Willard, Nancy

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East of the sun & west of the moon

a play
1989
A girl travels east of the sun and west of the moon to free her beloved prince from a magic spell.

The tale of paradise lost

based on the poem by John Milton told as the story of the war in Heaven, the disobedience of Adam and Eve, and their exit from Eden into the world
2004
A prose retelling of John Milton's narrative poem chronicling the war in heaven between competing angels and how the disobedience of Adam and Eve led to their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

In the salt marsh

poems
2004
A collection of thirty-three poems on nature, especially in the Hudson River valley and on Cape Cod.

The tortilla cat

1998
When all five Romero children get sick, a magical cat appears in the night and cures them of their fevers.

Simple pictures are best

1977
A shoemaker and his wife being photographed for their wedding anniversary keep adding items to the picture despite the photographer's admonition that "Simple pictures are best.".

The high rise glorious skittle skat roarious sky pie angel food cake

1990
As she is preparing a special angelfood cake for her mother's birthday, a girl is surprised by three angels who have dropped in for a taste.

Cracked corn and snow ice cream

a family almanac
1997
Provides rural information ("Do not disturb your bees in cold weather") for each month of the year.

A starlit snowfall

2011
Having made a plan to spend the winter with Bear napping in a cozy cave, Rabbit finds himself too energetic to sleep and decides to join the world outside.

Step lightly

poems for the journey
1998
A collection of poems celebrating the ordinary in an unordinary way, by such authors as Emily Dickinson, Theodore Roethke, and D. H. Lawrence.

Papa's panda

1979
Papa's yarn about a giant panda makes James long for one of his own.

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