Nancy Willard
Birth date: June 26, 1936
Nancy Willard's Books
The poetry is better than the short fiction. The poems about Blake are beautiful.
bookshelves: published-1981, summer-2014, art-forms, poetry, kiddlewinks, paper-read Read on July 31, 2014 Description: Inspired by William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, this delightful collection of poetry for children brings to life Blake’s imaginary inn and its unusual gu...
Not being familiar with Blake's work, the book was kind of lost on me. My kids loved the rhythm of the poems and the artwork. But honestly none of us got it.
Nice collection, but I was hoping for more poems that I hadn't read before.
Retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" set in 19th-century New York, with gorgeous wood-cut illustrations by Barry Moser. Favorite because of personal associations.