(2) K-3 Illustrated by G. Brian Karas. A lonely boy stands at the end of his street and yells, "Neville!" Soon every kid in the neighborhood is adding his or her voice to the cry, even though no one knows who Neville is. Juster's clean narrative gives enough backstory to feel the protagonist's isolation, while Karas's art perfectly re-creates the sense of life on a suburban block.

Reviewer: Kathleen T. Horning | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2011

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Jules Feiffer. This fiftieth-anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, filled with wordplay, math puzzles, social satire, and irony, includes an introduction by Juster, an "Appreciation" by Sendak (written in 1996), and appended "Celebrations" by children's literature specialists and writers including Jeanne Birdsall, Suzanne Collins, Philip Pullman, and Mo Willems.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Jules Feiffer. An ogre meets his match in a fearless girl who treats him as an honored visitor and offers some sensible advice: "I'll bet if you brushed your teeth...[and] changed your attitude you'd be quite nice." Feiffer draws the girl with a delicate pen and limns the clumsy oaf in broad strokes. Word-maven Juster employs the ogre's "impressive vocabulary" to colorful advantage.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2010

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Domenico Gnoli. Three stories leave readers wondering: What happened next? The first tells of Alberic, who spent his life searching without knowing what for. In the second a modern boy steps into a Renaissance painting. The third tells of two kings who briefly exchange kingdoms. Juster's smooth storytelling weaves together action and characterization. Gnoli's striking illustrations have a medieval feeling and are in perfect harmony.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: February, 1966

(3) PS Illustrated by Chris Raschka. The star of 2006 Caldecott Medal–winner The Hello, Goodbye Window returns to explain her (age-appropriate) mood swings, which her grandparents readily acknowledge when she visits: "Who is it, Sourpuss or Sweetie Pie?" Young readers will identify with a child who speaks their language ("I don't like orange juice with pieces in it") and soak up the unbridled, color-splattered art.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(2) PS Illustrated by Chris Raschka. In Juster's paean to loving grandparents, the young narrator relates the comforting routines she shares with her grandparents when she visits. The familial love that is Juster's subtext finds overt expression, spectacularly, in Raschka's lush mixed-media illustrations set off perfectly by white space. A varied layout, balancing exterior and interior landscapes with smaller character vignettes, helps sustain the book's energy.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2005

(3) 4-6 Translated by Alberto Jiménez Rioja. Illustrated by Jules Feiffer. To translate a book as dependent upon English wordplay as The Phantom Tollbooth would seem a daunting task. Rioja's translation manages at the same time to be both readable and clever. The deft handling of some of Juster's rhymes and unusual character names, such as the Mathemagician becoming el Matemago, is particularly impressive.

Reviewer: Tim Wadham