Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you're alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.

The latter film received the 1965 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Although he has retired from architecture he still writes. 71-85568)— illustrated by Arnold Roth
So Sweet to Labor: Rural Women in America 1865-1895 (editor) (1979) (ISBN 0-670-65483-3) — non-fiction
Otter Nonsense (1982) (ISBN 0-399-20932-8) — illustrated by Eric Carle
As: A Surfeit of Similes (1989) (ISBN 0-688-08139-8)
A Woman's Place: Yesterday's Women in Rural America (1996) (ISBN 1-55591-250-8) — non-fiction
The Hello Goodbye Window (2005) (ISBN 0-7868-0914-0) — illustrated by Chris Raschka
Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie (2008) (ISBN 9780439929431) - illustrated by Chris Raschka
The Odious Ogre (2010) (ISBN 0-545-16202-5) - Illustrated by Jules Feiffer
Neville (2011) (ISBN 0375867651/ISBN 978-0375867651) - illustrated by G.

Norton Juster (born June 2 1929) is an American architect and author.