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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Ballad of Biddy Early The Ballad of Biddy Early Nancy Willard A collection of poems about Biddy Early, the Wise Woman of Clare, and her animal, human, and supernatural associates. OL16050145W
A starlit snowfall A starlit snowfall Nancy Willard 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. OL16603828W
Cinderella's Dress Cinderella's Dress Nancy Willard,Jane Dyer In this version, two magpies who live outside Cinderella's window make her a magnificent dress from bits of shiny paper they've collected. The jealous stepsisters rip it apart, and Cinderella is left… OL17730608W
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror--Ninth Annual Collection The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror--Ninth Annual Collection Gary A. Braunbeck,Jane Yolen,A. S. Byatt,Vivian Vande Velde,Pat Cadigan,Stephen King,Midori Snyder,Louise Glück,Charles de Lint,Michael Marshall Smith,Pat Mora,Susan Moody,Robert Reed,Tanith Lee,Nina Kiriki Hoffman,Peter S. Beagle,Edward Bryant,Terry Windling,Peter Crowther,Douglas E. Winter,Steve Rasnic Tem,Patricia A. McKillip,S. P. Somtow,Lamsley, Terry,Ursula K. Le Guin,Ellen Datlow,Nancy Willard,Joyce Carol Oates,Christopher Kenworthy,Scott Bradfield,Eileen Kernaghan,Margaret Atwood,Neil Gaiman,Rick Moody,Lucy Taylor,Ellen Kushner,James Frankel,David J. Schow,Delia Sherman,Sharon N. Farber,Stuart Dybek,Sue Kepros Hartman,Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin,Mary O'Malley,Marcia Guthridge A collection forty-six horror and fantasy fiction stories from the year 1995 from a wide selection of well-known genre authors Acknowledgement -- Summation 1995: fantasy / Terry Windling -- Summ… OL17745046W
The three mouths of little Tom Drum The three mouths of little Tom Drum Nancy Willard "Little Tom Drum loves strawberry pie so much that he creeps down to the kitchen at night to get one more slice of that sweet, flaky goodness resting on the windowsill in the moonlight ... pie his mo… OL17907142W
The tale of paradise lost The tale of paradise lost Nancy Willard 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. OL17911511W
Gutenberg's Gift Gutenberg's Gift Nancy Willard Relates, in rhyme, how Johann Gutenberg contributed to the printing process by perfecting movable type and creating a Bible for his wife, Anna. OL18823555W
The Marzipan Moon The Marzipan Moon Nancy Willard The almonds in an old, mended, but magic crock produce a delicious, nourishing marzipan moon nightly for a poor parish priest until a visiting bishop decides the miraculous almonds need a more fittin… OL18823641W
All on a May morning All on a May morning Nancy Willard Rhymed text and illustrations follow the adventures of a young girl looking for her lost dove. OL18916628W
Shoes without leather Shoes without leather Nancy Willard While traveling on a train to visit his grandmother, a little boy is rewarded for believing in magic. OL18941687W
Mouse, the Cat, and Grandmother's Hat, The Mouse, the Cat, and Grandmother's Hat, The Nancy Willard A mouse hiding under Grandmother's hat causes quite a commotion at her surprise birthday party. OL19087374W
Gum Gum Nancy Willard 1 v. (unpaged) : 24 cm OL19338722W
Step lightly Step lightly Nancy Willard A collection of poems celebrating the ordinary in an unordinary way, by such authors as Emily Dickinson, Theodore Roethke, and D. H. Lawrence. OL19453983W
Beauty and the beast Beauty and the beast Nancy Willard 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 sp… OL94189W
The island of the grass king The island of the grass king Nancy Willard Anatole embarks on a fantastical journey to the island where the wild fennel grows. OL94192W
The Mountains of Quilt The Mountains of Quilt Nancy Willard Four magicians lose their magic carpet which eventually finds its way into the center of a grandmother's quilt. OL94200W
The nightgown of the sullen moon The nightgown of the sullen moon Nancy Willard 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. OL94201W