<div>Selections from Nancy Willard&rsquo;s acclaimed volumes of poetry and prose This diverse collection features some of Nancy Willard&rsquo;s most critically lauded poetry&mdash;including works from her Newbery Medal&ndash;winning volume, A Visit to William Blake&rsquo;s Inn&mdash;as well as her short fiction and four unconventional essays on writing. Hens, children, magic bottles, and the moon are just some of the characters running through the luminous musings gathered here. &ldquo;How to Stuff a Pepper&rdquo; becomes a heady discourse on the thoughts and sleeping habits of peppers. &ldquo;The Doctrine of the Leather-Stocking Jesus&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Hucklebone of a Saint&rdquo; are tales about the power of superstition to shape our lives. Other stories showcase favorite Willard themes about God, religion, and the magic and mysticism in everyday life&mdash;and the ancestors, guardians, saints, and spirits who, in Willard&rsquo;s words, come back &ldquo;once in a while to keep an eye on us, the living.&rdquo; A paean to the power of storytelling, A Nancy Willard Reader is an essential volume for poetry and fiction lovers. </div>

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<div>The first novel by Newbery Award&ndash;winning author Nancy Willard: A stunning story of magic and miracles, and a testament to the enduring power of faith and love Ben and Willie Harkissian are twin brothers (think Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau) growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the eve of World War II. A baseball launched into the October sky sets in motion a series of events that transforms many lives. Ben leaves for the front and faces death&mdash;figuratively as well as literally. Left behind is Clare Bishop, who has been paralyzed from the waist down. But in exchange she receives some very special gifts. She can see the future, be at one with animals, and chat with Death. Willie Harkissian remains in Michigan as well, though his relationship with his brother will never be the same. A love story interrupted by war, this is also a novel about discovering the ordinary in the extraordinary and finding the miraculous in everyday life.</div>

Things Invisible to See

<div>This marvelous collection brings together the finest of Nancy Willard&rsquo;s work Transporting us from Michigan farm country to the streets of New York, from a family picnic by a stream to snow-covered fields peopled by angels, the poems gathered here represent the best of Nancy Willard. Willard&rsquo;s gift for peeling back everyday existence to reveal something magical and wondrous is everywhere in evidence here. Ordinary trees become surreal landscapes &ldquo;fanning the fire in their stars&rdquo; and &ldquo;spraying fountains of light.&rdquo; Poems featuring Great Danes, donkeys, and rabbits reveal Willard&rsquo;s love for all living creatures. &ldquo;How to Stuff a Pepper&rdquo; and &ldquo;A Psalm for Running Water&rdquo; coexist with poems about visits from God. The title poem tells the story of Willard at seven, while &ldquo;Questions My Son Asked Me, Answers I Never Gave Him&rdquo; explores the joys and pitfalls of being a mother. Offering imagery from mythical goddesses to pumpkin saints to wise jellyfish, these are poems of astonishing imagination and grace, and will introduce a new generation of readers to Willard&rsquo;s remarkable body of work.</div>

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Swimming Lessons

<div>The lyrical poems of award-winning author Nancy Willard celebrate the magic of life Nancy Willard, who was the first recipient of a Newbery Medal for a volume of poetry, displays her versatility in these companion collections. Divided into five sections, Water Walker blends the mundane with the mystical. From sleeping fish to Marco Polo to a tortoise who dispenses unique advice to a bride on her wedding day, these poems integrate fables, nursery rhymes, hymns, and songs. In 19 Masks for the Naked Poet, the human soul reveals itself, as we remove the disguises that bind (and blind) us to everyday life. Fanciful images of nature&mdash;dozing bees, green lions&mdash;infuse this collection. Doors become mirrors and husbands float above their marital beds as Willard explores themes of family, love, spirituality, politics, and immortality. Her &ldquo;poet&rdquo; experiences everything from the sacred to the profane, from photographing his heart to meeting God in creations that are enchanting and surreal. This ebook includes illustrations by Regina Shekerjian.</div>

Collected Poems

<div>This delightful collection brings together five short stories and eight essays on writing by Newbery Medal&ndash;winning author Nancy Willard Nancy Willard&rsquo;s gift for bringing out the whimsical in all of us illuminates this memorable anthology. &ldquo; &lsquo;Who Invented Water?&rsquo; &rdquo; celebrates the craft and magic of creating children&rsquo;s books. In &ldquo;Becoming a Writer,&rdquo; Willard admits she dislikes giving and receiving advice. She prefers telling a story, with real-life characters ranging from members of her own family to Jane Austen, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Charles Dickens on stilts. &ldquo;The Well-tempered Falsehood&rdquo; explores the fabulist art of storytelling; &ldquo;The Rutabaga Lamp&rdquo; is a dreamy, delightful riff on how to read and write fairy tales. In an autobiographical piece, &ldquo;Her Father&rsquo;s House,&rdquo; Erica, Theo, and their three-year-old son travel home for the funeral of Erica&rsquo;s father. As the whole family gathers, the heroine is hit with an onslaught of memories, Willard style. &ldquo;The Tailor Who Told the Truth&rdquo; is Morgon Axel, who tells nothing but lies . . . until the day a wild boar comes into his shop. This ebook includes an introduction by Robert Pack, former director of the Bread Loaf Writers&rsquo; Conference.</div>

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