A Visit to William Blake's Inn - Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers

1982 Newbery Medal Winner
A 1982 Caldecott Honor Book 

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.

About the author

Nancy Willard has loved William Blake’s poetry from the day she first heard it. While writing the poems in this book, she built a six-foot model of the inn, decorating it with moons, suns, stars, and prints of Blake’s paintings. The model with its residents—the characters that appear in this volume—stands in her living room.

Nancy Willard published her first book when a high school senior—an inset in the Horn Book, which was called A Child’s Star. Formerly a lecturer in the English department at Vassar College, she is the author of a number of well-received children’s books, including Sailing to Cythera: And Other Anatole Stories and The Island of the Grass King: The Further Adventures of Anatole, both winners of a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. 

Summary

1982 Newbery Medal Winner
A 1982 Caldecott Honor Book 

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.

Product details

• Authors: Willard Nancy Willard, Nancy Willard
• Assisted by: Provensen Alice Provensen (Illustration), Provensen Martin Provensen (Illustration), Alice Provensen (Illustration), Martin Provensen (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.1982
• EAN: 9780152938239
• ISBN: 978-0-15-293823-9
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 186 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Play, learning > Learning; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE FICTION: Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Poetry / Humorous, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Poetry / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Animal Welfare, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Humor / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Art / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Concepts / Counting & Numbers, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Cats, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Travel, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Games & Activities / Magic, JUVENILE FICTION: Fantasy / General