Alice Provensen

Nancy Willard

A collection of poems describing the curious menagerie of guests and residents, human and animal, at William Blake's inn.

Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers

A Visit to William Blake's Inn

Jane Dyer

Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of two magpies and her fairy godmother. 20,000 first printing.

Cinderella's Dress

In the Salt Marsh

The clever Holly Go Lolly, now orphaned, lures the evil parent-eating ogre Ooboo into the make-believe forest she has created with hand shadows. Full color.

Shadow Story

A mouse hiding under Grandmother's hat causes quite a commotion at her surprise birthday party, in a tale with rhyming verse and full-color illustrations.

The Mouse, the Cat, and Grandmother's Hat

On his way to visit Cousin Bottom in Minneapolis, Cousin Tottem gets lost in a magic cornfield, from which he sends Bottom a series of postcards telling about his outlandish experiences.

The Magic Cornfield

poems

The sea at Truro

The weird creatures which inhabit a medieval painter's home drive his housekeeper away, until a change of heart sends her back to the beasts and to Bosch in a new and loving relationship.

Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch

A retelling, set in the early 1900's in New York City, of the traditional tale in which a kind and beautiful young woman, through her great capacity to love, releases a handsome young man from the spell which has made him into an ugly beast.

Beauty and the Beast

In a small Michigan town on the eve of World War II, a young man and woman share a love that is shadowed by tragedy, yet lighted by powers beyond the everyday. To preserve their future, the young man makes a wager with Death, pitting a local sandlot team against the greatest players who ever lived. Things Invisible to See is a story of the power of love and faith to overcome pain and loss. It is a miraculous novel of enduring power.

Things Invisible to See

An absorbing story about childhood and the search for a sense of place in the urban and natural environments of the Midwest.

Sister Water

Poems describes the experiences of and relationships between members of a family, as well as the mystery of the past and death

Household Tales of Moon and Water

A collection of poems celebrating the ordinary in an unordinary way, by such authors as Emily Dickinson, Theodore Roethke, and D. H. Lawrence.

Poems for the Journey

Step Lightly

Leo Dillon

Sylvia, the new apprentice to the great magician Tottibo, steals one of his spells to complete an impossible task and accidentally creates chaos.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Jane Yolen

This collection of poems about angels, sent back and forth between two brilliant poets over a period of several years, includes lyrical works about angels from the Christian and Hebrew traditions--the angel that visited Jacob Boehme, asking for shoes; Lucifer, who fell; and many others. Full-color illustrations throughout.

Poems

Among Angels

On the billionth birthnight of the full moon, the moon finally gets what she's really wanted--a nightgown such as people on Earth wear.

The Nightgown of the Sullen Moon

Chris Butler

A light-hearted collection of poems about Shoofly Sally and her Everything Dog, who meet an unusual cast of characters at an odd restaurant called The Moon & Riddles Diner and the Sunnyside Cafe. Includes a section of recipes.

The Moon & Riddles Diner and the Sunnyside Cafe

William Carlos Williams, Francis Ponge, Rainer Maria Rilke, Pablo Neruda

Testimony of the Invisible Man

A collection of poems, sung and spoken, which tell of an imaginary inn run by William Blake and of a menagerie of guests who visit the inn and creatures who run the inn.

When all five Romero children get sick, a magical cat appears in the night and cures them of their fevers.

Nancy Willard

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