☞ "The Phantom Tollbooth" Was Supposed to Be a Nonfiction Book About Cities
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Unexpectedness in Funding and Grant-Making
☞ "The Phantom Tollbooth" Was Supposed to Be a Nonfiction Book About Cities Unexpectedness in Funding and Grant-Making Samuel Arbesman Apr 08, 2025 29 3 5 Share The Phantom Tollbooth was initially supposed to be a children’s book about cities. Sort of. Norton Juster, the author of The Phantom Tollbooth , initially received a grant from the Ford Foundation to write a book about cities aimed at children. But Juster was having trouble writing it and, as part of his procrastination, he ended up writing The Phantom Tollbooth . And the best part was that the Ford Foundation didn’t seem to care! In a
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