Nancy Willard

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  • Bibliography:
    43 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1974
  • Latest Book:
    November 2018
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Book List in Order: 43 titles

  • The Merry History of a Christmas Pie

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  • The Snow Rabbit

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  • The Highest Hit

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    Kate is determined to be in the Guinness Book of World Records. She gives her mom a birthday gift of baseball lessons. Mom has never played before, but her hit scores high above the trees, smashing a record ...and a church window. But Kate has coache...

  • The Gardener's Grandchildren

  • The Marzipan Moon

  • A Visit to William Blake's Inn

    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 guests....

  • Angel in the Parlor

    This delightful collection brings together five short stories and eight essays on writing by Newbery Medalwinning author Nancy Willard Nancy Willard's gift for bringing out the whimsical in all of us illuminates this memorable anthology. Who Inve...

  • Household Tales of Moon and Water

  • Things Invisible to See

    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 real....



  • The Island of the Grass King

    Anatole’s search for wild fennel to cure his grandmother’s asthma takes him on a fantastic voyage. “This is a book for those who revel in the unexpected, in wonderful invention, in powerful and vivid and even mystical fancy. McPhail’s fine li...

  • Sailing to Cythera: And Other Anatole Stories

  • Uncle Terrible

  • The Nightgown of the Sullen Moon

  • Simple Pictures Are Best

  • The Mountains of Quilt

  • East of the Sun and West of the Moon

  • Water Walker

    Willard's ( In His Country ) ninth collection stints on serious or complex subjects in favor of frequently dazzling verbal pyrotechnics. The poems proceed through careful scrutiny: one pays homage to a newt; another seeks theology in a hardware store...

  • The Ballad of Biddy Early

  • The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake



  • The Well-Mannered Balloon

    When James paints a pirate face on his new balloon, ties it to a chair, and invites it to dinner, his parents say, “What a well-mannered balloon!” But that night, after James’s parents have gone to bed, the balloon comes alive and decides it wa...

  • Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch

    Here is an imaginative tale about the unconventional fifteenth-century Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch, as told by his wildly dissatisfied housekeeper. Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon and their son, Lee, depict a most unusual household fill...

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  • Beauty and the Beast

    Taking the place of her father as the prisoner of the Beast, young Beauty finds enchantment, friendship, romance, and love with the frightening Beast, in a magical version of the famous folktale, complemented by magnificent wood engravings. All ages....

  • Sister Water

    "Heavenly...Marvelous...Uplifting...A kind of miracle...A magical web of language that both seduces with poetic power and moves the heart."
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    Jessie Woolman and her family are suddenly faced with unforseen tragedy. Her mind is beginning to...

  • A Starlit Somersault Downhill

    After a bear and a rabbit set up winter housekeeping together, the unlikely couple discovers that they are incompatible--the bear wants to spend the winter in hibernation, while the lively rabbit enjoys a fun-filled romp in the snow....

  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    A retelling of the centuries-old tale follows Sylvia, a spirited girl apprenticed to a sorcerer, as she steals from his castle a powerful potion that she is sure will help her complete a difficult task....

  • Night Story

    In this bedtime fantasy for young children, a young boy takes a dreamy trip on a night train in which he encounters all sorts of magical animals. “A handsomely designed book whose glowing appearance befits its magical, slightly mysterious content....

  • The Voyage of the Ludgate Hill

    “Both children and adults will be delighted with the humor that these illustrations display. . . . [This book] blends fact and imagination, provides a wonderful way to introduce speculation, one of the higher-order thinking skills. . . . Don’t pa...

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  • The Magic Cornfield

    Getting lost on his way to his cousin Bottom's 100th birthday celebration, Tottem finds himself in a Magic Cornfield that transports him to many unusual places, from which he sends Bottom postcard descriptions of his experiences....

  • The Tortilla Cat

    When each of Doctor Romero’s five children becomes ill, one after the other, with the same fever that took his dear wife, the doctor is not able to help them. Yet each child is quickly cured when a little cat comes in the night, offering a tortilla...

  • The Tale I Told Sasha

  • Shadow Story

    Born on The Night When Shadows Linger, Holly Go Lolly played with shadows all her life. And that was a lucky thing for her, because when the Ooboo came to eat her up, she used her mysterious shadows to work a trick on him. Newbery Award"winner Nanc...

  • The Mouse, the Cat, and Grandmother's Hat

  • Cinderella's Dress

    Magic happens when Newbery Medalist Nancy Willard and best-selling illustrator Jane Dyer combine talents in an imaginative retelling of this best-loved fairy tale, focusing on the ever-popular dress.

    With Nancy Willard's characteristic verbal ...

  • The Tale of Paradise Lost

  • Sweep Dreams

    By the light of the full moon, a man's enchanted broom becomes alive and dances, swirls, and sweeps him all about the house, but when it is stolen by a jealous stranger, the broom's owner fears that he may never see his magical friend again and so ca...

  • The Flying Bed

    Newbery Medalist Nancy Willard weaves a tale of magic in a lavishly illustrated picture book about a poor baker and his wife whose luck changes when they receive an enchanted flying bed.

    Newbery Medalist Nancy Willard spins an original fairy t...

  • Dark Station

    When John received the call he was speechless. He felt in his heart this day might come, but it was still unexpected. It hit him like a jolt of electricity and left him leaving cold and empty. What had he done to deserve this? He had always be...



  • The Three Mouths of Little Tom Drum

    Lack of self-control has shocking consequences, but inventiveness carries the day in a contemporary fairy tale from Newbery Medalist Nancy Willard, with art by Kevin Hawkes. Little Tom Drum loves strawberry pie so much that he creeps down to the k...

  • Gum

    In a timeless tale of small moments and big victories, two boys’ singular obsession with an elusive prize pays off in a most surprising way. James has five quarters and Danny has four. That means nine whole tries to get the little silver race ca...

  • The Adventures of Anatole

    Newbery Medal-winning author Nancy Willard's trilogy of adventure tales, now in one volume. Children won't be able to put down these stories of the journeys of a boy and his orange cat, Plumpet.Anatole has a knack for seeking and finding adventure, o...

  • Cracked Corn and Snow Ice Cream

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    This almanac for children has everything they need to know about all twelve months of the year-when to plant, what to celebrate, who to remember. It contains fascinating information about the kitchen and the garden, the weather and the world, and, fr...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Nancy Willard has published 43 books.

Nancy Willard does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Adventures of Anatole, was published in November 2018.

The first book by Nancy Willard, The Merry History of a Christmas Pie, was published in January 1974.

No. Nancy Willard does not write books in series.
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