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Nancy Willard (1936-2017) was a prolific author of seventy books of poems andfiction for adults and children. In 1982, her picture book A Visit to William Blake'sInn- Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers was the first poetry book to receivethe Newbery Medal. It also received a Caldecott Honor, making it the first Newberywinner to also receive a Caldecott. She taught creative writing at Vassar College from1965 until she retired in 2013. David McPhail was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and attended the Schoolof the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He has written and/or illustrated more thana hundred books.
"“Nancy Willard’s imagination—in verse or prose, for children or adults—builds castles stranger than any mad King of Bavaria ever built. She imagines with a wonderful concreteness. But also, she takes real language and by literal-mindedness turns it into the structure of dream.” —Donald Hall, The New York Times ""Both author and illustrator weave tapestries in which make-believe and reality blend joyfully...The only works comparable in pure romance and humor to the Anatole stories are the inventions of Lewis Carroll."" —Publishers Weekly"
