Alberic the Wise and Other Journeys

Norton Juster

HarperCollins Publishers, Mar 29, 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 160 pages

Three tales of wit and wonder from the children’s classic author of ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’.

Unlikely hero Alberic is on a seemingly endless search for wisdom. He learns much along the way but will his journey ever satisfy him?

In the second tale, a boy is drawn to a mysterious painting of a princess far away who’s left bereft of her kingdom. Can he be the knight in shining armour and win back her lands?

And then meet the richest monarch in the world... and the poorest, as they discover the true worth of wealth.

Fascinating fables from a classic storyteller overflowing with humour and wit.

About the author

Norton Juster was born in New York State in 1929, just prior to the Great Depression of 1929. There are still a number of people who attribute that catastrophic event directly to his birth. He grew up (carefully) in Brooklyn, studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, and spent a year in Liverpool on a Fulbright Scholarship, doing graduate work in urban planning and learning to ride a motorcycle. After spending three years in the US Navy, he practised architecture in New York and Massachusetts before teaching architecture and planning. He began writing seriously while in the Navy. His work includes The Dot and the Line, which was made into an animated film, and a musical adaptation of The Phantom Tollbooth. Between the teaching, architecture and writing his life can sometimes get quite hectic. of the three things he does, Mr Juster enjoys most the two he is not doing at any given time. He is married and lives in Massachusetts. He has one daughter and one granddaughter.

The Phantom Tollbooth, his most famous book, won the George C. Stone Center for Children’s Books Award.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Alberic the Wise and Other Journeys
• Author: Norton Juster
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2012
• ISBN: 0007479883, 9780007479887
• Length: 160 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General; Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends & Mythology; Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Fiction / Imagination & Play; Juvenile Fiction / Legends, Myths, Fables / General; Juvenile Fiction / Short Stories