and is sure to be a hit among fans of Juster, Karas, and anyone who is "the new kid on the block."
• So Sweet to Labor : The Voices of Rural Women, 1865-1895Norton Juster

  

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  So Sweet to Labor : The Voices of Rural Women, 1865-1895

  by Norton Juster

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  Pierdomenico Baccalario,Leah D. Janeczko'sCentury #2: Star of Stone [Hardcover](2010)

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  As: A Surfeit of Similes

  by Norton Juster, David Small

  In verse that is as bright as a penny, Juster has stirred up a storm of similes, and Small has brilliantly captured them all. It's as much fun as a barrel of monkeys.
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  Un Lun Dun

  by China Miéville

  What is Un Lun Dun? It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and some of its lost and broken people, too–including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas; Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is an enormous pin-cushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. Un Lun Dun is a place where words are alive, a jungle... (more)