Willard, Nancy

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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.

Beauty and the beast

1992
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.

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.

A starlit somersault downhill

1992
Having made a plan with Bear to spend the winter napping in a cozy home, 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.

The nightgown of the sullen moon

1983
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.

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